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,...
