Huge Order to Supply Doha Metro KONE has been selected to supply more than 500 pieces of equipment to the Doha Metro’s Red Line South and Gold Line in Doha, Qatar, part of the Qatar Rail project. The planned rapid-transit system in Qatar’s capital consists of four lines with 100 stations over 215 km. An…
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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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[…] 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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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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[…] 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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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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Part One of this series (ELEVATOR WORLD, April 2014) discussed the history of development of the Code of Practice for Energy Efficiency of Lift and Escalator Installations (CoP) for elevators, escalators and moving walks in Hong Kong. The CoP is now incorporated in the combined volume Code of Practice for Energy Efficiency of Building Services…
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It is often necessary to select the best performing lift installation in terms of energy efficiency, for example, to gain the first credit in the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method classification system (other environmental rating classifications exist such as LEED, Green Star, etc.). Previous energy consumption calculation methods have been inaccurate such as that…
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by Serkan Elmalı, Adem Canda ¸ s, Eren Kayao ˘g lu, C. Erdem Imrak and Sefa Targit This paper was presented at USA 2012, the International Congress on Vertical Transportation Technologies and first published in IAEE book Elevator Technology 19, edited by A. Lustig. It is a reprint with permission from the International Association of…
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[…] Transportation II” was chaired by Robert Boog (Product Line manager Asia Pacific, Schindler) and also featured three presentations: “Advancements in Tall Building Vertical Transportation Design” by George von Klan (founding partner, GVK Elevator Consulting Services, Inc.), “Elevator Destination Dispatching – A Revolution in the Making” by James Fortune (president/principal, Fortune Shepler Consulting) and “Mitsubishi […]
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