Doors
Monitoring From the Outside in
Exploring predictive remote monitoring on doors and related sensors by Dan Bryant and Marty Blackmon Doors and Monitoring Equipment Explained Elevator doors and the equipment for automated control come in...
Open Wide
Freight elevator modernization included replacement of huge doors, the likes of which most mechanics will never encounter. Elevator modernizations almost always pose unique challenges. Current products are not always a...
All Sills, All the Time
New Jersey-based Archi-Tread finds success with a niche product. by Kaija Wilkinson A sill is a small elevator component — typically no more than a few inches wide and approximately...
3D Radar Light Curtain
Research combines tested technology for this “smart” system. by Matt Davies Infrared (IR)-based light curtains have been the accepted way of protecting passengers from closing elevator doors since the 1990s....
A Look at Door Safety
Stricter regulations may be in the future, but now is a good time to review existing rules. by Muharrem B. Çakırer It has been said, “The rules in aviation are...
The Bostwick Elevator Gate
The Unlikely Story of How a Patent Acquisition became Synonymous with sliding, collapsible metal elevator gates One of the most iconic components of many late 19th- and early 20th-century elevators...
A Commitment to Energy Efficiency
Fermator Group Reduces Energy Consumption of the Door Control System There are many articles about vertical-transportation energy consumption and its economic impact within the total energy consumed in the world....
The Best VT Solution
In this Readers Platform, your author describes the benefits of Peelle's vertical-slide doors in Freight Applications It’s important for a building owner or architect to properly communicate the purpose of...
Market Booms for Code-Compliant Swing Doors
Niagara Belco positions itself to take advantage of growing trend The boom in residential elevators is bringing a burgeoning demand for code-compliant swing doors, and as North America’s oldest and...
Smooth Operators
A look at the Future of Moving elevator doors It is often said about life that when one door closes, another opens. And so it goes with elevator door operators:...
