Now more than ever, brains, brawn and beauty are important to every aspect of elevator manufacturing. For years, I have been speaking and writing about “the 3 B’s” (brains, brawn and beauty) as the primary factors on the manufacturing side of the elevator industry. But they also apply to consulting, especially today, as architects design…
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Lerch Bates, the first elevator consulting firm, has been offering the service for nearly 65 years. This year, Lerch Bates Inc. will celebrate its 65th anniversary as the world’s first elevator consulting firm. The company is headquartered in Denver, one of its 20-plus North American locations, and has consulted on thousands of major projects around…
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An explanation of how these systems are used, including advantages and disadvantages by Chris Woodman and Dinesh Musalekar With more than eight million elevators in service around the world, elevator use is an essential part of urban life, and, with strong projected growth of construction during the next 15 years, this should only intensify. The…
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Clarifying the relativity between the two words Elevation, subtitled “A view of the U.K. Lift Industry,” is a magazine published by Ish Buckingham. In one of its past issues, David Cooper posed an inquiry to the readership seeking clarification on the relationship between digital and binary. Cooper wrote: “I found myself in a debate recently…
Read More Novels featuring the elevator car and other system components In a previous article, “Just for Kids” (ELEVATOR WORLD, October 2007), I explored the use of elevators in children’s literature. This month’s article also concerns the “literary elevator”; however, the focus has been shifted to adult fiction as represented by detective and suspense novels in which…
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The use of a bidirectional DC/DC converter to control a super-capacitor energy storage device for an elevator is examined. by Shi Liguang, Yao Lianghong, Luo Zhiqun and Wan Jianru Elevators have been extensively applied in the rapid development of commercial high rises. As elevator energy consumption is similar to that of air-conditioning systems in the…
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The conclusion of a series on the detailed examination of the National Electric Code’s impact on vertical transportation In Part One of this series (ELEVATOR WORLD, April 2012), we began an examination of National Electrical Code (NEC) 2011 mandates for elevators and related equipment installations. We resume with a look at wiring methods, overcurrent protection,…
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Poor weather could not stop the productivity of this March 24-27 National Association of Elevator Contractors (NAEC) event. More than 130 delegates and their spouses met on the sunny (and sometimes rainy) “Island of Enchantment,” Puerto Rico, from March 24-27 for the National Association of Elevator Contractors (NAEC) Spring Educational Conference. The agenda called for…
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The International Elevator and Escalator (IEE) Expo included many events in Goregaon, Mumbai. The International Elevator and Escalator (IEE) Expo 2012 kicked off on an unusually chilly morning of February 16 at the Bombay Exhibition Center in Goregaon, Mumbai. The inauguration team, consisting of M.V. Deshmukh, director of Fire Services – Maharashtra Public Works Department…
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This report on the effects of earthquakes on elevator systems and those systems’ susceptibility to earthquakes includes data from a three-day (December 25-27, 2011) investigation of elevators in Erci s¸, Edremit and the city center of Van (all in Turkey). During the survey, the inves-tigation of elevators was performed with the guidance of Van elevator…
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