Escalators
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...
Old Stairs, “New” Steps
If your vintage escalator’s parts are unavailable, there is still a way to get replacements. ES Escalator & Elevator Parts Co., Ltd., founded in 2013, focuses on the supply of...
Research Into Real-Time Video Monitoring and Remote-Control System of Escalators
In this Engineering article, your author explores means to improve safety. Keywords: video monitoring; detection; functional safety; remote control Abstract: Escalators are safety-related, heavy-duty special equipment. It is a challenge...
Construction of Poincare Space Map and Phase Plan Map for Escalators with Mechanical Fault, Part 3
Your author constructs his maps for an escalator suffering from mechanical failure. Abstract In this study, we will construct the Phase plan map (Poincare section) and the Poincare space map...
Escalator Runaways
In this Readers' Platform, your author contends that all escalators and inclined moving walks should have an auxiliary brake. A number of high-profile escalator runaways have happened in recent years,...
The Escalator at Mid-Century
This History article examines the escalator as it came into its own. The history of technical literature includes textbooks that have served multiple generations through multiple editions. One such iconic...
Lubrication Innovation
In this Product Spotlight, your author discusses an automated system that saves time and money. In recent years, technologies have emerged that have had a favorable impact on escalator maintenance,...
Escalator Fractal Behavior, Part Two
Further studies on the deployment of the concept of the fractal in correlation to the mechanical performance and availability of escalators for passenger service Part one of this series[3] showed...
U.K. Evolution
In this Readers’ Platform, your author discusses codes and events that have influenced escalator design. This issue’s focus topic presents an opportunity to consider the evolution of the U.K. escalator...
A Quick Look at Apta’s Heavy-Duty Escalator Design Guidelines
Examining the sections in important recommended-practice transit document Some time ago, your author worked for Montgomery Elevator Co. designing escalators and moving walks. Regularly, engineering would receive specifications for escalators...
