by Dr. Lee Gray, EW Correspondent The design team that introduced one of the first automatic elevator traffic control systems included Otis engineers David L. Lindquist, Edward L. Dunn and David C. Larson. The team completed its work in early 1925 (see part one of this article, ELEVATOR WORLD, August 2023), and the company launched…
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More than 100 changes are included in the 2022 edition of ASME A17.1/CSA B44. Here’s why AHJs should adopt these changes without modifications. by Kevin Brinkman The ASME A17.1-2022/CSA B44:22 Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators (A17.1) has arrived, and for the safety of the riding public and elevator technicians throughout North America, it should…
Read More by Pierre-Luc Bourgeois There are several elevator equipment-guarding solutions available on the market in a wide range of prices, but why is that? Are they all equivalent? Of course not. Before going into detail about the differences, it helps to review the most common hazards found with elevator machine room equipment. As shown in Figure…
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Elevator Safety Supervisor System
Read More by John W. Koshak Abstract The Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators in the U.S. and Canada, ASME A17.1/CSA B44, includes Section 8.6, the Maintenance, Repair, Replacement and Testing section. It applies to all new and existing equipment to ensure maintenance is performed on critical components of vertical equipment to reduce hazard. It prescribes a…
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Exposition returns following a three-year hiatus.
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Cliff elevators relay village kids to cable cars through a sky bridge, reducing their school commute from more than 2 h to 7 min.
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New and Improved Innovation is at the core of the elevator industry, and ELEVATOR WORLD is proud to again recognize the achievements of manufacturers whose products — brought to the vertical-transportation market between March 2022-July 1, 2023 — are considered particularly noteworthy or innovative for the third annual Product of the Year Award. The products…
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interlift 2023 Expected to Return to 2019 Numbers by Lindsay Fletcher interlift 2023 is expected to, once again, be one of the most important events in the lift industry. Trade fair organizer AFAG Messen und Austellungen GmbH has high expectations for interlift 2023, planned on October 17-20 at Augsburg Trade Fair Centre in Augsburg, Germany. …
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by Kaija Wilkinson Residential conversions are on the rise, and VT companies are reaping the rewards. Rick Sayah, vice president and partner at vda, Inc. (VDA), says there’s more than a bit of irony about moving into a former office building to work from home. Yet, that’s what more and more people are doing as…
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