Brakes

Manual Release of Brakes in MRLs and Its Challenges

A critical safety task by Lakshmanan Raja Value: 1 contact hour (0.1 CEU) This article is approved for Continuing Education by  NAEC for CET® and CAT®. EW Continuing Education is...

Electrically Based Intelligent Escalator Braking Systems

by Kevin Seaborne, Lutfi Al-Sharif and David Austin Value: 1 contact hour (0.1 CEU) This article is approved for Continuing Education by  NAEC for CET® and CAT®. EW Continuing Education...

In Memoriam: Fritz Mayr

Fritz Mayr, after more than half a century as CEO of Mauerstetten, Germany-headquartered mayr®, passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones on January 18. An engineer who earned his degree...

Elevator Brakes 1895-1927

In this History article, your author provides a brief presentation of early brake systems. The first edition of Frederick A. Annett’s well-known book on electric elevators appeared in 1927. Annett...

Rationale for Developing a Brake Tester

How addressing an accident and preventing future similar ones resulted in a generic brake monitor. by Dr. Albert So, Dr. K.H. Lam and Chung To "Andy" Kong This article was...

The Application of Electromechanical Spring-Set Brakes in MRL Machines

"This article discusses some of the basic components and operation of DC electromagnetic spring-applied brakes." by Jonathan Bullick Value: 1 contact hour (0.1 CEU) This article is part of ELEVATOR...