Doors and Door Equipment
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The Peelle Co. provides freight doors for adaptive reuse of Dallas, Texas, warehouse. The elevator industry accommodates unique applications of every kind, including freight. Door and door operators are critical...
Peelle Promotes Gill to Freight Door Operations Manager
The Peelle Co., headquartered in Brampton, Ontario, recently promoted Harmon Gill from freight door production manager to operations manager. With a degree in mechanical engineering from Sheridan College in Oakville,...
MDS1 Automatic Modular Lift Door for Residential Applications
Overview of Wittur’s recently introduced Modular Door System 1, an automatic door for new lift installations in residential buildings submitted by The Wittur Group The Wittur Group recently introduced its...
Obstruction Detectors – A Historical Review
A review of door sensors from the 1950s to the present A major issue with automatically powered elevator doors is the risk of passenger injury from door impacts. Elevator companies...
Elevator Door Protection from TL Jones
This article looks at the history, growth and future of TL Jones’ Microscan technology. Having a long history in the elevator industry has helped TL Jones become a recognizable worldwide...
SEES Light Screen and Resistor
An overview of SEES’ new universal light screen/door protector Southern Elevator & Electric Supply (SEES) now offers a universal light screen/door protector, which works for almost all applications. The design...
Keep Your Elevators Running with Door Operation Upgrades
This article discusses the performance benefits of upgrading elevator door equipment. The average elevator door opens and closes more than 200,000 times a year. No wonder the majority – more...
Sematic Elevator Door Equipment: Energy Conservation in the Elevator Industry
An in-depth look at Sematic’s energy-efficient door-drive controllers Energy conservation is a current hot topic and one of the main challenges for the 21st century. Lowering and optimizing power consumption...
Freight Elevator Door Control: An Opportunity for Wireless Technology
A comparison between hard-wired freight elevator door-control systems and wireless systems by Steven Reynolds, P. Eng and Henry E. Peelle, III, DM Introduction To date, wireless technologies have found only...
Door Protection from Formula Systems
An overview of the company’s recently launched Vision series In September 2011, Formula Systems launched its new Vision series, offering a variety of features designed to inspire passenger confidence and...
