Readers’ Platform

It’s In The Groove

In this Readers’ Platform, your author emphasizes that the rope prefers a U-groove. Whether it’s in baseball when a hitter is “in the groove” and seems to be crushing the...

Innovative VT Design for High-Rise Residential Towers

This Soviet-developed tool is often referred to as “theory of inventive problem-solving.” by Hongliang Liang and Gasan Guseynov Introduction TRIZ (/ˈtriːz/; Russian: теория решения изобретательских задач, teoriya resheniya izobretatelskikh zadatch, literally:...

Remote Monitoring: Risks and Rewards

In this Readers’ Platform, your author addresses industrial safety in light of digital transformation. More and more safety components are supplied with programmable logic controllers (PLCs) that communicate with sensors...

Designed to Deliver

Your author showcases IMEM’s new factory and commitment to R&D. by Antonio Pérez Luzuriaga IMEM is a company focused on the design, manufacturing, installation and maintenance of lifts since 1968, thus...

Vycling: The Next Big Thing?

Architect explores the possibility, requirements and probable applications of incorporating a VT bicycle into urban structures. “Designing a dream city is easy; rebuilding a living one takes imagination.”  — Jane...

Thoughts on “Make in India” 

Your author highlights his company’s role and factors driving the initiative.   Many companies are expanding manufacturing across India. Increasingly, we see elevator companies assembling entire elevators in India. This...

Astro-Dog Apollo ‘Lifts Off’ for First-Ever Space Walkies

Following in the footsteps of legendary British astronaut Tim Peake, the U.K. can be proud of its latest space hero destined for a mission to the International Space Station (ISS)....

Stop, Look, Listen

In this Readers’ Platform, your author describes the birth and evolution of Lift Control Engineering. Our story is one that will feel familiar to anyone who has ever started a...

A Clear and Unified Vision

Your author reflects on a challenging-yet-rewarding modernization project in downtown Toronto. All consultants bring a vastly different set of expertise and experience to their work. When you complete a vertical-transportation...

Renaissance Man

Remembering the “one-in-a-million” Bill Casey of New York Bill Casey, founder of Claddagh Electronics Ltd. of Long Island City, New York, was born on December 16, 1938. He was one...

The machine is transported to the site; image courtesy of Champion Elevator.

Challenging Hudson Valley Modernization a “Testament to Teamwork”

Oakland, California, Councilmember Carroll Fife; image courtesy of City of Oakland

Oakland Passes Residential Elevator Maintenance Ordinance

NEW ESCALATORS AT TWO BENGALURU, INDIA RAILWAY STATIONS

New Escalators at Two Bengaluru, India Railway Stations

18-YEAR-OLD WORKER DIES AFTER FALLING DOWN ESCALATOR SHAFT

18-Year-Old Worker Dies After Falling Down Escalator Shaft

FATALITY IN CHINESE SHOPPING MALL AFTER GLASS RAILING GAVE WAY

Fatality in Chinese Shopping Mall After Glass Railing Gave Way