Focus Topics
Evolution of Monitoring Design
Integrated monitoring in the modern building-management industry by Luc Hebert and Stéphane Dufour The world of elevators has evolved significantly over time, from hydraulic elevators to the first traction machines,...
Efficiency of Lift Maintenance Enhanced by Digitalizing Data
Liftinstituut sees how customers want to gain an overview of their customer data via remote monitoring. By Koos van Lindenberg and Joey Tienhooven Various parties in the lift industry collect...
Optimum Uptime
Texas-based Kings III describes the evolution of its ORM service. David Bryant (DB), vice president at Kings III Emergency Communications, took the time to talk with ELEVATOR WORLD (EW) about...
Transitioning to New Maintenance Strategies With Remote Monitoring
Leveraging IoT in elevator maintenance by Dan Bryant, Johannes Guntsch, Kyle Hendren and Christopher Pearce Elevator downtime slows people and operations. Additionally, we find there is not enough information coming...
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 —...
