May 2014 Issue

Last Glance

Anniversary at Mount Tianping

By Elevator World | May 1, 2014

Product Spotlight

New Components, Systems

By Elevator World | May 1, 2014

Editor's Overview

Looking Up

By Ricia Sturgeon-Hendrick | May 1, 2014

Door Operators

Evolution of the Freight Elevator Door

By Elevator World | May 1, 2014

Door Operators

Door Reversal Devices: 1930-1960

By Dr. Lee Gray | May 1, 2014

Fred Anzley Annett (1879-1959), author of Electric Elevators: Their Design, Construction, Operation and Maintenance, provides a critical framework for this introductory history of elevator-door reversal devices.

Door Operators

Fire-Resistant Elevator Doors in Europe

By Elevator World | May 1, 2014

Door Operators

Elevator Door Operators: Then and Now

By Ralph M. Newman | May 1, 2014

Technology

Elevators Tend to “Fall” Upward, Too

By Elevator World | May 1, 2014

Codes & Standards

Energy Code Development, Part Two

By Dr. Albert So | May 1, 2014

Safety

Report Released on Use of Lifts for Evacuation from High Rises

By reprinted from Liftinstituut Magazine | May 1, 2014

Project Spotlight

Silvercrest Gets New Life, Again

By Lee Freeland | May 1, 2014

Engineering

Grid-Connected Feedback Control

By Wang Yanqing, Jiang Qing, Cao Jie and Wan Jianru | May 1, 2014

Events

ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7 MasterClass

By Elevator World | May 1, 2014

Industry Profile

Having a Say

By Kaija Wilkinson | May 1, 2014

Events

MELCO Elevadores do Brasil Inauguration

By Carmen Maldacena | May 1, 2014

Product Spotlight

Marina Square, “Pearl of the Emirates”

By Kaija Wilkinson | May 1, 2014

Safety

Rising to the Challenge

By Shem Oirere | May 1, 2014

Product Spotlight

Revisiting an Icon

By Kaija Wilkinson | May 1, 2014