Focus Topics
An Apparatus for Measuring Velocity, Deceleration and Stopping Distance of Escalators and Moving Walks
by Yihui Ruan, Yucheng Qin, Baosheng Tang, Liang Ye and Mingtao Chen It is estimated that 2.5% of all escalator stops lead to passenger falls, which can cause injury, and,...
Methods for the Safety Integrity Determination of an Electric/Electronic/Programmable Electronic System
by A. Mutu, Y. Pang, J. van Vliet and G. Lodewijks This paper was presented at USA 2012, the International Congress on Vertical Transportation Technologies and first published in IAEE...
A Load & Temperature Compensation Method for Green Hydraulic Lifts by Means of Inverters
This paper was presented at Elevcon USA 2012, the International Congress on Vertical Transportation Technologies and first published in IAEE book Elevator Technology 19, edited by A. Lustig. It is...
The Street Called “Asansör” and Water-Powered Elevator Installation in Izmir
by Ersan Barlas, C. Erdem Imrak, Eren Kayaoglu, Adem Candas and Yusuf Z. Kocabal Abstract Asansör (which means elevator in Turkish) is a 1907 built building in Izmir’s Karatas quarter,...
Passenger Batch Arrivals at Elevator Lobbies
by Janne Sorsa, Juha-Matti Kuusinen and Marja-Liisa Siikonen - Passenger Batch Arrivals at Elevator Lobbies Abstract A typical assumption in elevator traffic analysis is that passengers arrive at the elevator...
The Impact of Traffic Variations on Elevator Performance
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 A. Lustig. It is a...
Traffic Analysis Based on the Up-Peak Round Trip Time Method: Why It Works and How It Can Be Improved
This paper was first presented at the 2nd Symposium on Lift & Escalator Technologies in September 2012 (www.liftsymposium.org). It is re-published from the Symposium proceedings with the permission of the...
Lift Performance Time
Performance time is a measure of how long it takes for a lift to travel between two floors, including opening and closing of the doors. Performance time has a major...
Escalator Overspeed and Anti-Reverse Protection Meter
A new utility model applicable to various escalators is examined. Ning Li, Yihui Ruan, Yuandong Jiang, Xueming Chen, Rongfeng Lu, Bin Huang, Zhe Cheng and Mingtao Chen A new testing...
The Effects of Ground Movement on Escalators
The role of escalators in major transportation networks such as the London Underground is discussed. London Underground (LU) transports approximately 3.5 million passengers per day. Certain stations within the network...
