Product Spotlight

New and Updated

This month’s products, including three from CEDES unveiled at Interlift and others from Carlo Gavazzi, Inc., Energy Zero S.r.l., and Lightspeed Lift Solutions, cover a wide range of applications, from...

Sematic Aesthetic Elevator Configurator

During Interlift 2013, Sematic Elevator Products unveiled the online cabin and door design tool Aesthetic Elevator Configurator. Available at configurator.sematic.com, it allows users to create customized elevator cabins in 3D...

Avire Rolls Out New Wiring Looms For Memcom

Lift safety and communication systems provider Avire has developed new wiring looms for its Memcom emergency alarm system, intended to make integrating Memcom into installed lifts quick and simple. The...

Lighted Push-Button Switch With Added Options

Electro-Mech Components, Inc. (EMC), has expanded its SW44895 quad-lamp push-button switch to include multiple options, such as a rubber dust-boot panel and enlarged lens, to meet industry requirements. Offering dual-...

Otis Launches CompassPlus

The company touts its destination-management system as a fundamental change to the way people move through buildings. In August, ELEVATOR WORLD had the opportunity to talk with Otis team members...

Calexa Elevator Software

The Institute for Vertical Transportation (IVT) has released software for calculation and examination of lift design and safety. CALEXA® is intended for consultants, designers, installers, supervisors, Notified Bodies and inspectors...

Modular Motor Protection System

Carlo Gavazzi Inc. has released DMPU, a new modular motor protection system. This evolution of its current-, voltage- and phase-monitoring devices is intended to complement the company’s other motor-control products...

PIT Actuator For Retracta Ladder

Smart Elevator Tech, LLC has developed a tool that allows the operator of its Retracta Ladder® (ELEVATOR WORLD, June 2011 and February 2013) the ability to retract (raise) and extend...

MVT Low-Rise MRL

Mongrain Vertical Transport (MVT) is an international builder of hydraulic elevator packages, featuring its Leistritz Emarelleâ„¢ machine-room-less (MRL) hydraulic elevator (ELEVATOR WORLD, April 2013). However, while that counterweight roped system...

OTIS GEN2 Switch Elevator

Otis has launched a new residential Gen2® elevator that eliminates the need for three-phase power, and utilizes solar power and battery-backup technology. The Gen2 Switch™ elevator will be available through...

Closings for: image by Geralt for Pixabay

Closing for New Year’s Day

ELEVATOR AND ESCALATOR TECHNICAL PROBLEMS AT BANGLADESH METRO RAIL STATION FIXED

Elevator and Escalator Technical Problems at Bangladesh Metrorail Station Fixed

SKI LIFT CRACK LEADS TO EVACUATIONS

Ski Lift Crack Leads to Evacuations

Fujitec India’s manufacturing facility in the Chennai suburbs; image courtesy of Fujitec

Fujitec Receives 239 Elevator Order for Metro in Chennai

photo by Superfast1111 for Wikipedia

New Elevators and Escalators at Southern India Railway Station