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1927 Smith, Major and Stevens Specification & Tender (Part 2)
A look at VT business practices in the late 1920s The survival of a 1927 specification and tender for an electric goods lift, prepared by Smith, Major and Stevens, Ltd....
Brent Cross West
Stannah supplies seven passenger lifts to London’s newest mainline station in more than a decade. submitted by Stannahimages courtesy of Thameslink London’s newest mainline station in more than 10 years,...
Maintenance on New Equipment Designs: Governor and Safety Systems and Suspension Means
An inside look Value: 1 contact hour (0.1 CEU) This article is approved for Continuing Education by NAEC for CET®, CAT® and QEI credit and by NAESA International for QEI. ...
Making a Brake
Chicago-based Hydrasafe Brake offers new safety device solution. photos by T.Bruce MacKinnon In 2012, elevator industry veteran Tim Toan founded HydraSafe Brake, the company he runs with former elevator consultant...
VRCs
Elevating AGVs and AMRs to new levels of efficiency by Chuck Cobb and Dan Hext Vertical reciprocating conveyors (VRCs) act as the pivotal link between two major trends in warehouse...
“What If?”
Conceived by two men outside of the industry, Helical Motion’s Helix aims to revolutionize VT. “A software implementation specialist and an urban planner walk into a bar” sounds like the...
Hytec Expands To Meet a Need
Florida company brings skills from the digital imaging repair industry to the VT industry. reported by T. Bruce MacKinnon With more than 40 years of experience in circuit board repairs,...
Your Next Apartment Could Be in an Office Building
How strategic planning and interconnected elevators can enable transformation of increasingly vacant office space by Rick Piovano When the world shut down in 2020, building managers quickly found new ways...
Women in Motion
Meet several women who are making waves in the VT industry. This past April, I was attending the National Association of Elevator Contractors (NAEC) Spring Educational Conference in Miramar Beach,...
Transformative Construction Boom in KSA and U.A.E.
A look at major projects and what’s driving them by Ehtesham Ahmed The Middle East has been experiencing a transformative construction boom, especially in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA)...
