Lift Report

Finding just the right setting for suspension ropes has never been the easiest of tasks, and this is becoming an increasingly complex challenge as the ever more pressing need to guarantee top quality lift installations with minimal wear and excellent ride comfort is placing ever greater importance on the right rope tension.

Elevator traffic surveys are an essential part of understanding elevator passenger traffic in buildings, a prerequisite for good traffic analysis design. In this paper the authors describe how to: (i) perform a traffic survey using a manual count of passengers at the main lobby and in the cars; (ii) analyse the data measured; (iii) model the building surveyed in simulation. An example survey and analysis is presented, including a description of the software tools used to collect and process the data. Simulation results are shown to be consistent with the hall call analysis provided by the elevator control system.

The Elevcon 2008 was held in Thessaloniki – Greece’s second largest metropolis . From June 11 – 13, 2008, the International Association of Elevator Engineers (IAEE) hosted the 17th International Congress for Vertical Transportation Technologies. The Makedonian Palace hotel chosen as the venue for the conference boasts an impressive location directly on the Mediterranean sea front with its grand promenade. The venue provided the perfect welcome for the around 170 specialists who had travelled from all around the globe, some of them over considerable distances , to attend . The congress itself was extremely well organized, with the number, sequence and quality of presentations and ancillary events carefully balanced and of an impressively high standard.