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Photo: © EdmoLift News | January 2026 The EN 1570 series is expanding EN 1570-1, Safety requirements for lifting tables – Part 1: Lifting tables serving up to two fixed landings has already been available since 1998. It has undergone continuous further development over the course of time.
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News | January 2019 Lift 4.0 – opportunity and threat for SMEs The Internet of Things (IoT) also applies to the lift. Initial solutions for predictive maintenance are becoming established on the market.
News | January 2019 RepKit: the fast, easy way to repair the car door drive Most of the approximately 750,000 lifts in Germany are more than twenty years old. They are subject to natural wear and suffer more or less frequent malfunctions.
News | January 2019 ELA has a new secretary general The new secretary general of the European Lift Association (ELA) is the Italian Luca Pezzini. He will take office in mid-January.
News | January 2019 Lift control stations The EL AD series lift control stations of the Italian company Pizzato Elettrica are designed to drive the lift movement during control and maintenance operations.
News | January 2019 Bearingless encoders for external rotor motors The use of bearingless encoders or of non-contact magnetic measuring systems is an increasing trend in the elevator technology.
News | January 2019 Travelling in a lift – with smartphone technology Lifts have had displays for the direction of travel and destination for many years. The mode of operation familiar from smartphones has now been transferred to lifts in the form of PCAP technology.
News | January 2019 SR3E: safety according to lift standard EN 81-20/50 Since 1 September 2017, lift control devices throughout Europe must meet the new requirements of the new standards EN 81-20 and EN 81-50.
News | January 2019 Giovenzana: New emergency light devices Giovenzana International B.V has widened its product range, which now includes light maintenance stations for the car roof and under the car in compliance with the standards EN 81.20 and EN 81.50.
News | December 2018 Fast solution for the Graz railway hub To prevent travellers at the railway station in Graz from being hindered by defective escalators, the specialists from Weber Tec in Hamburg travelled to Austria to repair the escalators with their "EsCare" repair method.
