Photo: © helinntonfantin/123RF.com News | April 2024 The Spaniards are coming Do the Big 4 have to get ready for expansion? A company transaction largely unnoticed by the public now points to this.
Photo: © funtap/shutterstock/okapidesign News | April 2024 News from the world of standardisation The drafts of EN ISO 8100-1/2 have appeared. They are now available as pr DIN EN ISO 8100-1 and pr DIN EN ISO 8100-2. A brief of overview of the changes compared to DIN EN 81-20/50.
Photo: © privat News | April 2024 Obituary for Gerhard Thumm Gerhard Thumm died at the end of February 2024 at the age of 72. He held various responsible positions at TK Elevator from 1976 to 2018.
Photo: © LIFTjournal / Bernd Lorenz News | April 2024 Grabmayer moves to Safeline Martin Grabmayer has been responsible as sales manager at Safeline for the launch and distribution of monitoring systems and cloud-based maintenance tools for lifts companies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland since March 2024.
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News | March 2016 Compact powerhouse Now it’s here: The simalube Impulse is the ideal supplement to the proven simalube lubricant dispenser – wherever high pressure is required. The simalube Impulse effortlessly overcomes counter-pressures up to 10 bar and as a result is the perfect solution for high counter-pressure and long lubrication lines.
News | March 2016 New brand name Brandstone Technically refined hybrid natural stone, frequently confused with thin lightweight stone or thin lightweight stone cuts, was invented by Grama Blend, which patented its development as early as 1990.
News | March 2016 Chinese elevators are to be made safer Elevator manufacturers in China are working hard on improving the safety of their elevator systems. This is the reason why, during the Interlift 2015, representatives of the leading Chinese elevator associations visited the German headquarters of Mayr power transmission, the leading manufacturer of elevator brakes worldwide.
News | March 2016 Latest generation car buffers As one of the leading European manufacturers of polyurethane-elastomer articles, Acla-Werke GmbH has for years been able to provide the lift industry with a high quality product range. Cooperation with well-known lift manufacturers around the world has resulted in special components tailor-made for lift industry needs.
News | March 2016 Bolt: Producing an artistic space Shandong Bolt Elevator Co., LTD comes from Dezhou Pengfei Elevator Parts Co., LTD, which was professional in manufacturing elevator parts and founded in middle of 1980s. With the increasing demand for elevator in China market, it grew quickly and was able to produce the whole complete elevator in 2005, then it became one complete elevator OEM factory.
News | March 2016 Door interlock with quiet motor drive Door interlocks are used in residential buildings and in industry for hinged doors and automatic landing doors. Kronenberg GmbH has developed a new interlock, in which in the place of the solenoid integrated in the door interlock, a three-phase a.c. motor with motor electronics is used.
News | March 2016 The lift – an El Dorado for gaffes? Courtesy and good manners are back in fashion. Courses on how to behave are offered and enjoy lively attendance – especially by young people. After all, "Courtesy is capital that enriches those who spend it,” according to a Persian saying.
News | March 2016 Good reasons for repairing instead of replacement Which service company does not know this? A defective component is, in most cases, replaced by a new one and the old ends up in the trash! For most people this is apparently the easiest and fastest way to put elevators back in service.
News | February 2016 Noise insulation the easy way – Part 2 The first part imparted the basics about noise insulation. Now the second part concentrates on the area of measurement and test systems.