Focus Topics
A Defense for When Service Allegedly Falters
Your author discusses what elevator contractors need to know to minimize legal liability. With the growth of cities around the world, the use of vertical transportation has increased. While technology...
Weatherproofing
Having recently performed a survey of escalators exposed to the weather, a continually discussed question was on the functionality of weatherproofing provisions. The shopping center where the survey was performed...
Bigger Escalator Step for More Capacity
How a little increase in step depth has a significant impact on increasing transportation capacity. Transporting passengers from one level to another is the prime objective in escalator design and...
Hallé’s Moving Way for Transporting Persons and Goods
French engineer Jacques Hallé and his invention that established him as a father of the modern escalator The origins of the modern escalator are often discussed solely in terms of...
Steel Wire Rope
Thoughts on the ASME A17.6 standard for elevator suspension systems and corresponding A17.1/B44 requirements by Louis Bialy, Miles P. Lamb and Martin Rhiner Steel wire rope (SWR) has been used...
On the Safety Factor of Suspension Ropes
A suggestion is made to clarify an important clause in the EN 81-20:2014 standard. by Yongqiang Shen, Junhua Shen, Rongfeng Lu, Qun Chen and Jun Ye Suspension ropes are important...
Straight to the Top: Innovation in the Future World’s Tallest Tower
UltraRope is a big reason why KONE won Kingdom Tower contract. The past few decades have brought dozens of historic innovations in architecture and buildings. For example, the tube structure...
Messaging Systems for Escalators and Moving Walks
Mass-transit stations, airports and other facilities benefit from audible safety products. Sound View Electronics has been making automated messaging systems and improving escalator safety for more than 15 years. The...
Usage of Voice Recognition inside an Elevator
This paper was presented at  Paris 2014, the International Congress on Vertical Transportation Technologies, and first published in IAEE book Elevator Technology 20, edited by A. Lustig. It is a...
Advantages of Implementing M2M and Cloud Services in Retrofitted Elevators
This paper was presented at  Paris 2014, the International Congress on Vertical Transportation Technologies, and first published in IAEE book Elevator Technology 20, edited by A. Lustig. It is a...
