Special Application Lifts
Çamlıca TV Tower Rises with Schindler’s Panoramic Lifts
Çamlıca Hill on the Anatolian side of Istanbul, which is an ancient city, now has a brand-new view. Dozens of radio and television transmitters on the hill now operate on...
Shapeshifting Space
A transformable opera house in Dubai uses special lifts to accommodate changing needs. Dubai Opera is a 2,000-seat, multi-format performing arts center that is part of the Opera District in...
A Panoramic Incline
thyssenkrupp improves accessibility for a port with a sleek and modern design using an MRL elevator. Installation of an inclined panoramic elevator with a nominal load capacity of 1150 kg...
Stone Elevator
Outfitting “Dracula’s Castle” with bespoke lift presented myriad challenges. Located in the 14th-century Bran Castle, one of several linked to the Dracula legend, the Stone Elevator created by S.C. ELMAS...
Development of the ISO Prescriptive Elevator Code
An International Organization for Standardization (ISO) replacement for EN 81-20 and -50 This paper was presented at Madrid 2016, the International Congress on Vertical Transportation Technologies, and first published in...
An Ideal Solution
Turkish contractor works with Italian manufacturer to create elevators for towers in the world’s fourth-largest suspension bridge. Istanbul and Izmir: One is the heart of Turkey’s economy, trade, history and...
Up on the Roof
Otis Turkey R&D engineers have developed a helicopter-level elevator that provides safe access to rooftop landing pads. The elevator, designed at the Otis plant in Istanbul, can be applied to...
Elevators Improved in User Friendliness and Comfortability
How a modification was designed to provide greater accessibility and convenience for all This paper was presented at Madrid 2016, the International Congress on Vertical Transportation Technologies, and first published...
Hillside Access Issues Solved
Hill Hiker, Inc. was founded 20 years ago by Bill MacLachlan in Orono on the northern shores of Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota. Building on the expertise of MacLachlan’s father-in-law, a Massachusetts...
Evolving the LU/LA Elevator
Furthering the limited-use/limited-application (LU/LA) elevator by increasing space savings LU/LA, that melodic-sounding descriptor of a certain kind of elevator, leaves people, even some industry professionals, scratching their heads as to...
