Machine-room-less

TKE Introduces milift, Hong Kong’s First Modular Elevator

TK Elevator (TKE) has introduced miliftTM, the first commercialized modular elevator system in Hong Kong, in support of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China's...

KONE Unveils New Innovative Solutions at Inaugural Event

Finland’s KONE unveiled new solutions aimed at improving sustainability, productivity and adaptability in construction during the inaugural KONE Experience on March 31. Held both in-person and virtually, the first-of-its-kind event...

MRL Lift Design and Development

A firsthand account of the origins of the modern MRL A technology breakthrough was announced in 1996: a way to locate a gearless permanent-magnet (PM) motor directly in the shaft...

Early Machine-Room-Less Elevators

A brief history of the beginnings of the groundbreaking machine-room-less (MRL) elevator Perhaps the most difficult kind of history to write is a history of contemporary events. Beyond the obvious...