Emerging Technology

VFD Braking Resistor Protection

In this Product Spotlight, your author introduces a new safety feature allowing elevator drives to monitor for braking failures. KEB has introduced a new safety feature that allows the F5...

Remote Monitoring: Risks and Rewards

In this Readers’ Platform, your author addresses industrial safety in light of digital transformation. More and more safety components are supplied with programmable logic controllers (PLCs) that communicate with sensors...

IoT: Magic or Myth?

A review of available Internet of Things products and their solutions for lift companies. This article was first presented by the Online Symposium on Lift and Escalator Technologies, September 23-25,...

Benefits of IoT Remote Lift Monitoring

DOPPLER solution keeps maintenance results accountable. The extensive use of technology augments traditional maintenance, capturing data and insights that are not easily accessible with existing systems. The sensor-based maintenance includes...

How to Maximize the Value of Maintenance and Service Contracts Using the Internet of Things

In this Product Spotlight, your author introduces an AI product with the ability to help companies provide predictive maintenance. The fourth industrial revolution has reached the elevator industry, and industry...

NOVA Elevators Introduces Vocal Suite

This touchless, voice-controlled home lift system allows owners to operate hands-free. by Giulia Magro Vocal Suite is NOVA Elevators’ hands-free system for home lifts that can be fully operated via...

New Uses for Existing Technology

MAD Elevator describes a simple solution that saves time and money. submitted by MAD Elevator We can all remember the frustration we experienced as children when we finally received a...

Technology Ahead

London DLR to benefit from WeMaintain’s IoT technologies. WeMaintain, a fast-growing PropTech company based in Paris and London, has signed a four-year contract with KeolisAmey Docklands (KAD) for the provision...

Eye on Navi Mumbai

Ashok Chhajer, chairman and managing director of Arihant Superstructures, shares perspectives on development in the planned city and the role elevators play. images by Arihant Superstructures Ashok Chhajer (AC), chairman...

Style Considerations

Architect Tripat Girdhar shares his perspective on evolving VT technology as it impacts building design. In 2009, architect Tripat Girdhar and Umesh Sharma cofounded The Design Studio, a leading architecture...

The 125th Street and Broadway MTA station; photo by General Punger for Wikipedia

Inaccessibility at Key NYC Subway Station Focus of Meeting

Mills Park Tower; image courtesy of apartments.com

Elevator Modernization Underway at Chicagoland OPHA Tower

The event is planned at SPEEDERS in Richmond, B.C.; image courtesy of SPEEDERS.

CECA Western Region Meeting and Networking Event Planned

The event provides lift professionals with the opportunity to deepen their understanding of Shorts’ advanced Langer & Laumann Door Operator; image courtesy of Langer & Laumann.

Shorts Again Offers Roadshow For Lift Professionals

ALABAMA TOWN CONSIDERING FINES FOR FAULTY ELEVATORS

Alabama Town Considering Fines For Faulty Elevators