Photo: © Aleatec News | January 2025 Final version of the VDI 6211 published The finale version of the VDI 6211 guide-line on “Ventilation installations and installations to extract smoke from lifts and lift shafts” was published in October 2024.
Photo: © Adobe Photoshop generiert News | January 2025 Smart Readiness Indicator: an explanation and estimation The Smart Readiness Indicator (SRI) rates the smart readiness of buildings or building units. Member States are now invited to contribute to the optional pilot testing of the SRI.
Photo: © KONE GmbH News | January 2025 Kone takes over two companies Kone Germany has taken over two lift companies – one in southern Germany and one in the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Photo: © Digital Spine News | January 2025 Aufzugshelden: the story continues In mid-August, Digital Spine – better known as "Aufzugshelden" (lift heroes) – filed for bankruptcy. But the story is set to continue: the Berlin-Charlottenburg district court, which is responsible for the case, is said to have approved managing director Simon Vestner's restructuring plan.
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Photo: © Hydroware News | November 2020 Hydroware: with IoT into the future The modernisation package for hydraulic lifts from Hydroware works with the latest technology: this includes a high resolution interface – perfectly adapted to smartphones and tablets.
Photo: © Blain Hydraulics News | November 2020 Set-up your valve with your mobile The world becomes increasingly connected. That enable companies to redesign products as IoT devices to have Smart Solutions and remain competitive. Blain Hydraulics make use of the IoT technology and evolved the existing EV4-vvvf into the Smart-EV40-vvvf solution.
Photo: © Kübler News | November 2020 New Global Industry Manager at Kübler At the beginning of March 2020 Yasin Bayrakli had taken over responsibility for the elevator technology division at Kübler as Global Industry Manager.
Photo: © Piconorm News | November 2020 Up please: the door opener for the home lift market Piconorm has developed a complete home lift. New Lift not only supplies the home lift controller ECO for the Piconorm Avanza, but also an app with which the home lift can be controlled via mobile devices.
Photo: © Yaskawa News | November 2020 Via simulation to the matching converter How will the converter behave in real operation? What sequences have to be run in the application and what converter type is appropriate? What happens in the event of overload?
Photo: © GFT / Robert Weise-Prüß News | November 2020 Small companies also have good prospects Good employees are hard to find; the lack of skilled employees in the lift sector is a major problem. There is probably no ready-made solution for this. But there are companies that manage this problem better than others.
Photo: © European Lift SME Congress News | October 2020 First European Lift SME Congress For the first time, lift SMEs across Europe will meet on 18 and 19 November in an online platform equipped with simultaneous interpreting, to talk about the present and future of SMEs in the European framework.
Photo: © Leibniz Universität Hannover / Marie-Luise Kolb News | October 2020 Frequency converter in the Einstein elevator Physical and production-related experiments for applications in outer space, on the moon or even on Mars: what sounds like science fiction could soon become real.
Photo: © Giovenzana News | October 2020 New car top inspection box Giovenzana has designed a new car top inspection box. The goal was to design the safest, most up to date code-compliant pendant that also addresses some of the safety issues field technicians face.
