Focus Topics
Lubrication Innovation
In this Product Spotlight, your author discusses an automated system that saves time and money. In recent years, technologies have emerged that have had a favorable impact on escalator maintenance,...
Escalator Fractal Behavior, Part Two
Further studies on the deployment of the concept of the fractal in correlation to the mechanical performance and availability of escalators for passenger service Part one of this series[3] showed...
U.K. Evolution
In this Readers’ Platform, your author discusses codes and events that have influenced escalator design. This issue’s focus topic presents an opportunity to consider the evolution of the U.K. escalator...
A Quick Look at Apta’s Heavy-Duty Escalator Design Guidelines
Examining the sections in important recommended-practice transit document Some time ago, your author worked for Montgomery Elevator Co. designing escalators and moving walks. Regularly, engineering would receive specifications for escalators...
VFD for Residential Elevators
The commercial F5 series drive and accessories are offered for winding-drum or traction applications in which an open-loop geared induction motor is typically used. As the U.S. population ages, mobility...
Choosing a Brake for Elevator Machines
The selection of reliable safety brakes is discussed in this Readers’ Platform. The safety of elevator passengers has top priority. Gearless elevator machines are today’s state of the art. Every...
Elevator Drive Obsolescence
In this Readers’ Platform, your author asks the question, “Who decides why and when?” Henry Ford II argued, “Obsolescence is the very hallmark of progress,” and I’m sure that most...
A Drop Tower of Superlatives
GEFRAN frequency converters were installed in Hanover, Germany’s unique Einstein Elevator. by Giuseppe Savoca Physical and production engineering experiments for applications in space, on the moon or even on Mars:...
Alberto Sassi
Venerable manufacturer prides itself on full control of motor, gearbox and brakes, with high flexibility and traceability. Alberto Sassi S.p.A. has been manufacturing traction systems for lifts in Bologna since...
The Peccioli Case
Elevator project demonstrates accessibility and sustainability in the future of historical Italian villages by Carlo Ferrari Peccioli, Italy, is a town in the province of Pisa in Tuscany. From its...
