Focus Topics
Emergency Communications Are Often Overlooked
Readers Platform outlines cost-effective ways to improve vital safety system. Over the summer, we were all shocked by the headline, “Elderly man found dead in elevator after he called for...
Emergency Power Operation with Regenerative Drives
Line regenerative systems, like the KEB R6 regenerative drive (Figure 1), have become popular options in elevator applications over recent years. The increased use of efficient permanent-magnet gearless motors in...
Evaluation of the Escalator Truss Subjected to Forced Displacement for Seismic Design
An accurate method of analysis for seismic design is detailed. by Kentaro Sekiguchi, Noritaka Horie and Hirobumi Utsunomiya This paper was presented at Madrid 2016, the International Congress on Vertical...
Stairwells Are Not for Wheelchairs
In this Industry Dialogue, Garaventa’s Trevor de Jaray discusses Evacu-Trac products and how they fit in to a “kinder and gentler” world. With the U.S. federal government and companies such...
Exploring the Concept of Using Lifts to Assist the Evacuation of Very Tall Buildings
Existing buildings’ procedures are examined, and suggestions for future evacuation plans are made. This article was first presented at the Sixth Symposium on Lift & Escalator Technologies, www.liftsymposium.org. Evacuation times...
The Emergency Elevator Repair Service
One of the first attempts to address the use of elevators during a non-fire emergency The subject of elevator use in emergency situations has been discussed — and debated —...
Functional and Reliable Lifts at New Van der Valk Hotel
First evacuation lift in the Netherlands complying with prEN 81-76 inst The Van der Valk hotel chain regularly opens new locations throughout the Netherlands. They believe that should a calamity...
Development of the ISO Prescriptive Elevator Code
An International Organization for Standardization (ISO) replacement for EN 81-20 and -50 This paper was presented at Madrid 2016, the International Congress on Vertical Transportation Technologies, and first published in...
An Ideal Solution
Turkish contractor works with Italian manufacturer to create elevators for towers in the world’s fourth-largest suspension bridge. Istanbul and Izmir: One is the heart of Turkey’s economy, trade, history and...
Up on the Roof
Otis Turkey R&D engineers have developed a helicopter-level elevator that provides safe access to rooftop landing pads. The elevator, designed at the Otis plant in Istanbul, can be applied to...
