[…] Retrieved from ISEC (isec.org/space-elevator-faq) (2018, April 4). “What is a Space Elevator (in 500 Words or Less)?” Retrieved from ISEC (isec.org/2016-05-29-06-04-13/what-is-a-space-elevator-in-500-wordsor- less)(2018, April 4). “By Original Hochgeladen von Schwarzm am 30.” Selbst gemacht mit C4D/Cartoonrenderer, GNU FDL – German Wikipedia, original upload December 29, 2004, by APPER, CC BY-SA 3.0 (commons.wikimedia. org/w/index.php?curid=350208). The-Space-Elevator-07-2018-Figure-1 The-Space-Elevator-07-2018-Figure-2 […]
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[…] edges of the steps. The measures taken against such accidents are described here. Overview of Buffer Steps Conventionally, the steps used in escalators are formed by aluminum die-casting. The upper surface of each step typically has a yellow demarcation part made of plastic along three edges of the upper surface. Based on this conventional […]
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[…] all enjoyed evenings away from the halls, thanks to kind invitations by Interlift organizers and others. We were invited by Interlift organizers to a press dinner at Die Tafeldecker restaurant in the historic Fuggerei, where members of the international press enjoyed an evening together prior to the opening of the trade fair. Two evenings […]
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[…] with a useful tool for anticipating correct voltage and current readings that will appear at various points in an electrical circuit. Thévenin’s Theorem was stated by Hermann Von Helmholtz in 1853 and reformulated in its present form 30 years later by Léon Charles Thévenin. It is widely used to simplify complex circuits having multiple […]
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[…] make 18 billion trips a year. As for safety, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Consumer Product Safety Commission report that, on average, 27 people die, and 10,200 are injured every year nationwide in elevator accidents. And, according to the U.S. Labor Department Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, a little over half […]
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[…] Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and other cities, together with metro and high-speed rail stations across the country.” “Vertical City” to Include German Firm’s Tallest Hamburg, Germany, architecture firm von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (GMP) has designed its tallest building to date for Nanjing Financial City — Phase II, a new “vertical city” in Nanjing, China, […]
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[…] Wrap Traction” (1920). Hymans, F. “The Creep” (1920). Hymans, F. & Hellborn, A.V. “Der Neuzeitliche Aufzug mit Treibscheibenantrieb” (translated as “Modern Elevators with Friction Drive Sheaves”), Verlag von Julius Springer, Berlin (1927). EN 81-1: 1998 Safety Rules for the Construction and Installation of Lifts – Part 1: Electric Lifts, Appendix M. EN 81-50: 2014 […]
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[…] jury has named Bund SOHO in Shanghai the inaugural China Best Tall Building. It was among four buildings in the running (ELEVATOR WORLD, April 2016). Designed by von Gerkan, Marg and Partners Architects of Hamburg, Germany, Bund SOHO is part of a mixed-use development that includes four high-rise office buildings standing between 60 and […]
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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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In this Readers Platform, authors James Filippone, P.E., and John Koshak, QEC, explore changes to the U.S. elevator code and common installations, which have combined to make private-residence elevators potentially hazardous for small children. by James Filippone, P.E., and John Koshak, QEC The possibility for children to become trapped in the space between elevator hoistway…
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