Energy efficiency, cost and other aspects are taken into consideration when examining permanent-magnet, synchronous-motor (PMSM) sensorless speed control. by Li Xiangwei, Luo Zhiqun and Wan Jianru The performance of an elevator system greatly depends on the performance of its traction machine and control method. Energy efficiency, cost and other aspects are taken into consideration when…
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One of the industry’s leading ladies speaks about starting a business during a recession, work ethics and more. Although she has more than 30 years of elevator-industry experience and has been a significant contributor to organizations such as the Vertical Initiative for Elevator Escalator Women (VIEEW), Martha Hulgan insists her life-long dream was not a…
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This annual dinner cruise once again successfully benefitted the Elevator Escalator Safety Foundation. The Lower Manhattan skyline was a wonderful sight to behold during this year’s International Association of Elevator Consultants (IAEC) New York (NY) annual dinner cruise. Rising above the skyscrapers along New York City’s (NYC) lower west side now stands the gently tapering…
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This biannual São Paulo, Brazil, show boasted 150 exhibitors, an increase of more than one-third over its 2010 version. ExpoElevador, the biannual Brazilian expo dedicated to the vertical-transportation industry, took place August 7-9 at the Centro de Exposições Imigrantes located in São Paulo, Brazil, boasting 150 exhibitors. This year’s show was successful compared to the…
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This 40-year-old French company designs and produces systems for applications requiring heavy-load and long-stroke capabilities. Founded in 1972 in Londinieres, France, Serapid, Inc. is a supplier of load-transfer systems for heavy industry applications. It designs and produces systems for applications requiring heavy-load and long-stroke capabilities in areas with limited space and repeatability and accuracy requirements.…
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ThyssenKrupp’s headquarters complex in Essen, Germany, includes 21 elevators and three escalators. Considered a symbol and the heart of the company, ThyssenKrupp Quarter in Essen, Germany, was inaugurated in 2010. It demonstrates structural change and economic renewal for the area, because previously, the site had been a hole in the urban fabric of downtown Essen…
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The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and The Durst Organization have issued new renderings of One World Trade Center (WTC). The organizations are jointly developing the 3-million-sq.-ft. office tower now under construction in Lower Manhattan, New York. According to NY Daily News, the renderings are the first new images released to the…
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DigiGage Ltd. (ELEVATOR WORLD, May 2011) has announced its winGage software for use with its 22-60-in. screens for elevator cabins. The remotely managed “infotainment” software interfaces with the “digitally transparent” panel via the Internet and includes access to a library of varying content “worlds.” The product can be used to schedule content displays; configure screens’…
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Brazil A 105-m-tall, self-sustaining “eco tower” has been proposed for the 2016 Olympic Games, to be held in Rio de Janeiro. Designed to create renewable energy for use in the Olympic Village and city, plans include a large solar power plant that generates energy during the day. Its excess power is to be used to…
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The Peelle Co. has announced William J. Dunlevy & Son, Inc. as its sales representative for New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Washington, D.C. and northern Virginia. Dunlevy & Son is a full-service manufacturers’ representative and was founded by William Dunlevy, an industry veteran that had decades of elevator-industry experience prior to his passing in 1994.…
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