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Meeting the Elevator Interior Needs of Colleges and Universities
University of California, Los Angeles and Robert Morris University in Chicago update elevator cabs. With more than 38,000 students on their 400-acre urban campus, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)...
Columbia Elevator’s XChangaCAB Responds to Current Environment
The company shifts its focus to answer the growing demand for cab modernizations. Find a need and fill it, as the saying goes. In the case of Columbia Elevator’s cab...
Elevator Designs for Controlled Environments
The functions of clean elevators ensure security and reliability. by Wang Qibing, Li Dongliu, Zhu Liqiang and Li Qingmian The clean elevator is an industrial elevator capable of being installed...
LU/LA Elevators
A detailed examination of limited-use/limited-access (LU/LA) elevators and reasons for their use rather than traditional solutions Learning Objectives After reading this article, you should have learned:♦ Why LU/LA elevators were...
Accessibility with Dignity
The author explains Handi-Lift, Inc.’s method of selling and installing wheelchair lifts. At Handi-Lift, Inc., we begin every meeting by reminding ourselves why we do what we do, and encouraging...
Brown University’s Hidden Wheelchair Lift
Atlantic Elevator South and ITI Hydraulics replaced a wheelchair lift at this campus. Until recently, the wheelchair lift outside Alumnae Hall on the campus of Brown University in Providence, Rhode...
Elevator Boutique’s Luxury Home Elevators
Australian luxury home lift provider’s history and products designed for residential accessibility In 2003, Les Katz, CEO and founder of Lift Shop in Australia, saw an opportunity to expand his...
Orona’s SDR Wire Rope
Nonconventional small-diameter rope (SDR) applications, certifications and performance by Dr. Mikel A. Urchegui, Iñaki Aranburu, Lars Gustavsson and André van den Burg Orona’s nonconventional small-diameter rope (SDR) allows the use...
Load Weighing Using Suspension Wire Rope Sensors
Reasons why load weighing should be installed on all elevators are explained. Load weighing for an elevator application is best described as the process of measuring the load in the...
The Use of Nylon Pulleys in Elevators
The use of nylon for deflector and secondary pulleys, in addition to various code approvals for such components, is discussed. Pulleys made of steel have primarily been utilized for most...
