Doors
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:...
Of Hand Dryers and Elevator Door Systems
Airdri, parent company of Chicago’s Formula Systems, has interesting history, exciting future. Automatic hand dryers and elevator-door detection systems and speech annunciators may seem like strange bedfellows, but they coexist...
Niagara Belco
Niagara Belco provides specialized industry equipment to places across North America. Hamilton, Canada-based Niagara Belco Ltd. is a supplier of swing-door assemblies to elevator contractors and manufacturers of commercial and...
The Extra Mile
In this Readers Platform, your authors provide a list of questions to ask yourself when handling projects that call for high-performance doors. by Carlo Ferrari and Tommaso Sala In projects...
Technology for the 21st Elevator Century
The science behind a product touting full door-area protection for passengers, freight and the door itself This paper was presented at Madrid 2016, the International Congress on Vertical Transportation Technologies,...
Whatever Happened to MAC Door Equipment?
In this Readers Platform, your author recounts the evolution of a popular door operator and the company that supplies and supports it. Many of you are familiar with MAC door...
A History of Elevator Doors
The 75-year-long evolution of the elevator door featured various designs often driven by the need for greater safety. The modern elevator door is the product of approximately 75 years of...
Compact Elevator Operators
Creating more rentable space for property owners In today’s new-construction and modernization environment, it’s all about compressing time to save money and idealizing space to achieve maximized rental revenues. “To...
The Quintessential Art Deco Object
In this Readers Platform, your author explores the lush designs of elevator doors that reflect the iconic NYC buildings in which they reside. As a style, Art Deco is recognizable...
