April 2021 Issue

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Editor's Overview

Let’s Talk About the Future

By Ricia Sturgeon-Hendrick | April 1, 2021

Readers' Platform

Renaissance Man

By Lucy Faerber | April 1, 2021

Remembering the “one-in-a-million” Bill Casey of New York

Industry Dialogue

Valves: The Vital Last Link

By Kaija Wilkinson | April 1, 2021

Anja Blain, CEO of Blain Hydraulics, headquartered in Heilbronn, Germany, shares insight about the company’s philosophy, strategy and future with your author.

Continuing Education

Traction Sheave Maintenance

By John W. Koshak | April 1, 2021

How to identify and prevent traction sheave damage due to unequal rope tension

Product Spotlight

COVID-19 Product Spotlight and Resources

By Elevator World | April 1, 2021

Cabs and Cab Accessories

Keeping Elevators Safe From Infections

By Dr. Michael Davies | April 1, 2021

Assessing the risks of picking up COVID-19 or other viruses or bacteria in a cab and how to reduce infection risk

Cabs and Cab Accessories

Universal Design Principles for Cabs: Accessibility

By Muharrem B. Çakirer | April 1, 2021

An examination of standards on cabs the author says should be followed to help make lifts accessible to all

Cabs and Cab Accessories

ECR Custom Elevator Interiors

By Lee Freeland | April 1, 2021

The company’s vice president shares how his team approaches the engineering and design of interiors and ceilings.

Cabs and Cab Accessories

1950s Innovations in Elevator Cab Design

By Dr. Lee Gray | April 1, 2021

This History article examines cabin-access innovations that arose from the development of operator-less elevators in the early 1950s.

Cabs and Cab Accessories

Ingenuity by Design

By Kaija Wilkinson | April 1, 2021

The evolution of an elevator handrail installation system is detailed in this Company Spotlight.

Modernization

Not Just a Quick Fix

By Dennis Van Milligen | April 1, 2021

thyssenkrupp Elevator’s modernization of nine elevators for UHealth Tower at the University of Miami Hospital may have been speedy, but none of it was done halfway.

Company Spotlight