Designer of Jeddah Tower elevators outlines technology and in-depth planning going into the elevatoring of the future world’s tallest. When it is completed in 2018, the mixed-use Jeddah Tower (formerly Kingdom Tower) will become the new world’s tallest tower. It will contain multiple, stacked mixed-use population zones, including subterranean parking, building entry/amenity/retail floors, office floors,…
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Global, regional changes put in place. Changes at the Top at Schindler Alfred N. Schindler, great-grandson of the cofounder of Schindler, Robert Schindler, announced that he plans to step down as chairman in 2017, prompting upper-management promotions. Current Chief Executive Silvio Napoli becomes a board member and chairman designate. Napoli will be replaced in April…
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[…] which is approximately the position of the human body’s center of gravity. All the masses of the model generate forces under the effect of the acceleration; thus, Von Mises stresses are calculated on all steel parts of the car frame. The forces in the links (bolts, rivets, welds and clinching points) are also analyzed. […]
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[…] or letter/number combination. The packages are various sizes and shapes with different numbers and configurations of pins. Inside the package is the chip proper, known as the die, with terminations far too small to be hand soldered. (Also, the heat would instantly fry the sensitive chip.) Attached to the die are gold-plated leads that […]
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The venerable Interlift continues to grow in Germany, as Dubai, U.K. and Iran prepare other gatherings for 2015. Interlift Announcements Interlift 2015 organizer AFAG Messen und Ausstellungen GmbH has announced a new record for the biannual trade fair: space booked includes the new Hall 4 and the CUBE, to total 42,500 m² in the Augsburg…
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[…] during installation to ensure the leveling and alignment of pieces and components. Specifications Operating condition: Nonreversible Power supply: 220/400 V at 50 Hz, three phase Pallet: One-piece die-cast aluminum pallet painted silver Corrosion protection – main truss: Two layers of primer Bottom plate: 4-mm soffit Type of balustrade: Clear, rectangular safety glass, 10 mm […]
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Memories are recalled as work on the 1WTC vertical-transportation system wraps up. photos by Robert S. Caporale and ThyssenKrupp Elevator In the fall of 1964, with a year of college under my belt and about 20 extra pounds of my dear Mom’s fine Italian cooking, I had a burning desire to marry the love of…
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[…] include a unique approach taken by a German publisher in the early 20th century. In 1912, Verag Hermann Schran & Co. (Berlin) published the third edition of Die Elektrotechnische Praxis: Ein Handbuch zum Studium und Selbstunterricht in den Physikalischen und Technischen Grundlagen der Elektrotechnik, Sowie Ihrer Konstruktionen, Verfahren und Praktiken (Electrical Engineering Theory: A […]
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[…] to earth through a motor bearing, it can spark and erode material through an electrical discharge machining (EDM) effect. Also known as spark machining, spark eroding, burning, die sinking, wire burning or wire erosion, EDM is used in manufacturing to obtain a desired shape using electrical discharges (sparks). Such effects in motors, however, will […]
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Innovation Industries and D & D Elevator purchase other companies; Wurtec and KONE open new offices. Innovation Industries Buys Monitor Elevator Products Innovation Industries, Inc. of Russellville, Arkansas, has completed the purchase of Monitor Elevator Products of Hauppauge, New York, from parent company Halma of London. Monitor’s 76 employees will be retained, according to Innovation…
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