September 2025 Issue

  • Focus on Residential Lifts and Accessibility
    Safety, Innovations, products and more are covered in this expanisve section.
  • Special Section NAEC 2025
    Houston: The City With No Limits
  • Adjusting, Surviving, Thriving
    Survey of the U.S. elevator industry reveals determination, cautious optimism.
The Strategic Impact of Counterweight Balancing
Technology

The Strategic Impact of Counterweight Balancing

By Eng. Mantovani
Bailong Elevator – Zhangjiajie National Forest, China; image courtesy of CNN
Readers' Platform

Elevators That Heal

By Ivette Natacha Sanchez
1546: Conveyor system operated by waterpower in a mine shaft; The direction of travel is controlled by the water supply to the left and right rotating paddle wheels (from: Georgii Agricolae “De re metallica” Libri XII) From MDZ Munich Digitization Centre, Digital Library.
History

The Other Otis Legend

By Oskar Rosin
Beyond the Safety Code
Brakes / Components

Beyond the Safety Code

By Andy Cowe
Figure 1: A traditional geared traction machine and a modern gearless elevator motor with belt technology; Zeihl-Abegg is on the right.
Brakes / Components

Optimized Elevator Brakes for the New Standards

By Elevator World
Enhancing Passenger Safety A Framework for Assessing and Optimizing Elevator Braking Distances
Brakes / Components

Enhancing Passenger Safety: A Framework for Assessing and Optimizing Elevator Braking Distances

By Shaik Javeed
Back view
Project Spotlight

EKA S1

By Elevator World
Viewing VT With a Broad Lens
Editor's Overview

Viewing VT With a Broad Lens

By Ricia Sturgeon-Hendrick
BGHM Lift Symposium 2025
Events

BGHM Lift Symposium 2025

By Sascha Göbel
BIKE 2025
Events

BIKE 2025

By Sascha Göbel
A Focus on Domestic Elevators
Market Trends

A Focus on Domestic Elevators

By Eugene Gerden
Real Solutions for “Impossible” Spaces
Product Spotlight

Real Solutions for “Impossible” Spaces

By Elevator World
Elevator Interior Protection Products
Product Spotlight

Elevator Interior Protection Products

By Elevator World
Butterfly
Product Spotlight

Butterfly

By Eng. Mantovani Alberto

September 2025 Issue