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Upholding Honor
Handi-Lift supplies accessibility solution for Air Force Academy’s Polaris Hall. For centuries, mariners and travelers have used Polaris – the North Star – as a guiding light, a navigation beacon...
Safety in the Workplace — Changing How People Think
This Readers Platform explains the importance of safety programs. by Gryegor DeCyola Safety in the workplace can no longer be an afterthought or an excuse for a lack of efficiency...
Ensuring Safety in Products
This Readers Platform explains the Wurtec process of ensuring safety for its products. by Terry Rodebaugh and Mark Drake Everyone knows the word — safety. Everyone also knows that, at...
The Future of the Elevator Safety System
An examination of technology that can bring the safety of elevators to the next level This paper was presented at Madrid 2016, the International Congress on Vertical Transportation Technologies, and...
NEII Field Safety Committee Meets
Atlanta gathering discusses Safety Summit and drafts Safety Absolutes. The National Elevator Industry, Inc. (NEII®) Field Safety Committee met in Atlanta in late February. Hosted by Schindler, the two-day meeting...
Trends for Elevator Drives and Consequences for Safety Brakes
Keeping the safety factor of brakes high in the face of a changing drive market This paper was presented at Madrid 2016, the International Congress on Vertical Transportation Technologies, and...
Changing the Culture of Safety
HeliosESG is a software solutions company that has been working with various partners in the elevator industry over the last several years (ELEVATOR WORLD, December 2015). It recently increased its...
Do You Think Before You React?
In this Readers Platform, your authors discuss why it’s important to be methodical and focused. by Ray Downs and Robert Pitney The alarm clock goes off. It’s 4:45 a.m., and...
ISO 25745 Bypasses VDI 4707 as Standard for EPC Measurements
by Koos van Lindenberg Since Liftinstituut carried out its first energy measurement on lifts in 2009, the standards based on how these measurements are performed have been developed further and...
Intelligent Movement Control for the Escalator Future
New technologies promise a new standard of escalator efficiency, energy savings, safety and comfort. by Christian-Erik Thoeny and Ruan WeiMin This paper was presented at Madrid 2016, the International Congress...
