Cabs
A Diverse Approach to Lifts: Cabin Design
Elevator design is determined according to the capacity, the number of people, expectations of the times, the target audience and the country. For elevator manufacturers that export to several places...
Walls and Interior Design in Elevator Cabins
Being the only component that the passengers see, aesthetics of elevator cabins are important. Cabins can be manufactured of various types and materials. Nevertheless, the material and the decorative structure...
Lift Cabs Laid Bare
Clients may not be paying as much attention to design and construction as one might think. In most people’s minds, when they hear the word “cabs,” their thoughts probably turn...
Keeping Elevators Safe From Infections
Assessing the risks of picking up COVID-19 or other viruses or bacteria in a cab and how to reduce infection risk by Dr. Michael Davies and Dr. P.J.B. Scott There...
Universal Design Principles for Cabs: Accessibility
An examination of standards on cabs the author says should be followed to help make lifts accessible to all There has been an effort to “converge” the EN 81-20 and...
ECR Custom Elevator Interiors
The company’s vice president shares how his team approaches the engineering and design of interiors and ceilings. Jonathan Adair ECR - Elevator Cab Renovations, which recently joined with MAD Elevator...
1950s Innovations in Elevator Cab Design
This History article examines cabin-access innovations that arose from the development of operator-less elevators in the early 1950s. The founding of Elevator World, Inc. in 1953 coincided with the introduction...
Ingenuity by Design
The evolution of an elevator handrail installation system is detailed in this Company Spotlight. A machinist by trade, Hans Joachim Lindemann of Selingenstadt, Germany, created the first sketches of what...
Modernization of an Icon
CEC, Schindler and others modernize the elevators at PENN1 (formerly 1 Penn Plaza) in NYC. Near the recently completed Moynihan Transportation Hub and soon-to-be-completed Penn Plaza Rail Station, PENN1 at...
Quality by Design
A look at Canton Architectural Products and its 15-year track record of providing cabs and cab components. Canton Elevator was founded in 1946 and has strived to maintain a reputation...
