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News | September 2020

CANopen Lift car drive units

If you design lifts using devices from different manufacturers, interoperability is essential. This keeps effort low when integrating third-party products. Especially, standardized interfaces for car drive units would help.

Photo: © Ulrike Lotze

News | September 2020

Euro-Lift postponed

Euro-Lift 2020 has now also postponed its event date. The elevator trade fair was originally scheduled to take place in Kielce, Poland, from October 14 to 15.

Photo: © Otis GmbH & Co. OHG

News | September 2020

“Enhance safety with innovations”

It all began with the invention of the crash-safe lift. Ever since the foundation of Otis in 1853, safety has come first.

Photo: © Arnolds

News | August 2020

Arnolds to retire

Klaus Arnolds is retiring. The first technician of the Westdeutsche Runfunk broadcaster was one of the co-founders of the LIFTjournal and was a member of its advisory board from the start.

Photo: © Thilo Schumann / CAN in Automation (CiA) e.V.

News | August 2020

CiA board of directors re-elected

The members of the nonprofit international CAN in Automation (CiA) users’ and manufacturers’ association re-elected the board of directors as well as the members of the CiA business committee and the CiA technical committee.

Photo: © Langer & Laumann

News | August 2020

Otis door drive conversion solution developed

In recent years, Otis has integrated various activation versions in its door controllers.

Photo: © N.L.C. NOVA LIFT

News | August 2020

Solution for compact shafts

Raloe has developed a complete lift that manages both with a shaft head height of 2400 mm and simultaneously with a pit depth of just 265 mm.

News | August 2020

Mayr: Commitment to climate protection

Mayr Antriebstechnik from Mauerstetten (Germany) has been climate neutral since 2020. For this purpose, the mechanical engineering company relies on a wide catalogue of measures.

News | August 2020

Better adjustment of rope and drum

In a current doctoral thesis at the Institute of Mechanical Engineering of TU Clausthal, a new approach has been developed on how to analyze the behaviour of ropes on multi-layer spooled rope drums and better adjusting the system components with each other.

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CANopen Lift car drive units

Euro-Lift postponed

“Enhance safety with innovations”

Arnolds to retire

CiA board of directors re-elected

Otis door drive conversion solution developed

Solution for compact shafts

Mayr: Commitment to climate protection

Better adjustment of rope and drum