Doors
Unlocking Innovation
ECI America’s series of residential door operators keeps evolving to exceed expectations. submitted by Electronic Controls, Inc. Electronic Controls, Inc. (ECI) America’s residential door operators highlight the company’s dedication to...
1600 Roe Street
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...
Improving All the Time
Wittur Group talks company plans, new products In October 2023, during interlift 2023 in Augsburg, Germany, your author (AB) had the welcomed opportunity to talk with then Wittur Group CEO...
Door Operator Technology and the Progression to Linear Drive Systems
In this Readers’ Platform, your author takes readers on a walk through history. by Andrew Goodwin The American technological revolution of 1880 to 1890 produced a wave of new inventions...
New Options for Door Equipment in North America
Columbia Elevator and USDE join forces to serve VT industry. Headquartered in Bridgeport, Connecticut, with manufacturing facilities both there and in Kansas, Columbia Elevator has been a well-known and respected...
Training Tool Helps Responders Unlock Elevator Doors
A new training tool is helping firefighters and other emergency responders in Washington, D.C., quickly unlock elevator doors to rescue entrapped passengers, DC News Now reports. Recently ordered by District...
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,...
Design Diversity
Not all freight storage and movement systems are identical, so it makes sense to match elevator doors with correct usage. Freight elevator door designs, such as those designed and produced...
Fire Resistant Elevator Doors
Abstract Elevator systems in use today are designed and produced to meet various requirements for their intended use. Fire-resistant lift landing doors has become mandatory after shifting from 95/16/EC to...
Landing Door Locking Devices
Introduction Article 5.3.9.3.4 of EN 81-20 says, “In the case of landing doors driven by the car door, if the landing door becomes open for whatever reason when the car...
