Maintenance

MassPort Accepting Bids for VT Maintenance Contract

The Massachusetts Port Authority (MassPort) is accepting bids electronically through August 21 for a three-year vertical-transportation (VT) maintenance contract that includes elevator, escalator and moving walk maintenance at all MassPort...

Ouimet Promoted to KJA COO

Toronto-headquartered vertical-transportation consultancy KJA announced on August 1 the promotion of Martin Ouimet from director, eastern Canada, to chief operating officer (COO). With more than 17 years at KJA, Ouimet...

Benefits of Intelligent Elevator Monitoring for Operators of Large Elevator Portfolios

by Philip Molineus and David Mansfeld This paper was presented at the International Elevator & Escalator Symposium 2023 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Abstract Intelligent elevator monitoring with sensors, edge computing and...

Maintenance and Modernization in Türkiye

Hello Everyone, Periodical maintenance of lifts is the place where various unskillful companies earn their living, but looking and seeing are different, and this is the most disturbing issue in...

What Direction Is Maintenance Headed?

Dear readers, The topic of this issue of Elevator World Türkiye is maintenance and modernization. Looking back, memories of the days when I was responsible for installation and maintenance at...

The Importance Of a Quantitative Approach in Lift Maintenance And Modernization

As a company operating in the lift industry, I would like to emphasize the importance of lift maintenance and modernization in light of years of experience and current developments. In...

Journey of Lifts From Design to Maintenance

As our subject is lifts, it is necessary to begin the article with “Product Safety and Technical Regulations Law" No. 7223. The approach to the lift is properly communicated in...

A Special Kind of Heavy-Duty Elevator

Greta, Brumme and the ship lift Niederfinow north of Berlin At the end of August, your author visited the Niederfinow ship lift on the Oder-Havel Canal, approximately 60 km northeast...

Open Data Platform for Lift Optimised Service: An Opportunity for SMEs in the Lift Industry

by David Abadía, Ricardo Salillas, Alfredo Gómez, Ricard Bou, Pedro Fernández, Lorenzo Beltrán This paper was presented at the 2022 International Elevator & Escalator Symposium in Barcelona, Spain.  Abstract A...

Open Data Platform for Lift Optimized Service

An Opportunity for SMEs in the Lift Industry This paper was presented at the 2022 International Elevator & Escalator Symposium in Barcelona, Spain. Abstract A consortium made up of Ascensores...

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77-Year-Old Dies After Falling on Escalator in India

UNITEC ANNOUNCES TEMPORARY CLOSURE

Unitec Announces Temporary Closure

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Applications Open for NAESA Scholarships

MAX Automate allows for remote operation of 129 PBBs; image courtesy of TKE.

Madrid Airport First Fully Remote-Operated Hub With TKE System

The futuristic design of Port San Antonio’s Innovation Tower; image courtesy of Port San Antonio

Port San Antonio BoD Move Innovation Tower to Finalization Phase