Ropes and Cables
Aritec New Materials Group Announces Alberto Sassi Partnership
Luzern, Switzerland-headquartered Aritec New Materials Group on May 3 announced a strategic partnership with Alberto Sassi S.p.A., the Italian company known for its elevator machine technology. Elevator belts, Aritec stated,...
Reverse Bending and Its Effects on Lift Ropes
by Serdar Tavaslıoğlu In the assembly training videos I published, there were questions about the sheaves that cause reverse bending, which was mentioned in the machine placement section. It was...
Suspension Means for Lifts
Steel ropes and chains compose the suspension means that should be used for suspending the lift car, counterweights and balancing weights in line with EN 81-20 standard. The standard defines...
Elevator Cable Snap Incident Reported
The Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSD) received a report from Fujitec on December 1 about a rope breakage incident at the lift serving Golden Industrial Building Block 2 in...
Selecting the Correct Rope for High-Rise/High-Speed Elevator Applications
by Richard L. Lindemeyer and Dr.-Ing. Andreas Franz When choosing a wire rope for high-rise/high-speed applications, it is essential to find a rope that combines high-speed performance with features that...
Complex Wire Rope .Models for Lifts
by C. Erdönmez1, C. E. İmrak2 and Ö. Salman21Turkish Naval Academy, Head of Science Department, Department of Mathematics, Turkey,2Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Department, Turkey This...
Actual Rope Research and Products for Elevator Applications
Pfeifer DRAKO Drahtseilwerk GmbH, Germany 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...
Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
Eklund’s, Inc. and KONE partnered in Kansas City, Missouri, to complete eight custom elevator cabs for the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, which was inaugurated on September 16, 2011....
