Lift Report

Kiyoshi Funai, Hiroko Katayama, Jun-Ichi Higaki, Kenji Utsunomiya and Shinji Nakashima

As super high-rise buildings have been realized in recent years, the requirement of high-speed elevators is getting stronger. For the super high-speed elevators, the reduction of car lateral vibration during their operation is essential for excellent ride comfort. This paper describes the development of active vibration dampers, which realize superior ride comfort.

Mechatronics for Lift Engineers and Drive Technicians

Dipl.-Ing. Götz Benczek

Many readers have asked us to pick up the story of the “revamping of old DC gearless machines” again. In the meantime the experience gathered with machines with brushgear has grown considerably. The modern IGTB-based drive technology combined with old DC machines provides an excellent ride quality at maximum efficiency.

Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Schiffner

On June 4, 2004, the European Elevator Association ELA held a forum in Brussels focussing on issues relating to the safety of existing lifts and the measures taken on a national level to improve this safety. More than 150 participants from 18 European countries accepted the invitation. Representatives from the lift industry and from national ministries, notified bodies, associations representing disabled persons as well as the European Commission took part. A dinner was organized the evening before the forum to give everyone the opportunity to get to know each other and allow first bits of experience to be exchanged.

CAN in Automation (CiA) is going to organize the 10th international CAN Conference (iCC) in Rome from March 8 to March 10, 2005. The event includes two days of conference, one day of workshops and a table-top exhibition.