Escalators
The Most Important Escalator Safety Device
The evolution of escalator and moving walk braking systems by Anthony Boom Introduction Ever since the very first escalator was installed, escalator manufacturers and safety code committees have worked proactively...
Innovative Technologies That Improve Escalator Passenger Safety
Your author takes an in-depth look at these technologies and how they work. This paper was first presented at the 15th Lift & Escalator Technologies Symposium in September 2024 and...
Hitachi Yungtay Elevator Receives 147-Unit MRT Order
Hitachi Yungtay Elevator, the Taiwan-based subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., received an order for 147 elevators and escalators from the Department of Rapid Transit Systems of the Taipei City Government, Hitachi...
Lift & Escalator Symposium Issues First Call for Papers
Organizers of the 16th Symposium on Lift & Escalator Technologies, planned on September 24-25, 2025, at the Kettering Park Hotel & Spa in Kettering, U.K., have issued a first call for...
KONE Contract at Saudi Arabia’s KFIA Includes 86 Units
KONE has won an order to provide a suite of transportation solutions for the modernization of King Fahd International Airport (KFIA) in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, also known as Dammam International...
New Blueprint for Urban Mobility?
Beltways aims to revolutionize moving walks. Beltways®, a first-of-its-kind modular accelerating walkway, is being developed by brothers Matine and John Yuksel in Hebron, Kentucky. The Yuksel brothers relocated the company,...
Fujitec Modernizes Its Longest Escalator in Japan
The escalator is equivalent to the height of a six-story building. submitted by Fujitec Fujitec Co., Ltd. has modernized the longest Fujitec escalator in Japan at Tokyo Big Sight (Koto-ku,...
Escalator Brake Failure Investigation
An expert look at what did and did not cause this escalator overspeed incident by Anthony Boom Introduction Most everyone has heard the saying, “Accidents don’t ‘just happen.’ They are...
Common Escalator Configurations and Designs
A discussion by Jeffrey A. Masseyimages courtesy of TK Elevator It is commonly understood in the architectural and vertical-transportation (VT) worlds that various factors are involved in specifying and providing...
Enhancing the Sydney Metro City Line
190 new TKE units key part of “transformative” Australia project. images courtesy of TKE Düsseldorf, Germany-headquartered TK Elevator (TKE) announced in October 2024 another prominent infrastructure project as the vertical-transportation...
