Machines and Drives

Alberto Sassi Partners With U.S.-Based Master Elevator Parts

Alberto Sassi SpA, headquartered in Italy, recently announced a strategic partnership with Long Island City (LIC), NY-based Master Elevator Parts. Unveiled during the United Convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey,...

VFD for Residential Elevators

The commercial F5 series drive and accessories are offered for winding-drum or traction applications in which an open-loop geared induction motor is typically used. As the U.S. population ages, mobility...

Elevator Drive Obsolescence

In this Readers’ Platform, your author asks the question, “Who decides why and when?” Henry Ford II argued, “Obsolescence is the very hallmark of progress,” and I’m sure that most...

A Drop Tower of Superlatives

GEFRAN frequency converters were installed in Hanover, Germany’s unique Einstein Elevator. by Giuseppe Savoca Physical and production engineering experiments for applications in space, on the moon or even on Mars:...

Gearless Motors: A Sealed Spherical Roller Bearing With Improved Performance

This Product Spotlight describes the multiple improvements to the bearing, now designated with the -RS suffix. This paper was presented at  Madrid 2016, the International Congress on Vertical Transportation Technologies,...

Development of a Holistic Solution for VVVF Drives

Several concerns about this industrial norm are investigated. This paper was presented at Madrid 2016, the International Congress on Vertical Transportation Technologies, and first published in IAEE book Elevator Technology...

Torin Drive Delivers Millionth Machine

EW correspondent shares highlights from the momentous event. Standing at the meeting hall entrance of the Changshu International Hotel in Changsu, China, on the warm afternoon of September 26, 2017,...

SIMS4LIFTS NOW SIMSINLIFTS, LAUNCHES ENHANCED PORTAL

Sims4Lifts Now SIMSINLIFTS, Launches Enhanced Portal

New Elevator at the Brentwood Town Centre SkyTrain station; image courtesy of TransLink

SkyTrain Station in Vancouver Receives Major Expansion

MACAU GOVERNMENT URGING ANNUAL ELEVATOR INSPECTIONS

Macau Government Urging Annual Elevator Inspections

Wonder Wheel at Coney Island; photo by DangApricot for Wikipedia

DOB Elevator Unit Inspects Coney Island Amusement Park

SOUTHERN ELEVATOR AGAIN PARTNERS WITH ELLIS FOR THREE RACES

Southern Elevator Again Partners With Ellis for Three Races