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Hydraulic Elevators in the 1950s
Everything old is new again. The October 1954 issue of ELEVATOR WORLD included an article (reprinted from Power) by Frederick A. “Fred” Annett (1879-1959) titled “Hydraulic Units Stage Comeback in...
Penn State Elevators Go Up; Environmental Risks Go Down
Soy-based hydraulic fluid reduces contamination, costs. Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) built a winning team for sustainability. Together with soybean farmers and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the school combined...
Traditional Lift Products
Hydraulic company has provided the U.K. with lifts since 1999. Traditional Lift Products Ltd., located in the historic city of Liverpool, U.K., was formed in 1999 by a group of...
Evolution of the Freight Elevator Door
The history of Peelle and the vertical biparting freight-elevator door are inextricably linked. Although it was incorporated in New York City (NYC) in 1905, The Peelle Co. traces its roots...
Door Reversal Devices: 1930-1960
Fred Anzley Annett (1879-1959), author of Electric Elevators: Their Design, Construction, Operation and Maintenance, provides a critical framework for this introductory history of elevator-door reversal devices. The first edition of...
Fire-Resistant Elevator Doors in Europe
Fire-Resistant Elevator Doors in Europe EN 81-58, the official European standard since 2004, has a long history. It defines the procedures for door certification, as well as their fire-resistance classification....
Elevator Door Operators: Then and Now
Attendants of yesteryear have given way to high-tech, automated solutions. People of a certain age may remember when automobiles were started not electronically but manually, by turning a hand crank,...
How Efficient Is “Energy Efficient”?
“Energy” is the buzzword of the first decade of this century. The soaring price of energy, due to the efforts at “decarbonating” human activities (in other words, reducing carbon-dioxide [CO2]...
Energy Code Development, Part One
How the groundbreaking Hong Kong Energy Code was created, leading to a section on elevator energy efficiency. The first code of practice related to energy in Hong Kong is perhaps...
Draka’s E3 Pays Off
How a Rocky Mount, North Carolina, plant created a leaner, greener factory. For a Draka Elevator plant in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, a focused effort by employees and consultants resulted...
