Focus Topics
The Future is Now
This Product Spotlight describes passenger conveyance management systems with IoT from IDS/Lift-Net. Modern building management requires real-time information collection (and, sometimes, emergency control) of passenger conveyance systems. This data is...
Inside The Mind Of A Hacker
These days, computer misdeeds are most often perpetrated in a businesslike manner. This article was first presented at the 2018 International Elevator & Escalator Symposium in Istanbul. For more information...
Ensuring Long-Term Iiot Success
What to know and ask when considering digital transformation The benefits of undertaking a digital transformation for building-transportation professionals are well-known and cannot be overstated. From enhancing operational efficiency and...
The Big Picture
This Product Spotlight highlights a lifelike virtual elevator window system designed to transform the passenger experience. The elevator cars we’ve been using are more like closed transportation boxes than elements...
Quality by Design
A look at Canton Architectural Products and its 15-year track record of providing cabs and cab components. Canton Elevator was founded in 1946 and has strived to maintain a reputation...
Geometry and Light
NYC’s United Cabs leads a team to create cab design with stylish staying power. photos by Albert Osoria When a subcontractor failed to deliver the elevator interiors architect Andres Escobar...
Time for Quicker Shipment
Columbia introduces multiple existing products and a new quotation system that combine to get elevators up and running much sooner than usual. It is said that you can always make...
Fire Homologations
A closer look at the fire-resistance safety standards for the elevator industry This article was first presented at the 2018 International Elevator & Escalator Symposium in Istanbul. For more information...
Control Focus On Cabs And Doors And Safety (With A Twist Of The Wrist)
A rare case of complexity finding success is described in this historical look at the Randall elevator door controller. Elevator doors have been a consistent subject of conversation, study and...
Understanding Problems of Suspension Means
In this Readers Platform, an industry veteran shares ideas for addressing an industrywide challenge. Over the last two decades, big money has been spent on elevator rope replacement, but half...
