Software

The Elevator Industry: Data Accessibility and Transparency

Data helps manage maintenance costs, safety and regulatory compliance. In the elevator industry ecosystem of building owners, property managers, contractors, field staff, consultants and regulators, data transparency related to elevator...

Lift Industry and BIM: A Long Overdue Adopted and Typically Overlooked Project Enabler

This paper was first presented at the 13th Lift & Escalator Technologies Symposium in September 2022 and printed at the symposium website at liftsymposium.org. Keywords: BIM, Digitalization, Digital Construction Abstract....

Robots and Remote Elevator Operability

TKE provides digitally advanced elevators at Canada’s new Calgary Cancer Centre. Advances in Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) paved the way for companies like TK Elevator (TKE) to offer robot-elevator APIs...

Elevator Ride Quality Adjustment With A VFD

Properly used, software functions can eliminate effects of rollback and increase speed-control response. Many people take ride quality for granted when they use an elevator, but a smooth and responsive...

Automatic Transfer Fabrication Of Special Elevators With Parametric Design Program

Your author describes how specialized software enhances efficiency and accuracy. This paper was presented at  ELEVCON Berlin 2018, the International Congress on Vertical Transportation Technologies, and first published in IAEE book...

Students and their Otis volunteer mentors; image courtesy of Otis

Otis Announces Made to Move Communities Competition Theme

The expo will again feature educational seminars; image courtesy of Nordic Lift Expo.

Nordic Lift Expo to Welcome Record Number of Visitors

Schindler CEO Ray Bisson welcomes visitors to the new training center in Holland, Ohio; image courtesy of Schindler.

Schindler Debuts New Training Center in Ohio

Remote monitoring system at the Fujitec Singapore SafeNet Centre; image courtesy of Fujitec

Fujitec Receives Major Elevator Remote-Monitoring Certification

Kamper Stevens Apartments for senior citizens; image courtesy of apartments.com

Four Detroit High Rises Account for 15% of Elevator Calls