Focus Topics
Duty Calls: Understanding Your Obligation to Have Escalators Inspected Annually
Members of the general public take it for granted that all escalators are safe, and that there is little chance of an accident occurring. However, injuries occur more frequently on...
Escalators/Moving Walks Pictorial
ELEVATOR WORLD was happy to receive such a positive response to its inaugural photo contest this year. While the winners were featured in our August issue in five categories, we...
Selecting the Correct Rope for High-Rise/High-Speed Elevator Applications
by Richard L. Lindemeyer and Dr.-Ing. Andreas Franz When choosing a wire rope for high-rise/high-speed applications, it is essential to find a rope that combines high-speed performance with features that...
Complex Wire Rope .Models for Lifts
by C. Erdönmez1, C. E. İmrak2 and Ö. Salman21Turkish Naval Academy, Head of Science Department, Department of Mathematics, Turkey,2Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Department, Turkey This...
Actual Rope Research and Products for Elevator Applications
Pfeifer DRAKO Drahtseilwerk GmbH, Germany This paper was presented at USA 2012, the International Congress on Vertical Transportation Technologies, and first published in IAEE book Elevator Technology 19, edited by...
Sounding the Alarm on Inactive Phone Lines
by Mark Abbott and John Pierce People always ask us, “You put phones in elevators?” We typically answer “Yes,” fully anticipating the next question to be, “Really, doesn’t everyone have...
Optical Fiber in Elevator Traveling Cable
This article outlines the types and uses of fiber optics for elevators and explains financial and technical benefits, as well as the perceived and actual installation challenges. The need for...
Ultrasonic Alarm System for Monitoring Distance between Elevator Counterweight and Buffers in Real Time
by by Ning Li, Yihui Ruan, JieFeng Li and Bin Elevator maintenance personnel often have to climb to the top of an elevator to repair or maintain it. In order...
Unraveling Emergency-Telephone Complexities
The EN 81-28 standard was developed and introduced in 2003 to minimize the hazards and risks associated with passenger entrapment in elevators. According to Adrian Shiner, convener of CEN TC10...
Code Requirements for ASME A17.1b-2010/CSA B44.10
Elevators contain numerous components that function in every possible way and location, and are monitored by various answering services. However, ESRM Communications, LLC realized two years ago that parts of...
