Readers’ Platform
U.K. Evolution
In this Readers’ Platform, your author discusses codes and events that have influenced escalator design. This issue’s focus topic presents an opportunity to consider the evolution of the U.K. escalator...
20 Years of Innovation
Otis continues to build on the technology of its bestselling Gen2 elevator. When Otis introduced the machine-room-less (MRL) Gen2® elevator in early 2000, it featured something entirely new: belts in...
Choosing a Brake for Elevator Machines
The selection of reliable safety brakes is discussed in this Readers’ Platform. The safety of elevator passengers has top priority. Gearless elevator machines are today’s state of the art. Every...
Elevator Drive Obsolescence
In this Readers’ Platform, your author asks the question, “Who decides why and when?” Henry Ford II argued, “Obsolescence is the very hallmark of progress,” and I’m sure that most...
Elevator Safety and the Indian Market
European EN 81 standards are not a legal requirement in India, but they still represent world-beating safety quality. During my 18 years in the elevator and escalator industry, I have...
Time to Soar
Industry consultant has advice for service providers. Vertical-transportation (VT) equipment constitutes one of the most important and dynamic parts of the building. It is an arterial system and a lifeline...
Elevator Usage Instructions in the Framework of COVID-19
Precautions and guidelines for passenger safety and field work by Mustafa Kavukçu The COVID-19 outbreak has changed many habits in our lives, which continue to change. Although the return to...
The New Normal
Pandemic response has changed the way elevators are used. by Chip Nyborg Friends, family and colleagues from out of state ask me how it’s going in the epicenter whenever we...
A Strange and Different New World
U.K. consultant puts the current crisis and its implications for the industry into context. In the last issue of ELEVATOR WORLD UK, I wrote of the prospects for the industry,...
Rethinking “Rescue”
In this Readers’ Platform, your author makes the case for abolishing the term. by Michael J. Ryan I have long been troubled by the general public’s attitude about a stalled...
