MRLs

South Korea’s Sigma Elevator Launches New Elevators for Low- to Mid-Rise Buildings

Sigma Elevator Co., with global headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, announced on March 6 the launch of the ACRATM 2.0 and Solon® 2.0 elevators for low- to mid-rise buildings. ACRA...

Otis Indonesia To Modernize 10 Elevators at Jakarta Hotel

The Otis Indonesia team will undertake the comprehensive modernization of 10 elevators at the Hotel Borobudur Jakarta. Otis will install Gen2® units selected to further enhance the “artistic ambiance” of...

GT Awarded 15-Elevator Contract in Vancouver With Fujitec Canada

Global Tardif Elevator Manufacturing Group (GT) recently announced it has been awarded a contract for 15 panoramic machine-room-less elevators for the Broadway-City Hall Station in Vancouver, Canada. The station is...

Schindler Elevators For New Mixed-Use Building in Manhattan

Schindler tells ELEVATOR WORLD it is providing two Schindler 5500 machine-room-less traction elevators at 1 Park Row, a 23-story mixed-use building in the Financial District of Manhattan, NYC. Designed by...

Manual Release of Brakes in MRLs and Its Challenges

A critical safety task by Lakshmanan Raja Value: 1 contact hour (0.1 CEU) This article is approved for Continuing Education by  NAEC for CET® and CAT®. EW Continuing Education is...

TKE Highlights Work at Qatar’s Lusail Stadium

On July 10, TK Elevator (TKE) highlighted its role as the "sole mobility provider" for Qatar's Lusail Stadium, which hosted the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022TM in December 2022. The...

GT Providing Five MRL Elevators to Kelowna Development

Global Tardif (GT), headquartered in St-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Quebec, Canada, tells ELEVATOR WORLD it has been tapped by Elpro Elevators to provide four duplex machine-room-less (MRL) elevators making 13 and 17 stops and a...

Six LCD Elevators for Residential Tower in Brooklyn’s Alloy Block

Richie Clark, owner of LCD Elevator Repair, Inc., headquartered in Mineola, New York, tells ELEVATOR WORLD the company is providing six elevators for 100 Flatbush Avenue, a 44-story residential building...

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...