Maintenance
Modernize DC Gearless Motors: Do It Right and Reap the Rewards
Three ways modernization reduces operation expenses for DC motors As urban populations continue to grow, more and more Americans either live or work in high-rise buildings — defined as buildings...
Remote Monitoring for All
Nowadays, cars ask their drivers to go for visits to the garage. The car tells you what it wants and even sometimes informs the garage. Some of us might need...
Formula for Success
In this Readers Platform, your author describes how contractors, mechanics and building owners all play crucial roles in elevator maintenance. During my 20 years in the elevator industry, I have...
New Safety Enhancement System
Nonproprietary alarm system for hoistways Otis’ AccessAlert alarm is a safety enhancement that can be applied to elevator equipment worldwide. Similar to the seatbelt alarm found in a car, an...
Powered by the Cloud
In this Readers Platform, your author makes the case for the ability of cloud software to enhance accuracy, productivity and accountability, while lowering costs. With so many cloud software solutions...
Effective Management of Elevator/Escalator Maintenance Agreements
Ten important steps to follow as a manager of the ever-important maintenance agreement For those responsible for the management of elevator and escalator maintenance agreements, the task can become rather...
A New Way of Recordkeeping
In this Readers Platform, your author describes how GAL and Helios joined forces to create a mobile solution to facilitate the MCP process. Walking through the National Association of Elevator...
Digital World
Remote monitoring is bringing elevator reliability to new heights. Mobile technology is transforming the way elevator companies operate, and many are moving fast so they don’t get left behind. Technicians...
Maintenance and Modernization: The Keys to Safety
ELEVATOR WORLD (EW) speaks with Ilpo Marjamaa (IM), senior vice president and head of modernization for KONE, about the importance of keeping equipment up to date. EW: Which parts of...
The Inspection of the Taipei 101 Elevators: 10 Years Later
The elevators that were the fastest in the world until this year are thoroughly examined. by Toshiaki Nakagawa and Shunta Sasaki The 1,010-mpm elevators installed in Taipei 101 in Taipei...
