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The old traction machines
In this Readers Platform, Vantage and Champion executives discuss working together on their biggest-ever modernization. In 2018, Champion Elevator teamed up with Vantage Elevator Solutions to deliver the largest project...
21st Century Upgrade
In this Project Spotlight, the Banco Central do Brasil tower gets a modernization of a VT system more than three decades old. With their building’s elevators more than 30 years...
What’s New in Modernization
Columbia advances the upgrade of cabs. In today’s real-estate universe, rising with the ever-escalating heights of today’s supertalls, is the incidence of elevator modernization, and there are numerous reasons why....
The Ups And Downs Of Fire- Resistant Hydraulic Fluids
Fluid power is the preferred choice by industry to perform work, due to its smaller size, higher energy efficiency and ease of adjustment. These advantages are lost if an incident...
The Hydraulic Crossroads
In this Readers Platform, the author makes the case that the hydraulic-elevator segment is alive and well. Have hydraulic elevators been redefined as “green” in the environmental sense, monetary sense...
The Comeback Of The Hydraulic Lift
Study shows hydraulic lifts have a lighter environmental footprint than traction lifts for some uses. This paper was presented at Berlin 2018, the International Congress on Vertical Transportation Technologies, and...
The Anderton Canal Lift, 1875-1908
Historic U.K. boat lift used a pair of hydraulic elevators to creatively overcome a stiff challenge. On February 26, 1877, the well-known English botanist and evolutionary theorist Hewett C. Watson...
Pumped Up
This Company Spotlight describes Canton Elevator over its 73-year history. Ohio-based Canton Elevator has undergone significant evolution in the seven decades since it opened its original plant in 1946. The...
A New Compact Mrl Hydraulic Lift For Mid-Rise Buildings
This Product Spotlight on the HILA system presents new cylinder technology to overcome old limitations. This paper was presented at Berlin 2018, the International Congress on Vertical Transportation Technologies, and...
A Regal Ride
The luxury brand Coach is known the world over for superbly crafted leather goods — handbags, wallets, backpacks, shoes and other accessories designed with stylish flair and built-in quality and...
