Photo: © Henning Stauch News | September 2024 New managing director at Kone DACH Alexander Vitt replaced Erik Kahlert as managing director for the region of Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH) at Kone on 1 May 2024.
Photo: © THOR Industriemontagen GmbH & Co. KG News | September 2024 Danger of falling while working on lifts Work on lifts is frequently carried out at heights above one metre. From a height of more than 100 cm, there is a risk of severe injuries in the event of a fall. What must an employer take into account?
Photo: © Langer & Laumann News | September 2024 Update for the L&L TSG V4 400 lift door drive Langer & Laumann offers more than 500 different conversion kits for the repair or modernisation of lift doors. An update has now been launched: the TSG V4 400 lift door drive for Rathgeber wire ropes.
Photo: © Elevcon News | September 2024 Who wants to speak at Elevcon 2025? The next Elevcon will take place from 17 to 19 June 2025 in Lisbon (Portugal). Anyone interested in giving a talk there: The organisers have extended the abstract submission deadline from 15 to 30 September.
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Photo: © TK Elevator News | November 2023 New Chief Digital Officer at TK Elevator Matthias Gohl joins TK Elevator as the new Chief Digital Officer on September 1, reporting directly to CEO Uday Yadav. The main focus of his role is strengthening and expansion of TK Elevator's digital portfolio.
Photo: © Ziehl-Abegg News | November 2023 The counterweight and energy efficiency To enable lifts to be built and operated as efficiently as possible, the counterweight balancing should be designed with at least 40 percent. This leads to much lower energy consumption. Why is this?
Photo: © Röchling Industrial News | November 2023 New sales direction at Röchling Harry Hosell (39) assumed the position of sales director at Röchling Industrial Xanten – formerly “Schwartz Technische Kunststoffe” – on 1 August 2023.
Photo: © Langer & Laumann News | November 2023 Standard-compliant unlocking at the stop Langer & Laumann have now added a function to the TSG V4 door controller. As a result, the car door now automatically unlocks when the car arrives at the stop.
Photo: © Vertima News | November 2023 New brake safety gear At interlift 2019, the Spanish company Dynatech along with its German partner Vertima, presented its first electromechanical brake safety gear. At interlift 2023, Vertima presented the new Dynatech electronic safety gear.
Photo: © Intec News | November 2023 Digital “safety circuit”: fast installation, simple diagnosis Intec will be unveiling its new DSS safety system at the interlift: this involves all safety-relevant signals and sensors being electronically recorded and analysed.
Photo: © privat News | November 2023 Jens Holmberg is the new EVP at Alimak Alimak Group has appointed Jens Holmberg as EVP Industrial division, effective as of 1 September 2023.
Photo: © Olga Gavrilenko/123RF.com News | November 2023 EN ISO 8100-1/2: a new era for the lift sector EN ISO 8100-1/2 – when will these standards finally arrive? Why is it all taking so long? What do the draft standards look like? What will then change? What new technical requirements will there be for lifts, safety components and parts?
Photo: © Tutti Frutti / shutterstock News | November 2023 Extension of the CE-marking: First, many people laughed … The UK is back in the headlines: After a long period of calm over Brexit, some good news is now attracting attention: The British government has extended indefinitely the recognition of CE marking for placing goods on the UK market.