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Accessibility for a Healthier Tomorrow
How a hospital construction boom in Morocco is driving the VT market Morocco’s multibillion-dollar plan to build modern health facilities is expected to drive demand for vertical-transportation (VT) equipment and...
What Employees Want
A “must read” for every leader In the blockbuster movie, What Women Want, Mel Gibson discovers he can hear women’s thoughts, especially at work. Interestingly enough, the many leaders I...
Safety in Numbers
The elevator industry unites for the latest iteration of the Elevator Industry Field Employees’ Safety Handbook, the definitive safety guide since 1973. by Dot Mynahan “The bigger the dream, the...
Elevator Safety Code Compliance — Elevator Brakes
A guide to NYC’s upcoming elevator brake deadline submitted by Liberty Elevator Corp. Imagine taking a trip to your office building. You press the elevator button, the doors slide open...
Corrosion in Vertical-Transportation Equipment
A look at the impact on components by Dr. Michael Davies Elevators and escalators operate in many different environments, some of which are potentially corrosive, such as marine or heavy...
“An Invisible Door”
“This glass elevator takes passengers from an underground parking garage, through a hill, to the castle-like buildings of Washington University,” described Corinne Char, who submitted a pair of photos from...
The Democratization of Manufacturing
Accessibility and inclusivity with elevator microfactories by Stamatiou Themis In an era where innovation knows no bounds, the democratization of manufacturing stands at the forefront of transformative change. Elevator microfactories,...
Back to Montjuїc
TKE leads escalator renovation of iconic site in Barcelona. submitted by TKEimages courtesy of TKE TK Elevator (TKE) has been awarded a contract for the complete replacement of 22 escalators...
A Procedure To Estimate Elevator Energy Consumption Using Traffic Simulation
Numerical examples show practical application. by Janne Sorsa This paper was presented at Elevcon 2023 in Prague, Czech Republic. Key words: Elevator, energy consumption, simulation Abstract Current methods estimate the...
Elevator Wire Ropes Inspection: Regulations, State of the Art, Statistics
by Bruno Vusini, Daniel Rossi and Tommaso Bertani KEY WORDS: Magnetic, rope, monitoring, safety This paper was presented at Elevcon 2023 in Prague, Czech Republic. Abstract The traction cables of...
