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A Safety Handbook for Canada
Key differences in the Canadian version highlighted The new Canadian version of the Elevator Industry Field Employees’ Safety Handbook is available now. This project was started three years ago, but...
Versatile, Intuitive, Safe
In this Product Spotlight, TKE introduces its newest home stairlift. TK Elevator (TKE) has introduced the S100 home stairlift, based on its multiple-award-winning S200 stairlift and providing additional options to...
Prevention and Protection
In this Readers' Platform, your author explains how ANACAM is always on the front lines. by Titti Lo Papa Safety in the workplace is, unfortunately, a highly topical subject, a...
Some Opinions Stated During The Panel On ‘Status Of Lifts In Buildings During Earthquake And Fire’
The team that prepare the communiqué ‘ADDITIONAL LIFT SCENARIOS SUGGESTED FOR EMERGENCIES AT SUPER HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS Yağızcan Ölmez, M.Fatih Arıcan, Pelin İspir Eserol, Serdar Tavaslıoğlu’ carried out studies to improve...
Additional Lift Scenarios Suggested for Emergencies at Super High-Rise Buildings
by Yağızcan Ölmez, M.Fatih Arıcan, Pelin İspir Eserol, Serdar Tavaslıoğlu Abstract Lift implementation terms for emergencies at high-rise buildings are defined in the currently used regulations. It is not possible...
Common Escalator and Handrail Accidents and Their Causes
Escalators and moving walks are high-capacity machines which provide vertical transportation between floors in many different building types. Only one escalator transports 3600 people in 1 hour comfortably. These machines...
Innovation Through Design
Turning unique ideas into innovative applications “Between two products equal in price, function and quality, the one with the most attractive exterior will win.” — Raymond Loewy, Father of Industrial...
Empowering Mechanics
SnapCab launches free online training with the Elevator Academy. Industry innovator SnapCab now offers a new tool for the elevator contractor’s toolbox: a self-paced course in elevator remodeling. This new...
True to Its Values
B.C.-headquartered Delco Elevator Products builds on its future while holding strong to a storied past. Headquartered in the Vancouver suburb of Burnaby, British Columbia, Delco Elevator Products Ltd. prides itself...
CECA Turns Golden
Association makes strides as it marks 50 years since incorporation. by Catharine Bothwell This May, the Canadian Elevator Contractors Association (CECA) celebrated its 50th anniversary of being incorporated. While labor...
