Photo: © Dinacell News | February 2025 Replacing belts as needed The number of lifts in which belts are being used as load-bearing devices instead of ropes is growing almost daily. What must be borne in mind, what challenges does this involve?
Photo: © Dirk Preißl News | February 2025 Regulation for lifts – fire recall systems has been updated VDI 6017 (Lifts – fire recall systems) has been revised and was published in October 2024. The chair of the Regulation Committee, Dirk Preißl, has summarised the most important changes.
Photo: © zoff-photo/iStock News | February 2025 Assistance for emergency call management The revised VDI regulation 4705 was published in October 2024. It deals with emergency call management plans for the organisational and technical handling of emergency calls.
Photo: © KLST und Mition News | February 2025 Mition acquires lift controller manufacturer Mition GmbH Mittelstandsbeteiligungen has acquired the company ‘Detlef Klinkhammer Steuerungen und Komponenten für Aufzüge’ (KLST). The transaction took effect on 1 February 2025.
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News | August 2017 125 years of Prey In a few years the smithy founded in 1892 grew to an industrial plant for steel and mechanical engineering. Now the current Rud. Prey GmbH & Co. KG is having their 125th anniversary.
News | July 2017 New managing director at Schmersal The Schmersal Group has expanded its management team and appointed Michael Ambros as managing director of K.A. Schmersal GmbH & Co. KG.
News | July 2017 New commercial director at Kronenberg Mike Braun took on the position of commercial director, focusing on sales / business development, at Hans & Jos. Kronenberg GmbH in Bergisch Gladbach on 1 July 2017.
News | July 2017 Saving time and space There is increasingly little space left in lifts for electronics. This is why the lift manufacturer Osma relies on the compact push-in terminal blocks of Phoenix Contact.
News | July 2017 No more disgust at handrails It all began with a business competition. Tanja Nickel and Katharina Obladen, upper school pupils in Cologne, developed a business plan for a fictitious product.
News | July 2017 Barrakka Lift Tower: Loved and admired The Barrakka Lift Tower in Valletta, the capital of Malta, is the most important connection to the historical fort.
News | July 2017 Outdoor range of variable frequency drives The UK-based variable frequency drives manufacturer, Invertek Drives, has launched a new range of outdoor rated general purpose drives and Industry 4.0 Enabling Technologies at Hannover Messe 2017.
News | July 2017 Voice emergency call also optical – multilingual texts If people with speech or hearing impediments are trapped in a lift, they need a special emergency call system. Telegärtner has developed one with optical presentation.
News | July 2017 Net-zero energy units through modernization At the Energy Efficiency Global Forum in Washington DC thyssenkrupp showcased its latest innovation in making urban mobility greener: a net-zero energy system which can be used for existing elevators.
