Elevators

TfL Concerned About HS2 Euston Station Design In London

Transport for London (TfL) has raised “several concerns” about HS2 Ltd.’s latest designs for London’s Euston Station, one of the stations serving the new HS2 high-speed railway that will form...

TKE Opens Its Center In India, Its 11th In 25 Years

TK Elevator (TKE) has opened an International Technical Service (ITS) center in Pune, Maharashtra, India, the 11th location globally since launching the centers 25 years ago, the OEM announced on...

Indian Rails Plan to Maintain Elevators, Escalators

Delhi Metro Rail Corp. (DMRC) in New Delhi, India, plans to use the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model to promote enhanced installation and service operation of elevators and escalators along priority...

KONE Stamp is on Metro Lines from Asia to Europe

KONE will supply and install more than 70 elevators for the Grand Paris Express metro project in Paris, the capital of France, and will deliver 107 escalators to the first...

Thyssenkrupp Elevator Acquisition Completed

Transfer transactions of thyssenkrupp Elevator, which was recently acquired by a consortium of three private equity firms (Advent International, Cinven and RAG-Stiftung), have been completed. The process that started with...

Elevator Ride Quality Adjustment With A VFD

Properly used, software functions can eliminate effects of rollback and increase speed-control response. Many people take ride quality for granted when they use an elevator, but a smooth and responsive...

Automatic Transfer Fabrication Of Special Elevators With Parametric Design Program

Your author describes how specialized software enhances efficiency and accuracy. This paper was presented at  ELEVCON Berlin 2018, the International Congress on Vertical Transportation Technologies, and first published in IAEE book...

The Hidden Heart of Escalators

Italian manufacturer Montanari explains its escalator machines, which have braking systems that focus on safety first. by Stefano Bertoni and Rezarta Rakipi Urbanization Scenario Globally, more people live in urban...

“Green” Elevators: Calculating, Quantifying and Reporting

How to credibly claim and compare the environmental performance of elevators by Sascha Iqbal and Nikolay Minkov Strictly speaking, there is no such thing as a “green“ elevator, unless covering...

ALBERTA GOVERNMENT ISSUES VT CODE AND SAFETY NOTICES

Alberta Government Issues VT Code and Safety Notices

Kerns

Kerns Joins Hyperion as Manager of Customer Care

The Sphinx Observatory is served by two high-speed Schindler elevators; image courtesy of Schindler.

Schindler Elevators at Europe’s Highest Research Facility

INVERTEK DRIVES RECEIVES KING’S AWARD FOR ENTERPRISE

Invertek Drives Receives King’s Award For Enterprise

CECA OFFERS UPDATE ON COLLEGIATE ELEVATOR PROGRAMS

CECA Offers Update on Collegiate Elevator Programs