This article focuses on fail safe safety guards and provides solutions on how to minimize accidents caused by human error. Each year, approximately 500,000 new elevators are installed worldwide, and approximately 15 million elevators that require regular maintenance are in service globally. A substantial number of these units are serviced by small maintenance companies. In…
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Hill Hiker Inc. installs an inclined elevator for a residential property in Lakeview, New York. Lakeview, New York, overlooks Lake Erie, providing nearby residents a stunning view. It is also home to one of Hill Hiker Inc.’s most challenging inclined elevator installations. The owners of a private residence were searching for a way to not…
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The benefits of linear synchronous technology for industrial and passenger elevators by James G. Wieler and Dr. Richard D. Thornton For more than a decade, the U.S. Navy has been progressing toward the concept of an “all-electric” ship. The primary objective is to eliminate shipborne hydraulic, pneumatic, steam and mechanically driven systems that are inefficient,…
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This freight-elevator photograph was taken on June 6, 1933, in celebration of the completion of the first of two such elevators, which were, at the time, the largest truck elevators ever built. These elevators were installed at 111 Eighth Avenue (originally known as the Port Authority Commerce Building) in New York City. The art-deco building…
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In February, Mitsubishi Electric Corp. announced a new line of technologies that enables ultra-high-speed elevators to travel faster than 1,000 mpm with enhanced efficiency, comfort and safety. The technologies will be incorporated into some of the world’s fastest elevators, including those developed by Mitsubishi for the 632-m Shanghai Tower under construction in Shanghai. Mitsubishi Electric’s…
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Azerbaijan The president of the Avesta Group of Cos. has announced plans to build what some are calling the world’s next tallest building on the Khazar Islands, a development of artificial islands southwest of Baku. Named the Azerbaijan Tower, the high rise is expected to reach 1 km (1,050 m) when completed, making it 200…
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In January, Meriden, Connecticut, and its housing authority applied for a federal grant to raze and redevelop the downtown Mills Memorial Apartments into 1,000-plus residential units and commercial space. City Council Majority Leader Brian Daniels described the city as “land-poor,” a situation that has led to a proposed three mixed-use high-rise buildings on the site.…
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This month, we are presenting our annual Green issue of ELEVATOR WORLD. As in years past, we’ve included a full array of articles, reports and feature stories on environmental issues. As you read this issue, you’ll find numerous words and phrases, such as “energy efficiency,” “sustainable service,” “ecological design” and “environmental responsibility” often prefaced by…
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The author recounts his work through the decades to improve the ride quality and energy efficiency of hydraulic elevators. I began working with hydraulic elevators at the Swedish company Devehissar in 1977. During the 1980s, my team and I created an electronically regulated valve system that proved to be an important advance in the hydraulic-elevator…
Read More Examines how hydraulic elevators can be modernized to become “green” Hydraulic Elevators have been the backbone of the U.S. elevator industry since the 1940s. Now with the push of green building, sustainability, and energy efficiency trickling down to our industry, the hydraulic elevator seems to be taking most of the negative blows. The question is,…
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