Moving Walks

On-Site Revision For Escalators and Moving Walkways

by Battal Murat Öztürk Abstract Escalators and moving walkways, which are the most widely used equipment in today's indoor transportation, have started to age, deform and are no longer able...

Basic Measurements for Escalators and Moving Walkways:

Measurements between fixed and moving parts of escalators and moving walkways and between the equipment and objects/barriers in the areas where they are installed are specified in different sections of...

“Green” Escalators: Calculating, Quantifying and Reporting

How to credibly claim and compare the environmental performance of escalators and moving walks by Sascha Iqbal Strictly speaking, there is nothing such as a “green“ escalator, unless it has...

AKE Model-T Heavy Duty Escalator Project

M1 – T4 – M2 Metro Routes Project in the European Side Railway Systems Routes of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality by Nazım Keskin Transportation networks develop every passing day in Türkiye...

The Two Modes of Failure of Escalator Braking Systems

This paper was first presented virtually at the 12th Lift & Escalator Technologies Symposium in September 2021 and printed at the symposium website at liftsymposium Keywords: Escalator braking systems, runaway...

Transporting London

Acknowledging the years of experience and specialist knowledge of the TfL internal escalator team Transport for London (TfL) is a massive transportation operation that keeps an eye on everything transport...

Old Stairs, “New” Steps

If your vintage escalator’s parts are unavailable, there is still a way to get replacements. ES Escalator & Elevator Parts Co., Ltd., founded in 2013, focuses on the supply of...

Research Into Real-Time Video Monitoring and Remote-Control System of Escalators

In this Engineering article, your author explores means to improve safety. Keywords: video monitoring; detection; functional safety; remote control Abstract: Escalators are safety-related, heavy-duty special equipment. It is a challenge...

Construction of Poincare Space Map and Phase Plan Map for Escalators with Mechanical Fault, Part 3

Your author constructs his maps for an escalator suffering from mechanical failure. Abstract In this study, we will construct the Phase plan map (Poincare section) and the Poincare space map...

Escalator Runaways

In this Readers' Platform, your author contends that all escalators and inclined moving walks should have an auxiliary brake. A number of high-profile escalator runaways have happened in recent years,...

LeCardi

LeCardi Named Metro Elevator VP of Modernization

The PUKKA project; image courtesy of realestate.eg

Schindler To Provide Elevators For Cairo NAC Project

BUCHER HYDRAULICS ACQUIRING FINLAND’S HYDMAN OY

Bucher Hydraulics Acquiring Finland’s Hydman Oy

Stack

In Memoriam: Thomas Stack

(l-r) Don Gelestino with his father, Donald Gelestino; image courtesy of Don Gelestino

In Memoriam: Gelestino’s Namesake Father