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Beauty and Safety By Design
Otis’ Ambiance Series and Lifeguard Handrail In this Industry Dialogue, Ji-Hyeon “Gilbert” Jeong (GJ), leader of the Otis Korea Design Center, speaks with your author (KW) about the development of...
Spotlight on South Korea
OEMs earn accolades for innovative designs. Otis and TK Elevator (TKE) announced in August their South Korea teams earned recognition for fixtures aimed at enhancing usability, public safety and aesthetics....
Change, Change, Change
More than 100 changes are included in the 2022 edition of ASME A17.1/CSA B44. Here’s why AHJs should adopt these changes without modifications. by Kevin Brinkman The ASME A17.1-2022/CSA B44:22...
Compliance and Safety: How to determine if an elevator machine guarding is OSHA compliant
by Pierre-Luc Bourgeois There are several elevator equipment-guarding solutions available on the market in a wide range of prices, but why is that? Are they all equivalent? Of course not....
CEDES iDiscovery
Elevator Safety Supervisor System submitted by CEDES The advent of electrically activated safety gears, combined with electronic safety systems, supersedes the elevator’s mechanical safety systems, which have been used for...
Orphans of the Transportation System
by Selçuk Kuza The escalator is right in front of you. You will approach without concern in five or 10 steps, will not look out before making a stride toward...
On-Site Revision For Escalators and Moving Walkways
by Battal Murat Öztürk Abstract Escalators and moving walkways, which are the most widely used equipment in today's indoor transportation, have started to age, deform and are no longer able...
Basic Measurements for Escalators and Moving Walkways:
Measurements between fixed and moving parts of escalators and moving walkways and between the equipment and objects/barriers in the areas where they are installed are specified in different sections of...
The Benefits of Refurbishing Variable Frequency Drives
Refurbished drives save time, money and resources. by David Griffin In today’s industrial landscape, variable frequency drives (VFDs) play a crucial role in controlling the speed and torque of electric...
Elevator Monitoring Solutions
Vantage brings 40-plus years of experience in monitoring solutions in the U.K. to North America. submitted by Vantage Leveraging the rich history of providing elevator and escalator remote monitoring solutions...
