Maintenance

Think Before You Act

Esteemed readers of ELEVATOR WORLD Türkiye, I would like to start my article by thanking EW Türkiye management for this valuable opportunity to let me speak with you again after...

Challenges of Elevator Modernization

by Eduard Amigó This paper was presented at the 2022 International Elevator and Escalator Symposium in Barcelona, Spain.  Abstract  The global trend for the next decade marks a significant increase...

Maintenance, Repair and Modernization – Do Lifts Fall?

The lifts we use in daily life arouse a sense of fear in every user. It often creates worries such as “Will this lift fall?” or “If the lift breaks...

Indian Rails Plan to Maintain Elevators, Escalators

Delhi Metro Rail Corp. (DMRC) in New Delhi, India, plans to use the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model to promote enhanced installation and service operation of elevators and escalators along priority...

Going Up

Renovating a 136-m-high maintenance lift at Severn Bridge Every day, thousands of commuters use the Severn Bridge, which crosses the River Severn and links South Wales with South West England....

Semiconductor shortage

In this Readers’ Platform, your author discusses how global supply disruption impacts lift drive availability and obsolescence. Over the past 18 months, semiconductor manufacturers have pivoted from supplying industrial automation...

Construction of Poincare Space Map and Phase Plan Map for Escalators, Part 2

Work repeats that explained in Part 1, but with data derived from passenger loading. Abstract In part 1[1], Poincare space map and phase plan map (Poincare section) were constructed from...

Construction of Poincare Space Map and Phase Plan Map for Escalators, Part 1

Your author notes confirmation of smart step data’s fractal set nature. In this study, Poincare space map and phase plan map (Poincare section) are constructed from traces of measured data...

Escalator Handrail Mechanism

An introduction to and maintenance tips regarding this important safety/comfort system The handrail movement mechanism of an escalator consists of a complex structure, which has its own characteristics from other...

Technological Influence Over Sustainable Maintenance

The goal of great companies is to build industrywide platforms to bring together a broad ecosystem of partners. by Onur Artıkoğlu This article was first presented at the 2019 International...

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Vertical Building Extension Method Launches in the U.K.

Members of Hyundai Elevator's choir of disabled people pose at Kangwon National University's Baeckryung Art Center in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province; image courtesy of Hyundai Elevator via The Korea Times

Hyundai Choir of Disabled People Wins Silver Prize at National Competition

Screenshot courtesy of MediaBrief

India’s ECE Elevators Launches New Ad Campaign

image courtesy of KONE

KONE Awarded EcoVadis 2024 Sustainability Gold Medal

MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC ACQUIRES NORWAY’S ALT HEIS

Mitsubishi Electric Acquires Norway’s ALT Heis