Focus Topics
Code Compliance
In this Product Spotlight, MAD Elevator offers MosaicONE, a system that brings any elevator’s communications up to date. With the increasing implementation of A17.1 2019 and IBC 2018 code requirements,...
The Stand-alone Cellular Emergency Phone Solution
In this Readers’ Platform, your author makes the case for ditching POTS and going with an embedded network built with and for first responders. If you believe the movie Night...
Smart Management of People Flow
Managing VT traffic through the effective usage of technology and a focus on its importance in the post-pandemic world Due to the ever-increasing movement of people and goods in buildings,...
Improving Efficiency
In this Product Spotlight, the importance of elevator group control systems in delivering effective passenger service is discussed. Modern buildings need intelligent elevators that can offer minimum wait periods and...
Decoding the Strategic Approach
In this Readers’ Platform, your authors discuss the significance of VT processes uncovered during the planning stage. Attractive real estate potential and higher floor-space index (FSI) regulations coupled with a...
A Realistic Approach
Complexities of VT design must be weighed in response to the pandemic. The year 2020 has changed the way we work, live and socialize. The COVID-19 pandemic created unprecedented challenges...
A Healing Space
In this Industry Dialogue, CDA Associate Director Ravideep Singh (RS) shares perspectives with your author (SSP) on planning, designing and integrating VT at Max Institute of Cancer Care in Vaishali,...
A Design Methodology of Rope Tension Meter Used for Lift Automatic Door Assembly
Potentially easy-to-use device could quickly be in production. by Anup Balharpure and Rohit Nehe This paper was first presented at the 11th Symposium on Lift & Escalator Technologies (liftsymposium.org). Keywords:...
It’s In The Groove
In this Readers’ Platform, your author emphasizes that the rope prefers a U-groove. Whether it’s in baseball when a hitter is “in the groove” and seems to be crushing the...
Lift Cabs Laid Bare
Clients may not be paying as much attention to design and construction as one might think. In most people’s minds, when they hear the word “cabs,” their thoughts probably turn...
