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Design Parameters and Stress Analysis of Elevator Guide Rail Brackets
This engineering research provides a look at the various aspects of guide rails and how important they are to elevator safety. by Serhat Koç, Dr. C. Erdem Imrak and Sefa...
Compact Guide-Rail System on Inclined Elevator in Spain
ThyssenKrupp Elevator provided the guide-rail-system equipment for this unique mountainside installation in Bilbao, Spain. Bilbao in north Spain is the provincial capital of Vizcaya. With 354,860 inhabitants, it is among...
Virginia Controls and the VF3000 Controller
by Nicholas J. Montesano On November 16, 2010, approximately 20 major consulting organizations were represented at a jobsite seminar conducted by Virginia Controls Inc. The seminar began with a field...
MGM Grand Elevator Modernization
Photos courtesy of Eklund’s The MGM Grand in Las Vegas opened in 1993 and has been among the largest hotel complexes in the U.S. In 2010, Eklund’s of the Dallas...
Lift Modernization at Manchester’s Portland Tower
by Matt Thompson Portland Tower, also known as St. Andrew’s House, is one of the most prominent high-rise commercial buildings in Manchester, U.K.’s City Centre and provides commercial Âoffice space...
DigiGage
DigiGage is an Israeli startup company led by two technologically minded entrepreneurs targeting the enhancement of the user experience and ride differentiation of Âelevators. After two years of development and...
Intercontinental Hotel Bucharest
by Cristian Bourceanu The five-star Intercontinental Hotel in Bucharest, a landmark of Romania’s capital city, sits in University Square, the middle of Bucharest. Built between 1968 and 1970, following the...
Energy Efficient Modernisation of Hydraulic Drives
Tony Aschwanden and Conradin JostBucher Hydraulics AG, Switzerland This paper was presented at Lucerne 2010, the ÂInternational Congress on Vertical Transportation ÂTechnologies and first published in IAEE book Elevator Technology...
SEPTA Escalator Modernization in Philadelphia
by Jeff Jenkins The Pennsylvania General Assembly established the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) to provide public-transit services for its Bucks, Chester, DelÂaÂware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties. SEPTA has since...
Drilling Aspects of Hydraulic Elevator Modernizations
by Mark E. Ortman Hydraulic elevator modernizations can be very challenging for both Âelevator contractors and drilling contractors alike. Many times, the challenge starts with simply moving the job materials...
