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CONTENTS
FEATURES:
29 Project Spotlight
Serum Institute of India
by Fali D. Palkhivala
47 Burj Khalifa
by James W. Fortune
52 Burj Khalifa Rises in Dubai
by M.J. Mohamed Iqbal
COLUMNS:
Engineering
54 Assumption on New Design of Two Safety Components
by Huang Dongling and Xing Jian
Field Stories
40 Reminiscences
by PVN Marar
Market Spotlight
76 100 Years of Korean Lift Industry
by Euk Mahn Yang
Market Trends
34 Building Tall
Reprinted from NAWIC Image
Project Spotlight
66 ThyssenKrupp Elevator Provides Equipment for T3
by Sudhir Hingorani
ELEVåTOR WÅRLD
DEPARTMENTS:
4th Quarter
Issue 4 Volume 3
2010
3 Editor’s Overview
6 Comments
8 Inside India News
16 International Industry News
86 Product Spotlight
89 Marketplace
90 India Source Directory
96 Advertisers Index
Public Safety
26 Otis India Takes Safe T-Rider © Program to
School Children
58 Independent Safety Assessment for Transportation
System
by Kenneth Chan Man Wong
Readers Platform
36 Help Us Help
by K. Subramanian
62 Pitch for Entry into the
Indian Elevator Industry
by Jayashri Murali and S.C. Sharada
Technology
38 Energy-Efficient Hydraulic Lifts
78 Hydraulic Elevators –
Configuring the Power Unit
by Parag Mehta

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Overview
The Tie That Binds
This issue of ELEVATOR WORLD India contains numerous
reports and articles on many aspects of the elevator
industry. In a letter to the editor, Trevor Rodericks expresses
his concern about the number of elevator accidents that
have been occurring throughout India. He expresses the
need for the industry to take steps to eliminate these
unfortunate incidents. Aggressive elevator and escalator
maintenance programs are suggested, along with the
implementation of public-safety awareness programs such
as the one offered by the recently established Elevator
Escalator Safety Trust (EEST). Numerous opportunities
are available to get involved with this effort and those
who would like do so in India can contact the EEST at
website: www.eest.in. To set up a similar program outside
of India, you can contact the Elevator Escalator Safety
Foundation in the U.S. at website: www.eesf.org. Additionally,
the report in this issue on the recent presentation
that Otis Elevator Co. made to grade-school children is a
fine example of how you can bring this important safety
program to your area of the world.
Articles on the latest advancements in hydraulic ele -
vator technology that describe energy-efficient systems
now available are also presented in this issue. Property
owners and their consultants should become familiar
with and understand this technology so they can specify
this type of equipment for their new elevator installation
and modernization projects. This will ensure that they are
getting state-of-the-art, energy-efficient elevators in their
buildings, thereby doing their part to not only protect the
environment, but also provide a sustainable future for
all. These articles will help elevator equipment owners
better understand the important aspects of the equipment
that they are buying from our industry and putting into
service in the buildings.
Of the 6,852 readers of EW India, over 2,000 own and/
or operate buildings throughout India in which elevators
and escalators are being used by the public on a daily
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Comments
ON THE RECENT SPATE
OF INCIDENTS
The accident reports found in this
issue, beginning on page 8, are a few
of the most recent that have occurred
in some of India’s state capitals. Who
is responsible for these losses of life
and injuries?
Recently, some of the doyens of
the elevator industry met, and all
stated that safety would be given priority.
These recent accidents do not
speak well of the commitment. Many
will say, “It’s not my elevator,” or, “It
was the user’s fault,” but no excuses
can be accepted for the fatalities.
Inquires are instituted, but will these
see the light of the day?
Who maintained these units? Who
approved of the use of the elevators?
Who is responsible for onsite safety?
These questions should be answered,
and action should be taken.
Now that reports of these accidents
have appeared in an international
magazine, what will be the world’s
opinion of the elevator/escalator
safety standards in India? It is my
hope that this letter will wake people
to the need for corrective action to
ensure the safety of workers and users.
Trevor Rodericks
tjrodericks@yahoo.com �
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OTIS INDIA AWARDED
CONTRACT IN MUMBAI
Otis India was awarded a contract to supply and install
equipment in the 75-meter-high Capital office building in
Mumbai. The installation of the equipment will start in
February 2011 and is scheduled to be completed by
mid 2011. The equipment includes 20 Gen2 ® elevators
with ReGen drives, including 16 units equipped with
Compass destination-management systems, in addition
to six escalators. The Compass system delivers personalized
elevator service to help improve lobby traffic flow,
while integrating a security interfacing for elevator dispatching.
The elevator’s regenerative drives recapture
electrical energy that would otherwise be wasted and
returns it to the building’s power grid for reuse.
The building also features other energy-efficient technologies,
including specially glazed windows to help control
the building’s temperature and a rainwater recycling
system. One of the most distinct features of the building
is part of its exterior shape, which looks like an egg. The
egg features an LED screen, which provides interior
shading without blocking any natural light or views to the
outdoors. During the day, the exterior acts as a mirror,
reflecting the surrounding cityscape, while at night, the
LED lights are illuminated like a television, providing news
and business information.
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Divekar
BOY LOSES HAND IN ELEVATOR ACCIDENT
In August, The Times of India reported on an accident
in which a 14-year-old boy lost his hand attempting to
open the grille door of an elevator in Mankhurd. According
to the report, the boy reached through the door with
a badminton racquet in an attempt to punch the dooropen
button on the stalled elevator, but instead pushed
the button for the fifth floor. This caused the elevator to
rise with his hand trapped in the door. He was taken to
the hospital, but in the rush to get him to treatment, his
severed hand was not retrieved in time to be reattached.
The boy and his family had moved to the apartment
building in which the incident occurred after losing their
home as a result of a road-widening project in Sewri. A
public interest litigation on elevator safety has been filed.
TRAINING COURSE ON LIFTS
The Maharashtra government held a
training course on Lifts – Maintenance
and Repairs on October 15. Varsha
Divekar, sectional electrical engineer from
the Maharashtra public-works department
(who is also a statutory lift inspector for
the state) delivered a four-hour lecture,
which was attended by 35 engineers
from across Maharashtra. Continued

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WORLD TRADE CENTRE IN BENGALURU
The Brigade Group has obtained the license to classify
and manage its 1.1-million-square-foot Brigade North
Star as the World Trade Centre (WTC) Bengaluru. The
group has secured the license from the WTC Association
for the Bengaluru property, which is a part of the 40-acre
mixed-use Brigade Gateway development. The WTC is
likely to commence operations by March 2011. As of
August, the group was already discussing possible tenants
for the WTC, which might also see trade missions
and consulates setting up there. The commercial development
has taken about three years to complete. The
integrated enclave is likely to have 1,260 apartments, a
200-plus key Sheraton hotel, an Orion mall, a multiplex,
an Indian Certificate of Secondary Education school and
a Columbia Asia hospital on campus.
SEVEN PEOPLE TRAPPED IN ELEVATOR
According to The Times of India, in September, seven
people were trapped in an elevator in an elevated pedestrian
walkway in Pragati Maidan. The people were said to
have been stuck for 45 minutes. Information about the
cause of the entrapment and the way the people were
released was not available at press time.
ELEVATOR WORLD India • 4th Quarter 2010 •
TALL PARKING FACILITY FOR MUMBAI
The Birhanmumbai Municipal Corp. (BMC) and traffic
department have approved a plan to construct a multistory
parking facility for state buses and private cars at
the junction of Senapati Bapat Marg and Pandurang
Budhkar Marg in Lower Parel, Mumbai. The 14-story
structure’s design will be based on that of New York’s
Greyhound bus terminal. Developed by DLF Developers
and designed by architect Hafeez Contractor on a 16-acre
private plot, the project is expected to accommodate 172
state buses and 3,000 cars.
Contractor said that the planned facility will provide
for the washing of buses with sewage treated water. He
also noted:
“On the ground floor, there will be a taxi-waiting area
meant for taxi-drops. It would accommodate about 70 to
100 vehicles. We will also have a huge concourse area
with ticketing counters, restrooms and food kiosks on the
ground floor. We will have separate ramps for cars and
buses, and 10-12 elevators for cars.”
The first floor, at a height of 7.5 meters, would be connected
to the Elphinstone Road flyover. Vehicles entering
the terminal at the ground floor would exit onto the
flyover. The proposal is yet to get the state government’s
approval.

SCHINDLER INDIA CONTRACTS
Schindler India announced two major contracts in
October. In the first, the company is to provide and install
elevators for 40 stations serving Phase 1 of the Bangalore
City metro. The locations will serve transportation needs
between Bayanapalli and MG Road. The new line is
scheduled for completion by September 2012 and will be
equipped with 127 elevators. Schindler’s elevators will be
produced in China and are energy efficient.
Schindler India had also been chosen to supply 28
high-speed elevators for a commercial project in South
Mumbai. The company is the sole supplier of elevators
for the complex, which is the first high-end commercial
development of its kind in Central Mumbai’s emerging
Central Business District. The development will include a
large central landscaped plaza, food courts, a clubhouse
and recreation areas.
FATAL MUMBAI ELEVATOR INCIDENT
According to DNA India, a 40-year-old man died after
falling into an elevator shaft from the sixth floor of a
building in Lower Parel, Mumbai, on September 12. He
reportedly fell through an open lift door. The incident
remained under investigation in September.
Bruyère
OTIS INDIA NAMES
NEW MANAGING DIRECTOR
In July, Otis India named Laurent
Bruyère managing director. Laurent
began his career in 1985 with Otis France
and, in 2006, became managing director
of Otis Switzerland. He has a Master’s
degree in Mechanical Engineering from
École d’ingénieur de L’Innovation de
L’Energie et des Technologies Avancées
(ESME-Sudria) in Paris.
HIGHER FEES MAY AFFECT
HIGH RISES IN BOPAL
The Times of India recently reported that those planning
to buy a residential unit in a high-rise tower in Bopal
may find that the cost has risen. The state urban development
department has recommended charging an additional
floor-space-index (FSI) in Bopal, which is located in
the Ahmedabad district of the state of Gujarat. Although
Bopal only had a population of 12,181 in the census of
2001, it has been growing recently. Developers have
introduced plans for about 30 new high-rise apartment
buildings in the 400-hectare residential zone. However,
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the Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA)
introduced a new zone classification on April 30.
The government has been seeking ways to cover the
cost of the increased infrastructure needed for the developments.
The recommendation of charging a fee for
extra FSI in the new zone was presented to the AUDA in
August. It is estimated that prices could rise 25% due to
the zone changes and the FSI increase.
NAVI MUMBAI ELEVATOR
ACCIDENT LEAVES FOUR DEAD
According to The Times of India, four construction
workers died on September 25 when the makeshift elevator
they were riding stopped functioning and fell to the
ground. The elevator was located at a construction site in
Navi Mumbai. The cause of the malfunction was not yet
determined at press time.
THYSSENKRUPP RECEIVES
MUMBAI, PUNE PROJECTS
ThyssenKrupp Elevator (India) Mumbai Zone announced
in August that it was awarded three orders from construction
group K. Raheja Constructions. The company
will supply and install five gearless elevators with a rated
load of 1020 to 1088 kg, reaching a speed up to 2 mps;
and two geared elevators with a rated load of 544 kg,
reaching a speed up to 1.5 mps. This equipment is for residential
buildings Raheja Interface and Raheja Heights in
Mumbai, and Raheja Gardens in Pune.
In June, ThyseenKrupp received a larger order from Vijay
Associates (Wadhwa Developers). The order includes 32
gearless elevators, 25 of which have a rated load of 1000
to 1600 kg and speeds up to 2.5 mps, and seven with a
rated load of 630 to 1000 kg and speeds up to 1 mps
(including one with opposite openings), all of which
will be installed in two residential projects, Palm beach
Residency in Nerul, Navi Mumbai and Viceroy Park in
Dahisar, Mumbai. Start and completion dates for the
projects were not available at press time.
EEST UPDATE
The Elevator and Escalator Safety Trust (EEST) has
been receiving support from the industry, but there is still
a long way to go. Neeta Deole, the trust director, has been
in touch with many companies for resource support and
has received a positive response. She has also been discussing
with them how the initiative can have a wider
reach. In addition to the initial approach to conduct programs
in schools, the idea was to take the program to
other malls and other public gatherings, and translate
the Safe-T Rider © program DVD to regional languages in
order to reach a wider audience.
ELEVATOR WORLD India • 4th Quarter 2010 •
Several schools have been approached to conduct the
program. However, due to festivities season and midterm
examinations approaching, the programs could not
be conducted. However, all requests will be converted
into appointments once the schools reopen after the
Diwali vacation. Otis has conducted programs at the
Hiranandani Foundation School and the Gundecha
Education Academy. Since July, 2,600 children have been
reached with the Safe-T Rider program (see page 26 ).
The following donations have been received:
Apex Elevators: INR25,000 (US$567)
Royal Elevators: INR5,000 (US$113)
Sematic Re: INR25,000 (US$567)
CITY LIFTS PROVIDES EQUIPMENT
City Lifts has received an order to supply 29 elevators
(reaching speeds of 1 to 3.5 mps) for Hiranandani Realty
for the upscale project on Old Mahabalipuram Road in
Chennai. As of October, six elevators were already
installed. City Lifts also received an order to install nine
panoramic elevators for the RRS Towers in Hyderabad.
In addition, City Lifts will supply elevators for the Ackruti
Star commercial complex and Ackruti Solaris in Mumbai.
The orders include seven machine-room-less (MRL) elevators
(six of which are panoramic) for Ackruti Star,
which will also have an automatic car-parking system,
and 19 MRL units (two groups of eight elevators each
and one group of three elevators) for Ackruti Solaris at
Andheri, Mumbai.
PEOPLE TRAPPED IN
MUMBAI MALL ELEVATOR
According to a report from mumbaimirror.com, 17
people were trapped in an elevator in a Mumbai mall for
more than five hours in August. The lift stalled between
the first floor and the ground floor. Mall officials tried to
open the door, but the space between the elevator and
the first floor was too small for passengers to crawl
through. Mall management and lift technicians tried to
free the passengers for two hours but eventually called
the lift manufacturing company. However, it was also unable
to free the passengers due to the safety mechanism
of the lift, which could not be unlocked. Ultimately, the
fire department had to use a forklift to lift the cabin up
one floor, allowing enough space for the passengers to be
rescued. No injuries were reported, and the cause of the
elevator stalling was not determined as of press time.
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WORKSHOP AT
ARCHITECTURAL INSTITUTES
As part of its commitment to the building industry, TAK
Consulting conducted two workshops on “Fundamentals
of Good Elevatoring” at the Rizvi College of Architecture
and the Kamala Raheja Institute for Architecture. The
three-hour workshop, conducted on an honorary basis
for these colleges, was led by TAK Mathews and Snehal
Toralkar. Professor Albert D’Souza of Rizvi College wrote,
“We appreciate your coming to our college and enlight -
ening us on the subject of elevators. It has been very
informative and instructive.” Lalitha Subramanian, registrar
of the Kamala Reheja Institute, wrote, “It was a great
learning experience for all students.” The institute plans
to make the lecture part of its annual curriculum.
STATE PLANS TO OUTSOURCE
ELEVATOR INSPECTIONS
The Maharashtra state government announced in September
that it plans to partially outsource its lift inspection
work. As of September 27, Gujarat was the only state
to have outsourced the work, according to a report from
The Times of India.
An official of the energy department which inspects elevators,
noted:
“On an average, around 5,000 to 6,000 multistoried
buildings with elevators are constructed in the state every
year. The current figure of 80,000 is likely to shoot up
exponentially in [the] future. In order to cope with the burden,
the government, which does not have enough staff,
has decided to outsource the inspection work of elevators
to certified companies.”
A committee headed by the chief electrical engineer,
energy department, was appointed by the state to suggest
measures to improve a lift inspector’s work. The panel
that submitted a report recommended that the consultants
have at least five years of experience. The government
had 61 posts of junior engineers, around 35 of which
were filled. However, according to an official, even when
all of the positions are filled, the staff will not be large
enough to efficiently complete the job.
The Times of India also reported that though the
Bombay Lift Act of 1939 and the Bombay Lift Rules 1958
say that elevators should be inspected every six months,
the state-appointed panel said one check every two years
would be sufficient. The rationale between the inspection
differences is based on how the earlier systems worked
on electromechanical technology, but now it has become
computer oriented. More frequent checks are not required,
but surprise checks will be conducted.
VASAI LIFT STALLS, DROPS A FLOOR
According to the Mumbai Mirror, a 28-year-old woman
and her three-year-old son were entrapped in a lift that
later fell one floor on October 12. The incident occurred
in an apartment complex in Vasai, a historical village in
Mumbai. After the lift fell, the woman’s husband and a
building watchman were able to open the wooden door
and iron gate of the lift to rescue the passengers. Various
complaints have been filed, while the incident remains
under investigation.
TRIO ELEVATORS
Trio Elevators Co. (India) Ltd. is a joint venture of Otis
Elevator Co. (India) Ltd. and Trio Elevators Pvt. Ltd. (now
known as Alps Technologies Pvt. Ltd.). This venture
intends to explore economies of scale and improvement
in technology, opportunities for optimization of costs,
achievement of better quality and higher safety, provision
of quality goods and services at competitive prices, and
possibilities of achieving synergies in operations in the
fieleds of sales, installation, commissioning, modernization
repair and service of elevators.
Otis (India) is a part of the United Technologies Corp. and
has been engaged in the business of sales, installation,
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commissioning, modernization, repair and service of elevators
and escalators in India for more than 53 years.
Alps Technologies has been in the elevator business of
sales, installation, commissioning, modernization repair
and service of elevators for more than 25 years and has a
27% market share in the state of Gujarat. The company
continues manufacturing elevator parts at its Kalol factory
and supplies all the parts of the new joint venture.
Trio Elevators is the first second-tier brand of Otis
(India) and will deal mainly in the manual and lower-end
segments of automobile and goods elevators. It will also
deal in stretcher, rear and three-sided glass, as well as
similar types of elevators. The company has taken over
the complete business operation, including of the sales,
installation, commissioning, erection, modernization,
repair and service of elevators and escalators.
History
In 1974, Trio Elevators was established by a group of
entrepreneurs as a service company. The company
strived to prove quick response, eliminate large shutdowns,
make day and night service available, and pay
special attention to emergencies and special occasions. It
eventually set up a manufacturing plant at Naroda, which
delivered its first shipment of material to the Ahmedabad
opera house on February 5, 1981. In the same year, Trio
Elevators completed 10 lifts. Over the following 18
months, the company completed 17 elevators.
Outlook
Trio Elevators is constantly reviewing, researching and
reorganizing aspects of its operations, technology and
services in order to further improve upon them. It has
undertaken a quest to live out its slogan “Trio is Trio –
The Name Which You Can Trust.” Markets it currently targets
includes Gujarat (such as Bhuj, Palanpur and Vapi),
and Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.
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ELEVATOR WORLD India • 4th Quarter 2010 •
MAN FALLS TO HIS DEATH
IN LIFT ACCIDENT
The Times of India reported in September that a security
guard from Thane fell eight stories to his death after an
attempt to jump out of a stuck elevator in a residential
tower. According to residents of the building, the man
was stuck in the elevator between the eighth and ninth
floors before he fell more than 70 feet. A resident added
that the man did not press the alarm button inside the lift
but instead opened the doors himself and jumped. Fire
officials did not know the cause of the elevator’s malfunction
but said that it may have developed a mechanical
problem. The lift is said to have safety plans in place to
reduce this type of malfunction if passengers stay in the
elevator and wait for rescue officials. This is the second
incident in Thane in which a passenger died jumping to a
lower floor from a stuck elevator.
In
Memoriam
ALISTER PINTO
Trevor Rodericks has notified ELEVATOR WORLD
India that Alister Pinto died on July 25 in New York. An
industrial engineer, he obtained his degree from Victoria
Jubilee Technical Institute. After working with Ex-cello,
Pinto joined Otis-India, where his
expertise was the production line. He
also designed field-friendly tools. After
working with Otis for 27 years, he retired
and moved to the U.S. Rodericks
remembered of Pinto, “He was the center
of a party with his guitar, belting
out songs of old.” He is survived by his
wife Doris, children and grandchildren.
KASHMIRA BHARUCHA
Kashmira “Kash” Bharucha passed away on October
4. She was one of the first employees to join Schindler
India when it set up its operations in
1998. Despite struggling with a severe
illness, she attended work until August.
Kash was often referred to by colleagues
as “The Pillar of Schindler India”
and was recognized as Employee of
the Year in 2006. She is survived by
her husband Sam and two sons
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China
SYMAX AWARDED
GOVERNMENT CONTRACT
Symax Lift Holding Co. Ltd., an assembler and manufacturer
of elevators and escalators, announced in August
that it has entered into a contract with Wuxi Hua Fang
Property Development Co Ltd. to manufacture and install
66 elevators valued at CAD1.9 million (US$1.83 million)
for a government-funded residential development project.
According to Symax CEO Xiaoyan (Sabrina) Zhang, this
job will bring the total of government-funded projects
awarded to Symax since June to CAD7 million (US$6.74
million).
Symax will also provide repair and maintenance services
for three years following the project’s completion.
Delivery and installation is expected to commence in
November, with completion scheduled for March 2011.
WEE 2012 CHANGES LOCATION
Sponsored by the China Elevator Association, the biannual
global elevator event World Elevator & Escalator
Expo (WEEE) 2012 has changed locations to accommodate
its expansion. The event will be held on May 16-19,
2012, at China Import and Export Fair Complex (Canton
Fair Complex) in Guangzhou. The event has been held in
Langfang for the past three sessions. Guangzhou is considered
the geographical and economical center of South
China. For more information, contact Ma Zhentao at
e-mail: expo@cea-net.org or phone: (1) 336-365-8885.
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ELEVATOR WORLD India • 4th Quarter 2010 •
CE NET ELEVATOR SIGNS CONTRACT
WITH CHONGQING SHUANGFU
On August 30, New Elevator Weekly announced that
CE Net Elevator Co. of Germany signed a contract with
Chongqing Shuangfu New Area. The signing ceremony
took place in a Shaungfu administration office building.
The project includes a 120-meter-high elevator test tower,
which is expected to be complete in one year. The tower
is planned to manufacture 1,000 elevators within the first
year and eventually reach 5,000 elevators in the second
and third years. It is expected that 70% of the manufactured
products will be sold in China, with the remaining
sold internationally.
YUANDA GROUP EXPANDING ITS BRAND
New Elevator Weekly reported in September that the
Yaunda Group is still aiming to sell its elevators to every
corner of the world. In 2003, the group started from
scratch by constructing the elevator enterprise Brilliant
Elevator. The group also set up 29 branch companies
in China. By 2006, Brilliant Elevator was exporting to
Australia and became one of the first elevator enterprises
entering that market.
Toward the end of 2008, Yaunda Group started to
break out with new technology and successfully landed a
contract for the 2012 London Olympic Games. In addition,
Brilliant Elevator landed a subway project to install
38 elevators and two escalators at Shenyang Line 1. The
group has some of the fastest elevator speeds in the
industry and offers third-generation machine-room-less
products, with 23 self-core technologies, which are capable
of saving up to 40% in energy consumption in comparison
to traction elevators.
SCHINDLER TO SUPPLY
ESCALATORS FOR RAIL EXPANSION
The Ministry of Railways has awarded a contract to
Schindler for 353 escalators to be installed in 17 stations as
part of a railway expansion project. The contract involves
eight regional railway companies. All the escalators will
come from Schindler’s production facility in Shanghai,
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and include indoor and outdoor installations. The project
also has a tight schedule. Installation of the first escalators
began in September, and it is planned that all 353
will be in place by May 2011.
According to Schindler, one of the reasons it received
the contract was the company’s production capacity and
its extensive network of branches throughout China. The
stations involved are situated in major cities across the
entire length of the country, from Changchun in the far
north to Guangzhou on China’s south coast, with more
than 3,000 kilometers separating those on either end of
the network.
Indonesia
JAKARTA BUILDING DEVELOPMENT SHIFTS
Property consultants at PT Procon Indah reported in
July that developers are moving southward to construct
new office buildings in the capital city in search of more
affordable land prices and a specific image. The company’s
data as of the second quarter of 2010 showed that South
Jakarta had almost 20% of all high-rise offices in the city.
Over the last five years, the demand for office space in
South Jakarta has increased by 29%, while the same in
demand in other parts of Jakarta increased by 15%.
Procon Indah’s research and consulting head Utami
Prastiana said, “South Jakarta has a prime neighborhood
image. It is surrounded by established prime residential
and commercial developments.” Prastiana also added that
as many as 90% of companies in South Jakarta preferred
to buy instead of rent office space.
Iran
GOLESTAN PROVINCE
ELEVATORS INSPECTED
Donya-ye-Asansor recently reported that an agreement
was reached that should allow the inspection of all new
elevators in Golestan province. Alireza Tajari stated on
the website of the Standard and Industrial Research
Organization of Golestan that the mayors of the province
agreed that the issuance of certifications of completion of
construction will be dependent upon elevators receiving
an inspection certification. Tajari, who is the mechanical
expert for the Standard and Industrial Research Organization
of Golestan, explained his organization should be
able to inspect all newly installed elevators in accordance
with this agreement.
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Israel
GREEN OFFICE TOWER
PROGRESSES IN TEL AVIV
In September, the first phase of Tel Aviv’s new green
office building was nearing completion. Constructed by
brothers Ronen and Alon Azouri, the unnamed 20-story
tower uses recycled, sustainable and domestic building
materials and ecological maintenance procedures for a
long-term low impact on the environment. The project is
located on Hamasger Street, which is to be at the heart of
Tel Aviv’s light-rail route expected to be operational in
five years.
The building is scheduled to open in March 2011, but it
is expected that its first tenants will start moving in as
early as January. The first seven floors have already been
sold. Some of the green features include water recycling
that is expected to save up to 13,000 liters per day. In
addition, the use of insulated glass will allow up to 62%
natural light into the building, while keeping out at least
25% of the sun’s heat. Solar panels will be placed on the
roof, and the possibility of using wind turbines is being
considered.
With the help of Israeli architect Keren Yedvub and
British green building consultant Guy Battle, the Azouri
brothers designed the tower with a continuous filtered
fresh air system and online-monitored climate control, a
condensed recycled cardboard material from Germany
for exterior coatings, and parquet floors of certified wood
from sustainable forests. Battle expects the tower to
achieve a silver or gold level equivalent in the Leadership
in Energy and Environmental Design rating system.
Italy
SEMATIC ACHIEVES
WORLDWIDE CERTIFIED QUALITY
At the end of July, the quality management system of
the Sematic Group was certified according to the ISO
9001:2008 standard for all activities related to the “design,
manufacturing, sales and after sales of complete doors,
cabins, steel work, safety gears and related components
for passengers and goods lift/elevator.” Sematic is one of
the first companies in the elevator component business
to achieve this important recognition at the worldwide
level, since the certification covers not only its single productive
sites (Italy, the U.K., China, Hungary, the U.S. and
Mexico), but also its global, integrated quality management
system that established common policies and goals
for all the group companies.
ISO 9001:2008 certification demonstrates Sematic’s
capacity to provide, from each of its manufacturing plants
all over the world, products and services that conform to

market requirements, via a management system set up
in line with a process model that emphasizes the cen -
trality of the customer and the commitment of Sematic
top management and entire organizations to continuous
improvement.
The certification specifies that all Sematic units have
the same approach to business and customers, with standardization,
repeatable and cost-effective processes and
activities, oriented to the ongoing development of the
organization and the sharing of its best internal practices.
In order to achieve these goals, Sematic carried out
several quality improvement actions, defined and coordinated
at the corporate level and locally developed, such
as the constant monitoring of quality and performance key
indicators, the implementation of internal (in addition to
external) audit plans, the integrated management of
claims, as well as the development of IT systems for the
management of quality-related processes.
Sematic Group Chairman and CEO Roberto Zappa
explained:
“Achieving a high quality level in the products and services
provided to customers is a key requirement in order
to maintain the market position we have achieved for our
future development.”
Sematic Group Quality, H&SE Manager Marcello Aiolfi
added:
“Sematic Quality process aims to maximize customer satisfaction
through the constant improvement of company
procedures and the prevention of any possible reason for
dissatisfaction.”
The combination of high-value-added ISO 9001 certified
operations, fully integrated manufacturing processes and
its global industrial presences makes Sematic a strategic
supplier for today’s demanding elevator market.
Japan
JSEA TETHER COMPETITION RESULTS
The Japan Space Elevator Association (JSEA) announced
the winners of its second technical and engineering competition
at Nihon University’s research ground in Chiba in
August. The event, which took place on August 6-9, had
teams participate in six categories, including speed, control
and safety.
Selected results for the Tether/Belt Competition were
as follows:
◆ Grand prize and speed winner: Kanagawa University’s
Egami Team B, which had its climber travel 300 meters
in 2 minutes and 36 seconds.
◆ Control winner: Nihon University’s Sakurana climber’s
control was completely automated.
◆ Environmental Control winner: Nihon University’s
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different thickness tethers, as well as to be
able to deal with twisting from the wind.
◆ Maintainability winner: The Earth-Track-Controllers
Team CHAD designed its climber to be able to attach to
the tether faster than any other team.
◆ “Other functionality” winner: Team Okuzawa, the
climber of which had the ability to log a variety of data
to be able to analyze any problems it may encounter.
It also included a variety of other features such as realtime
data transfer.
Kanagawa University’s team was also the only one to
have its climber climb the tether to the top and come
down safely in the harsh wind. Furthermore, its speed
was greater than that of last year’s winner.
The tether/rope competition was won by the University
of Saskatchewan, College of Engineering Space Design
Team, which had the only entry to reach the 300-meter
goal. The final competition, “Endurance LASER,” saw
LEGO ® climbers climb to an altitude of 100 meters for the
first time. Of the five teams participating, three made it to
the top.
Yoshio Aoki, Technical and Engineering judge, reflected
on the competition?
“Last year, the competition concentrated on speed, but
this year, there were six categories . . . and this made it a
much tighter race. With the participation of two international
teams, teams from Japan also had the opportunity
to exchange ideas and see some differences in design and
different points of view of their international counterparts.
Next year, with the plan to hold the competition to
a height of 600 meters, we expect automated control to
be one of the upcoming themes for the climbers. We
expect the number of technical members in our organi -
zation and participants in next year’s competition to only
increase.”
The aim of the competition was to help encourage the
development of technologies related to realizing a space
elevator. JSEA aims to double the tether length for this
competition each year, and create regulations and evaluate
categories that will help progress technologies related
to the realization of a space elevator. It expects to share
the results of this competition and other insights at an
international conference.
REDEVELOPMENT PLAN UNVEILED
Mitsubishi Estate Co. unveiled the outline of its urbanrenewal
project in Tokyo’s Shinjuku district in June. The
development will be located where a former golf driving
range was. Among the new development plans for the
3.7-hectare plot are a 20-story office building and a
32-story luxury residential building. The company antici-
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pates strong demand because of the location’s proximity
to a subway station and the lack of large office buildings
and condominiums in the area. The office building will
occupy about 70% of the total area and is expected to be
complete in April 2012.
RECORD NUMBER OF HIGH RISES IN 2009
According to Nikkei Inc., there was a record number of
high rises built in Japan in 2009. Roughly 35,000 units in
buildings with 20 or more stories were completed last
year. However, construction is expected to slow down
this year according to figures released by the Real Estate
Economic Institute in April. The institute predicts an
overall 17% drop across Japan, but greater Tokyo area
construction is still expected to rise, despite the 9%
decline it saw last year.
Malaysia
PRASARANA PLANS RAIL
STATION IMPROVEMENTS
Syarikat Prasarana Negara Bhd. (Prasarana) has announced
plans to upgrade three light-rail-transit (LRT)
stations, plus the construction of a six-level parking facility
at the Gombak LRT station. The Masjid Jamek, Hang
Tuah and Titiwangsa stations will receive accessibility
improvements, including elevators, chairlifts, escalators
and ramps. Three new elevators and a chairlift are planned
for Titiwangsa. The work at Hang Tuah includes improving
access between different areas of the LRT station, with
the addition of elevators, chairlifts, escalators and other
items to assist the disabled and others who are mobility
challenged. The entire project is budgeted for MYR51 million
(US$16.2 million). Construction began earlier this
year and is expected to be completed next year.
Saudi Arabia
CLOCK TOWER RISES IN MECCA
The centerpiece of the 1.5-million-square-meter Abraj
al-Bait complex in Mecca is a tower with clock faces on
four sides lit with two-million LED lights that can be seen
up to 30 kilometers away. The clock tower, which is
expected to reach a height of at least 590 meters and contain
95 floors, is one of seven towers in the complex. The
other six are expected to have between 42 and 48 floors.
Facing Mecca’s Grand Mosque, the complex was planned
to meet the kingdom’s desire to accommodate the 10
million pilgrims expected to visit the city annually. The
complex will include some 3,000 hotel rooms and residential
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However, the clock tower is designed to be the focal
point of the project. Pilgrims and other visitors will be
able to ride elevators to a balcony located just below the
clock faces, from which they will be able to view the
Grand Mosque and other sights of the city. The clock
faces are each 46 meters in diameter, which is more than
six times the diameter of Big Ben clock in London. They
will be more than 400 meters above ground level. The
clocks began operating in August at the start of Ramadan.
A four-level astronomical observatory and Islamic museum
will also be located in the clock tower.
The seven-tower complex was designed by architect
Dar Al-Handasah of Shair & Partners. The Saudi Binladen
Group is developing the project. Construction began in
2004 and is expected to be completed in 2011.
SAUDI ARAMCO HOSTS SAFETY EVENT
Saudi Aramco, a major oil company, will host a safety
event on December 4-5 at its DOC Building in Al Khobari.
The conference will examine the relationship the oil industry
has with safety, policy and mechanisms it employs
and what heavy lift manufacturers must do to meet their
guidelines. The conference will also give attendees the
opportunity to learn how Saudi Aramco operates. For
more information, contact Pat Latchem at phone: (971)
4-440-9148 or e-mail: pat@cpidubaicom, or visit website:
www.cpilive.net/events/aramco.
South Korea
THYSSENKRUPP INSTALLS
TWIN ELEVATORS IN HOSPITAL
ThyssenKrupp Elevator announced in July that it will
install two of its TWIN elevators (systems with two cabs
running independently in the same shaft) and one conventional
elevator at Ajou University Hospital in Suwon.
The installation is a part of a modernization project. After
the replacement of three traditional single elevators that
have reached their capacity limits, five cabs will be available,
allowing more passengers to be transported in the
same amount of space. In addition, a destination-control
system will shorten passenger wait times. Ajou University
Hospital is one of the largest in the country. Each TWIN
cab has its own counterweight and separate safety and
drive equipment, but both cabs use the same guide rails
and shaft doors.
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KESI PLANS LIFT SAFETY EXPO
Korea Elevator Safety Institute (KESI) has announced
plans for Korea Lift Safety Expo 2010 as part of its observance
of the 100th anniversary of the first lift installation
in Korea. KESI took charge in celebrating the anniversary
and boosting the lift industry in July when it launched the
Lift 100th Anniversary Committee and started preparing
memorial events involving the inspection agency, five
companies, three industry organizations under the Korea
Elevator Industry Coop and the Korea Lift College. The
five companies involved are Hyundai Elevator, Otis,
ThyssenKrupp, Mitsubishi Electric and Schindler.
Under its president, Nam-Deuk Kim, KESI is hosting
the expo on December 15-18 at Hall C with Coex in Seoul.
The organizer expects more than 20,000 students and
representatives from industry organizations, universities
and lift companies to participate in the expo. A history
center will display 100 years of Korean lift history and
information on the lift industry to which people may
not have easy access. The Safety Experience center is
designed to acknowledge the safety issues and elevate
the ability to deal with dangerous situations.
The companies participating in the expo will each have
a promotion booth to introduce new technologies, future
vision and their businesses to expo attendees. Visitors
can also experience technologies related to the lift industry
such as closed-circuit television, security, light and fire
extinguisher technologies.
For more information, contact KESI at 352-5 Yang-jae
2-dong, Seoul, Korea, 137-898; phone: (82) 2-3497-7443;
fax: (82) 2-3497-7419; or website: www.kesi.or.kr.
HYUNDAI ELEVATOR
RECEIVES ENERGY CERTIFICATES
Hyundai Elevator Co. Ltd. announced in August that it
received the “A” class energy-efficiency certificate of VDI
4707 certified by the German institute TÜV. The energyefficiency
class was introduced by the Association of
German Engineers (VDI) and is classified in seven grades,
from A to G. Class A represents the least consumption of
energy after evaluating service hours, energy consumption
during operation and average travel distance.
Hyundai explained that the acquisition of the certificate is
derived from its regenerative inverter LOWATT, which
can increase efficiency up to 77.5% by returning its regenerated
energy during elevator operation to a building’s
lighting and climate-control system. Hyundai’s LOWATT
was also awarded the New Excellent Technology certificate
from the Ministry of Science & Technology by removing its
electrolytic condenser, thus reducing its size and extending
its lifespan.

Turkey
ASANSÖR ISTANBUL ADDS HALL
AND CHANGES DATES
To acquire the use of a fifth hall, the organizers of
Asansör Istanbul 2011 have changed the dates of the 12th
international lift fair to April 14-17, 2011. The addition
of Hall 6 to its traditional group of Halls 7, 8, 9 and 10 is
expected to bring the net exhibition space to 11,000
square meters. Hall 6 was not available for the previously
announced dates. The changes are designed to accommodate
an expected increase in national and international
participation. Thousands of international fair visitors from
New Zealand to the U.S. are anticipated, with as many as
64 countries represented.
For further information about Asansör Istanbul 2011,
contact Istanbul Fair Organizers at website: www.asansor
istanbul.com.
United Arab Emirates
TL JONES SUPPLIES TELEPHONE
SYSTEMS TO FERRARI WORLD
In August, TL Jones announced it had supplied emergency
elevator telephone systems to the Ferrari World
theme park on Yas island in Abu Dhabi. The Memcom
telephone systems were installed on Otis elevators
throughout the complex. The project was managed by
Laith Hasen, general manager of TL Jones U.A.E. He leads
the TL Jones Middle East operation from Dubai. The
Memcom emergency telephone system allows connection
with up to four pre-programmed telephone numbers
in the event of an elevator-trapping emergency and is
EN81 compliant.
Ferrari World
Ferrari World was developed by Aldar Properties. The
Ferrari-themed amusement park is located adjacent to the
Yas Marina Circuit, home of the Formula 1 Etihad Airways
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Ferrari World is sited under a red
roof that spans 200,000 square meters and carries a
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large Ferrari logo. Its attractions and experiences include
Formula Rossa, a 240-kph roller coaster that completes
its circuit in less than five seconds. In addition to amusement
rides, the park is home to numerous interactive,
shopping and dining experiences.
NAIF SOUQ OPENS IN DUBAI
The newly reconstructed Naif Souq in Dubai held its
official opening on October 20. The shopping area is
larger than its predecessor and includes two elevators
and two escalators. There are 218 shops in the complex,
which is located near the ancient Naif Fort. The 60,000square-foot-market
is one of the oldest in Dubai and had
to be rebuilt after an April 2008 fire.
Vietnam
HCM CITY REGULATES BUILDING HEIGHT
Vietnam News reported in July that Ho Chi Minh (HCM)
City plans to crack down on construction companies that
violate the city’s height regulations on buildings in District
1. The criteria for the height of buildings vary according
to location, street, population and distance to historic
structures, among other factors. In order to protect the
landscape and ease traffic congestions, HCM City’s People
Council recently passed a regulation that requires city
agencies to regulate the number of high-rise construction
projects in inner-city District 1.
BAN ON HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS
AFFECTING MARKET
Vietnam News recently reported on the government’s
ban on high-rise buildings in sections of Hanoi and how
it is affecting the apartment market. According to the
report, 223 high-rise projects in Hoan Kiem, Hai Ba
Trung, Ba Dinh and Dong Da have been delayed since the
ban went into effect in December 2009. Coupled with the
government’s decision in 2007 to require older apartment
buildings in the city to be rebuilt, the construction ban
has caused an increase in the price for apartments.
Although the high-rise construction ban was lifted in July
for most of Hanoi, it is still in effect for the Ba Dinh political
center, Old Quarter, and the Ho Guom Lake, Old
Citadel and Army areas. Some in the real-estate sector
have expressed doubts for a revival in the apartment
market due to the possibility of the high-rise construction
ban being implemented again in the future.
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Worldwide
HITACHI INTEGRATES REGIONAL
ELEVATOR OPERATIONS
Hitachi, Ltd. announced in September that Hitachi
Elevator Engineering (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. has been
renamed Hitachi Elevator Asia Pte. Ltd. (HEA) and began
operations as a regional headquarters for the Hitachi
Group’s elevator and escalator business in Southeast
Asia, India and the Middle East on October 1. HEA will
oversee all regional operations and endeavor to raise
business efficiency through locally led operations, as well
as strengthen the system for quickly responding to market
trends and customer needs in each country and region.
Hitachi will also develop global strategic elevators that
will standardize control systems that have differed by
countries and regions, and promote a shared information/
technology (IT) platform for supporting decisions regarding
sales and specification determination, design, manufacturing
and procurement. The company intends for the
headquarters to form a highly efficient global development
and manufacturing framework based on cooperation
among bases in Japan, China and Singapore. As a result,
Hitachi aims to expand its global share of new orders for
elevators and escalators in terms of units from the 8% of
fiscal year 2009 to 10% in fiscal year 2012.
Based on reports that the demand for new elevators
and escalators in Southeast Asia, India and the Middle
East (dubbed the “Asian Belt Zone”) is expected to rise by
20% (from 54,000 units in fiscal year 2009 to 65,000 units
in fiscal year 2012), HEA will formulate a business strategy
for the new region as a whole. It will also attempt to
optimally allocate business resources and coordinate the
activities of the Hitachi Group and its agents in developing
the business. In addition, HEA intends to actively
promote alliances and nurture global human resources in
each region.
Hitachi has developed a new control system that uses
a standard basic design based on inverter technologies
from Japan through cooperation among development
divisions in Japan, China and Singapore. Furthermore,
Hitachi developed an elevator with a small machine room
(with a rated speed of 60–105 mpm and load capacity of
450–1050 kg) for markets in China, Southeast Asia, India
and the Middle East. The company has been selling this
elevator in China, Southeast Asia, India and the Middle
East since April 2010.
The company is bolstering its global development of
“Social Innovation Business,” which has technological
capabilities in advanced social infrastructure supported
by information and communication technologies. In the
“Asian Belt Zone,” the company will promote development
of advanced technologies and solutions businesses
related to elevators and escalators. �

Public Safety
Otis India Takes Safe-T Rider © Program
to School Children
At Otis India, safety initiatives have always been taken
to ensure safety of not only employees but product users
as well. Apart from implementing site safety requirements
steps have been taken from time to time, to educate
product users on dos and don’ts of safety precautions
during the use of elevators and escalators. Training is
also being imparted to members of housing societies and
fire-brigade personnel.
In July, Otis India launched a new way to disseminate
safety messages to school children. Initiated by Stephen
D’Souza who firmly believed in educating children while
they were very young. Children tend to learn quickly and
practice what is taught to them. With the increase in
high-rise structures, multiplexes and malls, it becomes
even more important for children to know elevator and
escalator safety. The program is developed by the Elevator
Escalator Safety Foundation (EESF) and made available in
India through the nonprofit Elevator Escalator Safety
Trust (EEST) in India, an independent trust along the
same lines as the EESF in the U.S.
In July, the first program was held at a popular school
in the suburbs of Mumbai, which has a high density of
high-rise buildings with a large number of elevators.
Training was imparted to more than 480 children of the
Hiranandani Foundation School in July. This interactive
session was facilitated by faculty from Otis India, comprising
of W.S. D’Souza, V.K. Chitale, P.J. Wandre, Anuradha
Children being educated on the safety program
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Sawant and Anjali Bijpuria, and was well supported by R.
Vishwanathan. Subsequently, the program was also conducted
for 1,400 students of the Gundecha Education
Academy.
As part of the training program, there were lively discussions
with students regarding their awareness about
elevator and escalators, and specially developed videos
were shown. This was followed by a question-and-answer
session, which witnessed a tremendous response
from the children. The teachers also attended the program.
The children were awarded certificates of participation
that featured some safety slogans for them to
remember.
The school management was impressed with this initiative
by Otis India and requested to hold a similar program
for the primary school children. The second program
was held with in a month of the first and delivered
the program to more than 720 children.
Incidentally, TAK Mathews of EEST was approached at
a local mall by a student from the Hiranandani Foundation
School. They talked about the training she received at her
school, and the child’s mother was appreciative. Overwhelmed
with this response, our faculty is looking forward
to conducting more such programs in the interest of
overall public safety. Otis India even has plans to clone
the program in other cities to ensure wider impact and
coverage. �

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Serum
Institute of India
by Fali D. Palkhivala
The Serum Institute of India was founded in 1966 with
the aim to manufacture life-saving immunobiologicals,
which were a shortage in India and being imported at
high prices. The institute has since established itself as
one of the world’s largest producers and reliable sources
of high-quality vaccines and biologicals. The products have
been supplied to international health agencies like the World
Health Organization, United Nations Children’s Fund and
Pan American Health Organization, in addition to more
than 140 countries. The institute recently set up Serum
Bio Pharma Park in Pune. The park is adjoined to the
Serum Institute’s existing manufacturing unit and is
meant for biotechnology and pharmaceutical products.
This has encouraged many foreign companies to partner
with the institute.
One of the more recent partnerships is with Concord
Elevator Pvt. Ltd., which supplied custom designed passenger
and freight elevators for the buildings at India’s
Biotech Special Economic Zone (SEZ), Serum Bio Pharma
Park. D.J. Pajnigar, senior director of Serum Institute of
India, specified that all elevators in Bio Pharma Park
buildings be equipped with the latest technology and
safety features; in addition to high-end features to enhance
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the aesthetic appearance of the buildings. Concord Elevator
worked closely with Serum Institute Consulting Architect
Professor Percy Pithawala to conceptualize and design
the elevator interiors.
The cabins of the passenger elevators are large with
internal dimensions of 1.8 m wide, 1.5 m deep and 2.8 m
high. They have been enhanced with custom etched titanium,
gold-plated, stainless-steel panels and a titanium,
gold-plated, mirror-finished, stainless-steel false ceiling.
The flooring is a seamless two-tone marble achieved by
using water-jet cutting technology. The operating fixtures
include the car operating panel and the hall operating
panel, comprised of titanium, gold-plated, stainless-steel,
self-illuminating LED micro push buttons custom marked
to the required floor designation with Braille and dotmatrix
direction and floor- indication displays.
The same trend of space, texture and design is continued
with the large door openings, which measure 1.2 m wide
and 2.4 m high, including the custom etched-titanium,
gold-plated stainless steel on the cabin door panels and
all seven landing-door panels of the elevator. All door
panels have been provided with vision panels of “toughened
safety glass” to avoid breakage and conform to
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Gearless machine unit (1156 Kg - 1.5 mps) with
nylo-cast deflector
Machine room equipment of 3000 Kg. 1.0 mps
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EN 81 specifications for glass doors. The automatic door
system for the elevators is powered by an energy-efficient
AC; variable-voltage, variable-frequency (VVVF); closed-loop
drive system. A 154 criss-cross beam infrared light-curtain
door safety has been integrated at all landings to protect passengers
while entering and exiting the elevator.
The passenger elevators can reach speeds up to 1.5 mps
through the 24-meter travel height of the office/factory building.
This is achieved by deploying the following energysaving
technology: AC permanent-magnet gearless machines
Machine room equipment of 3000 Kg. 1.0 mps

driven by a closed-loop digital- feedback VVVF drive,
controlled with a 32-bit microprocessor that communicates
with all the elevator equipment using CANbus serial
communications. These implementations save about 50%
of the energy conventional systems use. The passenger
elevators have also been equipped with an automatic
emergency-rescue device in the case of power failure.
In addition to all safeties being provided as per EN 81
standards, an enhanced safety feature in the form of a
rope brake was installed in the passenger elevators. This
rope brake will operate by clamping the ropes in the
event of loss of traction between the main drive sheave
and the main hoist ropes of the elevator.
The 3000-kg, 1-mps, geared passenger and freight elevators
follow similar features as those of the passenger
elevators, with the exception of the larger cabin size of
2.3 m wide, 2.6 m deep and 2.5 m high. The door opening
measures 2 m wide and 2.4 m high and has standard
stainless-steel hairline finish cabin and door panels.
In an endeavor to enhance the elevator performance,
Concord Elevator provided high-intensity, cast-nylon
deflector sheaves, car looping sheaves and counterweight
CANbus serial communicating control
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looping sheaves, which are further isolated from the car
frames by spring isolation and rubber pad isolation for
both the 1156-kg passenger elevators and 3000-kg freight
elevators. These sheaves have inherent flexibility, nonpolarity
and fast-working stress-release ability. The
sheaves are designed to not have permanent deformation.
The cast nylon sheaves also enhance the life of
the main ropes due to their high resistance to wear and
corrosion and can decrease mechanical injury caused
by surface friction of associated metal due to their selflubricating
property.
Concord Elevator was established in 1980 by Founder
Chairman and Managing Director D.F. Palkhivala, who
has more than 50 years of experience in the elevator
industry. Concord Elevator initially started with the maintenance
and repairs of elevators, then evolved to a fully
integrated elevator company. The company’s elevators
have a rated load capability ranging from 204 kg to
12,000 kg and can travel at speeds of .3-7 mps.
Concord Elevator provides elevator, escalator and car
parking solutions, including:
◆ Machine-room-less (MRL) home lifts
◆ Residential and commercial passenger elevators – MRL
or with machine room
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◆ Panoramic elevators of various shapes and finishes
◆ Fully round glass elevators with glass round/circular
automatic doors
◆ Automobile elevators
◆ Freight elevators
◆ Custom elevators, including inclined elevators
◆ Escalators
◆ Inclined walkways
◆ Horizontal walkways
◆ Dependent car-parking systems
◆ Independent car-parking systems
Fali D. Palkhivala is the director
of Concord Elevator and has 20
years of experience in the elevator
industry. He has experience in
the development of new products
in terms of design, space saving
and energy efficiency.

Market Trends
Building Tall
A Look at the Past, Present and Future of Skyscrapers
Big buildings have been used to show off power and
wealth; to honor leaders or religious beliefs; to stretch the
limits of what’s possible; and even as simple competition
among owners, families, architects and builders. Some of
the most dramatic buildings of the past include the pyramids
in Egypt, the skinny towers stretching toward the
sky in Italian hill towns and the gothic cathedrals of
France. While these types of buildings may look very
different from each other, they all have one thing in
common. They were built with masonry or stone walls
supporting most of the weight, including that of the
floors, the people and everything the rooms contained.
Because of this, the height of these buildings was limited
by how massive and heavy they had to be at the base.
Removing the Obstacles
Two developments in the 19th century paved the way
for a whole new type of building: the skyscraper. The first
was the development of a safe elevator. Primitive elevators
of various designs had been used for centuries, and
starting in the mid-19th century, steam-operated elevators
were used to move materials in factories, mines and warehouses.
However, these elevators were not considered
safe for people; if the cable broke, they would plummet to
the bottom of the elevator shaft. In 1853, an American
inventor named Elisha Graves Otis developed a safety
device that kept elevators from falling if a cable should
break. This new development had an enormous impact
on public confidence. Later in the century, the switch to
an electric motor made the elevator a practical solution
to the problem of getting up and down tall buildings.
The second development took place in Chicago. In
1871, Chicago suffered a devastating fire. In the years
that followed, however, instead of recovering slowly, the
city experienced explosive growth, and it quickly began
to strain against its natural boundaries. By the 1880s, the
available land for new buildings in this area could not
keep up with demand, the only alternative was to build
up. In order to achieve the desired height, construction
techniques had to change. A new method of building was
developed that used a grid of steel beams and columns
strong enough to support any stresses or forces a building
might experience, including both the weight of the
floor and the building contents, as well as the force of
wind or even, in some areas, earthquakes. And with this
new building method, the skyscraper was born, and the
race for the tallest building began.
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Modern Materials
Since the birth of the skyscraper, builders and engineers
have continuously looked for ways to improve building
methods and materials in order to make structures stronger,
taller and lighter. Skyscrapers are built to last, so they must
be made of materials that are strong; durable; resistant to
the sun, wind, rain, frost, and snow; and affordable. Concrete
is one of the most common materials (beyond the
steel supports) because it is enormously versatile. Its
composition can be changed depending on the needs of
the building. It can be reinforced to make it stiffer and
stronger by setting steel mesh or bars into the concrete.
Additives can also make it set or harden faster or slower,
depending on the needs of the design.
Another very important material is glass. Because the
steel skeleton now supports the main loads of the building,
the outer skin only serves to keep the weather out
and let light in; the more light the better. So glass walls
became very popular beginning after World War II because
they are weatherproof while providing ample natural light,
and also because they are so much lighter and cheaper
than masonry or concrete.
The Forces of Nature
As buildings became taller and lighter, particularly the
popular modern glass boxes, skyscrapers began having
trouble with the wind, and they began to sway, some more
than two feet in any direction! Engineers came up with
new solutions for this problem, first installing diagonally
braced steel trusses between central elevator shafts to
create a stronger core, and then moving most of the beams
and columns to the outside edge of the walls in order to
make a stiff tube. A more unusual solution was devised
to control sway in the 1970s called a tuned mass damper.
This is a giant concrete block or weight, mounted with
springs and shock absorbers on a lubricated plate, designed
like a pendulum to move in one direction when a computer
senses the structure has begun to move in the other, in
order to counterbalance the motion.
Building Badly
Of course, with new technological developments, problems
can occur. One dramatic and very visible example
was the John Hancock Tower in Boston, now considered
the city’s most spectacular building. The structure is a
tower of mirrored glass. But almost from the beginning,
the glass panes failed. The problem started during a
winter gale in January 1973 while the tower was still under

construction. When huge panels of glass, each weighing
500 pounds, shattered and fell to the street below.
The streets and sidewalks were roped off as engineers
tried to figure out what was going wrong. By April, at
least 65 panels had fallen and were replaced by plywood.
Theories and rumors persisted, including that the tower
was swaying too much, causing the windows to pop out,
or that the tower’s foundation was settling so significantly
that it broke the windows. The truth was that the
material itself failed. The window units had been manufactured
using a fairly new process and the design was
fatally flawed. Ultimately, all 10,344 windows had to be
replaced, and the building has been safe ever since.
The Race for the Sky
In the early 20th century, corporations built skyscrapers
for the promotional value to increase name recognition.
Among the early skyscrapers in Manhattan were the
Metropolitan Life Insurance Tower (700 feet, 50 stories),
the Woolworth Building (the world’s tallest from 1913-
1930 at 792 feet, 60 stories), the Bank of Manhattan (927
feet, 71 stories) and the heavily decorated Chrysler Building
(briefly the world’s tallest in 1930 at 1,046 feet, 77 stories).
The Chrysler Building soon lost its crown to the Empire
State Building, built during the Great Depression by a real
estate developer, which reached a stunning 1,250 feet
and 102 stories. The Empire State Building would reign
supreme among skyscrapers for 41 years until 1972,
when it was surpassed by the World Trade Center (1,368
feet, 110 stories). Two years later, New York City lost
the distinction of housing the tallest building when the
Sears Tower was constructed in Chicago (1,450 feet, 110
stories). And 24 years after that, for the first time, the
tallest skyscraper was no longer in the United States at
all, but in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where the Petronas
Towers were built in 1998 (1,483 feet, 88 stories). Taipei
101, completed in Taiwan in 2004 (1,670 feet and 101
stories), held the title as the tallest building in the world
until January 2010, when the Burj Khalifa (formerly called
the Burj Dubai), in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, became
the world’s tallest building at 2,716 feet and 160 stories.
The Burj Khalifa contains the world’s fastest elevators,
20.7 acres of glass, and uses an estimated 250,000 gallons
of water per day.
Today, skyscrapers are an increasingly common sight
where land is expensive, as in the centers of big cities,
because they provide such a high ratio of rentable floor
space per unit area of land. However, they are not built
just for economy of space. Like temples and palaces of
the past, skyscrapers are considered symbols of a city’s
economic power. Not only do they define the skyline, they
help to define the city’s identity.
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Readers’ Platform
Help Us Help
by K. Subramanian
K. Subramaniam has been executive director –
Technical for Johnson Lifts since 1988. He has 43
years of lift-industry experience.
Subramaniam began in
the Design & Development
Department of Best
& Crompton Engineering
in 1964 then worked with
ECE Industries as regional
manager – South from 1980
until 1988. He received his
BS in Electrical Engineering
from Kerala University in 1964.
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With the economic growth in realestate
and building businesses in
India, barring the recent economic
situation, the elevator market has
synergistically seen much growth.
Many companies, both local and foreign,
have strengthened/established
their operations in India. One can see
the impact by way of technological
and cosmetic changes in presentday
elevators, which include microprocessor
and serial communication
electronic controls, fancy shapes in
the lift cabin with comparatively
expensive panels with stainless steel
and glass, lobby doors with various
designs in stainless steel, fancy and
colorful call-button fixtures and indicators
in the lobby.
The elevator is one of the most
essential and critical utilities of the
building. It is needless to emphasize
that elevator installation must be
done with all due care to ensure that,
as an important asset of the building,
it has a minimum life of at least 20
years before one could think of renovation.
Similar to bricks, cement,
steel rods, etc. that go into the main
structure of the building, elevators
also have many parts and accessories
that are assembled and embedded at
the site to give the systems their final
shapes.
For a good installation at site, there
are some prerequisite work sequences
and required times. In elevator contracts,
it is a work order for supply and
installation of the lifts. There is no
avenue to use to buy the materials
from one agency and get them installed
by another. Though with great
efforts this is technically possible, as
an industry practice, it is not done.
Storage of materials is one of the
problems that can provide lots of
woes. This is a predicament faced by
the customer, as well the elevator
company.
Elevator materials are not to be
equated to tiles, cement or bricks.
So-called elevator materials can be
ordinary steel structures, certain
machined and finished steel com -
ponents like rails, electromechanical
assemblies like the main machine,
door operators, limit switches,
wheels, controllers, indicators and
call-button assemblies that are as
sensitive as TVs and computers.
Apart from this, there are items like
car body panels, door panels made
out of stainless steel and glass with
specific, expensive and exotic finishes
and tints.
Handling and storage of lift materials
needs more understanding of the
complex nature of the accessories
and assemblies. The same care with
which the specification was discussed
and finalized for the car body
and doors is required to preserve the
finishes by having good storage
provisions at a site. This aspect is not
given its due priority and importance.
Spending some time in finding a
mutually agreed solution will go a long
way in providing a good installation.
It goes without saying that that
depends on how the materials are
safeguarded against damages at site.
Building construction methods
and systems have also changed due
to technological innovations and
improvements. A lot of focus is given
toward speeding up the work and
completing the project quicker. Installation
of the lifts is a mini project
within the main project. It is an
activity pervading in all floors right
from the bottom to the top level, and
even beyond where the machine
room is normally located.
The guide rails, machine and other
accessories at the machine room,
landing-door assemblies at all floor
levels, call buttons, indicators, etc.
are all fixed/embedded at the site.

Alignment of the various accessories,
installing the ropes, wiring the call
buttons, indicators, etc. are done at
the next stage. These activities involve
interacting with others working in
the building. Normal hurdles include:
◆ Plumb of the duct allotted for the
lift (lift shaft)
◆ Preventing the pit becoming a
debris receptacle
◆ Final decisions on floor levels
◆ Details on the decorative fascia
surrounding the lift entrances at
all floors
Avoiding major errors in the dimensional
plumb of the lift shaft will
go a long way in installation, saving
time and money spent on reworking
and alterations. The same holds for
the positioning of the openings in all
the floors without offset. “Out of
plumb” and “offset” are two terms
used or encountered only by elevator
engineers and technicians. Sometimes
it is taken for granted that
nothing could go wrong in the construction
of the lift shaft right from
the pit to the machine room. The
plumbness of walls from floor to floor
may not have an impact for other
activities in the building, but plumbness
within allowable limits is a must
for the lift shaft. Small errors from
floor to floor accumulate. Organizing
a checklist and periodical verifi -
cation will help avoid the waste of
time and money. There have been
instances where the lift shaft was
severely out of plumb – to the extent
of installing a lift cabin with a lesser
capacity, discarding the original
cabin and its accessories.
Commencement and completion
of the lift installation is another
issue. The commencement of the
installation requires some prerequisites.
The construction of the shaft,
machine room and pit as per the
general arrangement drawing (GAD)
(mutually agreed and approved) is a
major perquisite. Only in a completed
shaft and machine room will
the installers be able to decide on the
various location centers for guide
rails, machine position and rope
holes, entrance frame and its sills,
etc. Lift installation cannot be done
on a floor-to-floor basis as a parallel
activity along with the progress of
construction of the building. Again,
the logic of involving more people to
speed up the work does not yield the
desired result; on the other hand, it
may lead to quality and safety issues.
As an industry practice, the details
of the work connected with the lift
shaft, pit and machine room are
listed in the GAD. Often, the building
site engineers/supervisors are unaware
of the details leading to unwanted
disputes and delays. An initial coordination
meeting will help understand
the various scopes of work
and enable the elevator installation
team to get the necessary support to
execute the work.
Many small items may be left out,
like finishing the entrance opening
in the floor levels, making the pit
good, windows and ventilators in the
machine room, the door and steps
for the machine room, machineroom
flooring, etc. Though these are
very minor jobs, they are nevertheless
a big handicap for the lift installation
team in continuously progressing
with the work.
Another important issue is the
time taken to decide on the final finished
floor levels and details of decorative
fascia work. As an industry
practice, the installation of the lobby
door frames, sills, and call-button
and indicator boxes are located and
installed in the initial stage of the
installation work. This is mainly to
facilitate the completion of the fascia
work (including the wiring) to be com -
pleted by the time the lift installation
is finished. In most cases, fascia
work and floor levels put the brakes
on the progress of the lift installation
work. Any lapse or misfire spoils the
aesthetics of the lift entrance. Installation
completion commitments depend
largely on the decisions on
floor levels and the fascia.
For the elevator industry to be
customer friendly, allow us to enjoy
contractor-friendly ambience. �
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Technology
Energy-Efficient Hydraulic Lifts
The application of an inverter is not new in the elevator
field. This device has been applied both on traditional
gears as well as on gearless-drive solutions to optimize
performance and power consumption. Designed, manufactured
and guaranteed by Wittur Hydraulic Drives
S.R.L., the new inverter-driven hydraulic-pump unit Wittur
HI combines the performance of inverter technology with
more than 50 years of experience in the field of hydraulic
lift solutions.
The Wittur HI pump unit completes
the range of Wittur Hydraulic Drives’
pump units, including the mechanical
pump unit Wittur HM and the recently
introduced electronic pump unit Wittur
HE. Thanks to its specific configuration,
the Wittur HI pump unit is compliant
with the new EN 81-2 pr.A3
Standards, which will come into force
in 2010.
No additional device or sensor has
to be mounted in the shaft. Everything
is controlled through software that
has been specifically designed for hydraulic
systems. The user interface is
simple, and all adjustments can be
modified using an ergonomic keyboard.
The installer can fine-tune each system
to meet clients’ requirements.
The Wittur HI pump unit integrates
innovative functionalities such as:
◆ Microprocessor adjustment of the
installed power, which can be reduced
to a minimum
◆ Control of all upward and downward car movements
through microprocessor
◆ Minimum oil heating (less than 50% compared to conventional
pump units); in most applications, the cooling
system is no longer necessary.
At the same time, it allows:
◆ Permanent adjustment of the car speed up to 1 mps
◆ Floor leveling accuracy and integrated micro leveling
function.
◆ Operations that are fully independent from cabin load
and oil temperature variation.
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Energy Consumption Reduction
European nations, more and more sensitive towards
environmental issues, are distributing ever greater government
and community contributions to promote environmental
sustainability, while citizens take benefit from
an easier investment amortization. The Wittur HI pump
unit controls the car movement through an inverter only,
thereby optimizing the motor efficiency at any given moment
of the lift operation. The value measured in a traditional
pump unit typically varies
between 0.69 and 0.78 (full load)
during motor operation, having a
0.85 data plate. The Wittur HI
pump unit has a constant power
factor of 0.99.
Apart from possible power loss
due to the Joule effect, the power
factor represents the ratio between
the power actually converted
into mechanical functioning
by an electric motor and the
power available from the network.
The so-called reactive power
is instead required to power the
magnetic field of the electric
motor in the hydraulic pump unit.
While minimizing the reactive
power, the use of an inverter increases
the overall system efficiency.
The Wittur HI pump unit offers
electricity savings:
◆ 28% of power utilization
◆ 31% of energy demand from the network
◆ 16% of active energy used for car movement
It is possible to determine the maximum power that
the lift should not exceed by setting the car movement
speed according to the lift system load capacity.
Oil Heating Reduction
The Wittur HI pump unit uses a microprocessor-controlled
motor that reduces oil heating in the tank to a
minimum. The new valve has been designed to allow an
optimum oil flow through the pipes to minimize pressure
drops and to avoid the need for additional cooling sys-

Pump Motor Rise Single day Single day
Unit (kW) Speed Standby Travel Total Total Energy
Energy (Wh) Energy (Wh) Energy (Wh) Energy (Wh) (Wh/Cosϕ**)
Electric 3.0 1.00 (14*) 2832 726 3558 2593 (- 4%)
Gearless
HI 6.0 0.50 (24*) 2040 1663 3703 3740 reference
HE* 7.7 0.50 1680 2721 4401 5382 (+31%)
HM 7.7 0.50 (27*) 1680 2926 4606 5660 (+34%)
(*) Experiment made on: HM, prototype of HI, Gearless. An energy savings of 7% can be applied for HE vs. HM travel energy.
(**) It was not possible to meter Cos ϕ of HM along the experiment Cos ϕ= 0.735 is considered for HM and HE.
40 rise travels:
◆ 20 empty
◆ 19 with two people
◆ One at full weight
Table 1: Experiment: 450-kg lifts, 80 travels/day X 13 meters
40 down travels:
◆ 20 empty
◆ 15 with one person
◆ Five with two people
tems. The following example shows that a significant
amount of heat is transmitted to the oil during the downwards
movement of the cabin.
A cabin with its pulley and a load capacity of six persons
(450 kilograms) has the same weight as its maximum
rated load. The energy of the mechanical valve converted
to oil heat during five stops (13 meters) is equal to
the variation of the potential energy during downwards
movement:
450 X 2 X 9.81 X 13 = 114,777 Joules = 115 kiloJoules
According to Galileo’s formula, the mechanical work
done by an asynchronous motor moving for 27 seconds
to hoist the cabin with a maximum load capacity at a
speed of 0.5 mps is:
27 X (450 X 2 X 0.5 X 9.81) = 119,191 Joules = 119 kilo-
Joules
The HI pump unit keeps oil from transmitting 115 kilo-
Joules of heat during downwards movement of the cabin.
At the same time (if we take a mechanical pump unit with
a traditional asynchronous motor into account), it prevents
oil warming during the upwards movement of the
cabin caused by the motor that is at least: 30% X 119 kilo-
Joules = 36 kiloJoules
Unlike a hydraulic pump unit without inverter, in the
case of continuous operation, the heat that would not be
transmitted from the oil in the Wittur HI pump unit would
be equal to:
60 X (115 + 36)/4.18 = 2,167 kCal per hour
Assuming:
◆ 80 trips per day
◆ Same kind of power supply (3.0,
6.0 or 7.7 kilowatts)
By using a Wittur HI pump unit, it is possible to avoid
the installation of an additional cooling system to dissipate
the heat transferred to the oil during operation.
Fast Payback on Investment
Table 1 compares the power consumption of elevators
with different types of drives based on the known efficiency
rates. The drives considered include the Wittur HM
mechanical pump unit, the Wittur HI mechanical pump
unit prototype, gearless drive and the electronic valve
pump unit Wittur HE. From the test, it can be inferred that
the HI, mounted on a residential elevator performing 70
trips per day (load capacity 450 kilograms, five stops),
showed good performance and very low operating costs
on the same level as elevators equipped with gearless drives.
The difference in power consumption between hydraulic
and gearless equipped elevators increases on the
average by 4% each 10 additional trips. Although the
gearless-based solution offers lower power consumption
in this case, it is important to note that there is an additional
cost for a gearless solution to the end user when
compared with hydraulic systems.
As one can see from Table 1, when compared to Wittur
HM and HE, the HI pump allows greater savings with
payback in less than three years. The gearless solution
has a much longer payback (50 years) due to the additional
system cost.
For more information, contact Wittur Hydraulic Drives
at website: www.Wittur.com. �
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Field Stories
Reminiscences
by PVN Marar
PVN Marar is the technical
director of TAK Consulting
and has over 40
years of experience in the
vertical-transportation industry
in both India and
abroad. He has gained a
reputation for an uncompromising
attitude toward
installation quality and speed. He has been personally
involved with the execution of projects such
as the Shreepati Arcade, Grand Hyatt, Bombay
Stock Exchange and Navin Vidhan Bhavan.
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It was a rainy day, and I was passing
the Powai Lake in Mumbai in a
rickshaw. As I glanced upon the
overflowing lake, I was thrilled and
wished that all the other reservoirs
supplying water to Mumbai had the
same situation, so that like any
Mumbaikar, I would also have enough
water through the year.
Due to a traffic jam, the rickshaw
was moving very slowly. While I was
enjoying the scenic view of the lake,
my thoughts took me back more
than three decades, to when I was
assigned to install a lift at a dam site.
The dam was being built to hold the
mighty waters of the Mahanadi River,
and the project was known as the
Mahanadi reservoir project.
In May 1978, I set out from Mumbai
(then known as Bombay) with all the
paraphernalia needed to reach Raipur,
the nearest railway station to the
site. I reached Raipur in the night
and stayed in a hotel. Early the next
morning, I managed to get a place in
a taxi jeep, which took more than
three hours (covering about 75 kilometers)
to reach Dhamtari, a small
town situated in a remote area in the
state of Madhya Pradesh, now known
as Chhattisgrah. From there, I hired a
cycle rickshaw to cover 7 kilometers
to reach the dam site, Rudri. This
place was surrounded by thick forest,
and later I was told that wild
animals, including bears, had been
seen there. You couldn’t see any settlements
except the residential quarters
built to house the dam officials
and other agencies working at the
dam site. After meeting with dam
officials, I got a temporary accom-
modation at the guest house facing
the vast Mahanadi. Except for me,
there were no other occupants in the
guest house at that time. I had to eat
whatever was available at a few
makeshift eateries at the site. When
you are hungry, anything will taste
good, and the old adage “Those who
toil in the sun know the need for a
shade” came to my mind.
As the temperature passed 40°C,
I became a little restless due to the
heat and loneliness in the middle of
the jungle. The elevator shaft was situated
at the opposite bank of the river,
and I could see the machine room
from my guest house. The next morning,
I again met with dam officials.
Having been briefed on my immediate
work plan, I set out to survey the
shaft and evaluate further requirements
pertaining to the installation.
To reach the elevator shaft, I had
to cross the river either by walking
through knee deep water or to go
further down and cross it through a
temporary road. As the road invariably
became unserviceable during
the monsoons, it was required to
walk more than 1 kilometer up, as
the connecting bridge to both banks
was not ready.
The lift, a high-capacity unit, traveled
from ground level down to the
base of the dam (inspection gallery).
It had four stops and a travel height
of 40 meters. Through the stairs, I
went down to the water-filled pit area
and inspection gallery. The inspection
gallery always had water accumulation
due to water seepage from the
dam. Therefore, an array of heavyduty
pumps was used to continuously
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work to dewater them. As the lift pit was below the level
of the inspection gallery, water seepage in the pit was
also a problem, and there was no option to have a dry pit
as required in a normal elevator shaft. I anticipated some
problems in working in the shaft, especially in the pit. If
the heavy-duty pump failed even for a couple of minutes,
the water level would rise in the shaft enough to drown
me. The officials assured me that they had sentries to
alert and rescue me in case of emergency. I must admit
that I wasn’t reassured. I gave the officials a list of items
to be executed from their side.
The material had reached the site – unfortunately,
along with a long “items to follow” list (balance material
for the job) showing that the car rail and other sundries
would be dispatched later. In those days, it was the policy
of my company to send an erector to jobs without any
assistants. The erector would have to arrange helpers
and other riggers locally. I managed to get two people
locally and set out to check materials as per the list to
ensure that there was no material shortage. I subsequently
asked the client to put up scaffolding in the shaft.
On setting the template, we realized that the hoistway
was out of plumb by more than 100 millimeters, so I had
to shift the template to accommodate the lift in an appropriate
position. I then ordered brackets for the car and
counterweight rails after verifying the reading. In those
days, the brackets were not sent along with other materials.
They were ordered and tailored to suit site measurements.
I made an erection schedule, and a copy was sent to my
office and the dam officials. Incidentally, the only method
of communication was local post for lengthy communication
(delivery in a week) or telegrams for short communication
(24 hours if urgent).
The next activity was to establish the bracket spacing and
pocket marking for rag bolts. (Hammer drills and expan -
sion fasteners had not been introduced.) The civil contractor’s
people started cutting pockets in the concrete wall
(indeed, a tough job). In between, they puffed beedis
(tobacco stuffed in tendu leaves, called “country cigars”).
They never used matches or a lighter to light it; instead, they
rubbed two wood pieces against each other to start a fire.
As the car rail and brackets were not available, I
decided to go ahead with the landing door and then
machine room work. I engaged a local contractor to shift
machine and other equipment into machine room. In two
weeks, I finished the landing doors and machine-room
work, with the exception of wiring. Requisition for main
and field wires were sent to the Mumbai office, and my
follow-up for car rails yielded no result. Again, the field
wiring harness was made to order.
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My weekly progress report to my construction manager
was more like a travelogue than an activity report. I
had enough spare time to think about the rain (which
could occur any time) and the impending troubles ahead.
During the monsoon, I was told that the lift shaft at the
other bank would be inaccessible, as the downstream
where I normally crossed would be flooded. I then had to
walk further down and take a small boat to cross the
river, or walk up 2 kilometers to reach the site. I could
walk, but shifting of the material for which I was waiting
would be a problem. I detailed all these worries in my
report, and my boss was very happy to acknowledge.
After I had exhausted all installable material, I asked
for permission to return to Mumbai, but my plea was
turned down. His argument was that if I left the site, the
officials working for the dam would get furious, as the
completion date was already behind schedule.
Two more weeks went by, and there was still no sign
of material. I frequented the Dhamtari post office by cycle
rickshaw, the only mode of transport available (a roundtrip
distance of 14 kilometers). This was the only nearby
place with facilities to make long-distance calls to my
boss and send telegrams to my family to inform them that
I was okay. There was no question of calling my family;
I didn’t have a phone in my house. In those days, phone
connections were a luxury.
The monsoon arrived; the dam was swollen and slowly
started overflowing. The river had flooded, and there was
no chance to cross it by foot. Meanwhile, the dam construction
company made a temporary rope bridge connecting
both the banks: two 16-millimeter wire ropes,
3 feet apart, anchored on steel pillars on both sides 30
feet above water, with wooden planks connected with
U-clamps and covered with corrugated sheets. A hand
rail was provided on both sides using wire ropes. When
you walked on the bridge, it swayed like a cradle.
Finally, the brackets arrived, and the shifting of heavy
combination brackets was carried across the rope bridge,
which was a very cumbersome task. Fortunately, I was
born and brought up in Talassery, in northern Malabar,
Kerala, from where most of the Indian circus artists come
from. That’s probably where I got my inspiration to do the
stunts required in carrying these brackets across the
treacherous ravine.
Fixing of the car and counterweight brackets was complete,
and without waiting for the car rail to come, hoisting
(“hoisting” may be the wrong word, because the rails
were actually lowered) and alignment of counterweight
rails were also completed. Again, I had to sit idle for want
of materials. Two days passed, and I spent some time
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watching locals fishing near the “bucket,” (a tanklike concrete
structure where the overflowing water fell) using a
netted basket mounted on the end of long bamboos.
Plenty of big fish leaped along the overflowing water
from the dam and were trapped in the basket. More than
a dozen would be caught in an hour. Other times, I would
watch construction people making Babbitted sockets for
dam shutter rope connections. I was interested in this,
because the shutter raising and lowering operation was
like a drum-wound hoist. It had a motor, a drum to wind
the rope and limit switches, using the same principle as
that for elevators.
The car rails had not yet arrived, and as nothing further
could be done on the work front, I decided to deviate
from the normal procedure, assembling the car frame
and doing the roping. I had to take extra care to assemble
the car frame in the absence of a car rail, as the
plumbness and squareness solely depended upon various
braces and supports from the scaffolding. In normal practice,
car guide shoes (which hold the car frame in position
with car rails) enables the process to be done easier. The
normal practice of resting the bottom safety-plank props
from the pit could not be applied here, as the assembly
was done at ground level, which in this case was the top
terminal landing. I had added some weights in the counterweight
frame, so that I could crank the car frame
slightly to relieve the weight from the scaffolding.
My construction manager (a heavily built person) visited
the site, and not being from my birthplace, refused to
use the rope bridge, though he tried few steps on it. I took
him to the boat, and we crossed the river. When he saw
the car frame and the rope around the car sheave, he was
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impressed, asking me with suspicion (at the same time)
how the car rail would be fitted. I told him that I had definitely
planned to turn away the car frame slightly from
the car rail space, so that the placing of rails and their
alignment could be done without any obstruction. The
only additional task would be to remove and refit the
safety block. In a worst-case scenario, one of the car rails
from any side adjacent to the car frame would be removed
after proper marking on both sides of the rail, on two
brackets attached to the rail. Next, the dismantled rail
would be suspended on a rope and slowly engaged with
the already displaced car frame’s upright channel, bringing
back the car frame (with rail) to its original position
and verifying it with the markings. My boss’ gesture
appeared to indicate that he was satisfied with my plan.
I fixed the governor tension pulley at the bottom and
did the roping without connecting it to the car frame. If I
had connected it, the shifting of the car frame would be a
problem. I kept the tension pulley unit at the maximum
possible height from the pit floor, ignoring the specified
height shown in the layout drawing. This was done to
avoid the same from submerging in water. If the pulley
became submerged, the governor rope would carry the
water up to the car top while in operation. My next problem
was to install the selector idler pulley in the pit. In
those days, the expansion concrete fasteners and concrete
drills were not introduced, and hence, rag bolts had
to be grouted into the pit floor. Provision for a sump was
made in the pit, and dewatering was an ongoing process.
In spite of all these exercises, there was heavy water
leakage from the pit floor. Thrice, I tried to grout the bolt
for the idler but failed, as the concrete mixture got diluted
in water. I abandoned the idea of grouting the bolt and
placed three filler weights on the base of the idler pulley.
This finally worked. Once I fixed the trough in the hoistway,
everything I could do with the materials available at
the site had been completed.
My boss finally agreed to move me from the site, not to
Mumbai, but to Bhopal. At Bhopal, I spent two months
completing a three-stop lift with a rear opening. Upon
returning to the dam, I received rails and other balance
materials, but to my dismay, all the rails were bent. Later,
I learned that the defects happened during transition due
to mishandling. The shipment took more than one month
to reach the site from Mumbai. (The normal time was one
week to 10 days.) The loading and unloading process occurred
in several places, and those doing the work apparently
used the rail as a ramp to load and unload other
materials. I sent a detailed report, and the reply was as I
expected: I was asked to straighten the rails at the site, as
the delay for new rails to come would be more than three

months. Fortunately, the main civil contractor’s chief was
my acquaintance, who gave me some tips and helped me to
straighten the rails back to their original form. I succeeded
to bring it back almost to its original shape. What lacked
could be managed by providing extra brackets and supports.
The work was completed, and lift started in slow
speed. During this commissioning, on a few occasions,
the governor tension pulley and selector idler pulley
were submerged in water. This water was carried by the
rope and selector tape up to machine room and partially
deposited at the governor and selector base. The rest
reached the car top. I installed a crude type of a rope
wiper at the car side of the governor rope and selector
tape to minimize the amount of water entering the car top.
Finally, the elevator was commissioned, though it had
taken seven (minus a break of two) months. Except for
Sundays, there was not a single day in which I did not
visit the site. Even if I had no work to do there, I would
have a cursory look at the installation.
I am not working for that lift company anymore. Last
month, with some nostalgia, I received information that
the lift was working. I had maintained it up to a few
months back.
When I look back, sitting in my office as an elevator
consultant, I feel satisfied in the way I executed the job in
such an environment, but the delay caused due to logistics
support cannot be excused. Elevator installation requires
the involvement of various agencies: the civil work contractor,
electrical contractor, riggers, interior contractors
for the lift lobby, structural consultants, scaffolders and
more. What we need to complete a job in time is dedication,
a meeting of commitments, a proactive approach,
an anticipation of problems and corrective action – a
combined approach toward the goal. It is the work of a
team, and the team leader is the installer. The end result
and success depends on his planning. I wish to tell this
story to the new generation of installation teams and my
customers. I hope they will listen.
In all fairness to readers who know this story, it
is necessary to elaborate that the author, before
being sent to the dam site, had just returned to
Mumbai with his newly married wife. While the
separation from his wife was bad enough, being
alone in the middle of the jungle understandably
made it worse. However, on his second stint, his
boss allowed him to take his wife to the site. Perhaps
the boss’ visit to the site helped. Undoubtedly,
many veterans from the industry would have
similar stories to share, and their spouses would
have complaints that they rarely saw their newly
married partner. . . . Editor
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Project Spotlight
Burj
Khalifa
by James W. Fortune
Background
Unlike the last three “world’s tallest”
record holders, the 508-meter-tall Taipei
101 Tower in Taiwan, the 492-meter-tall
Shanghai World Financial Center and the
452-meter-tall Petronas Towers in Malaysia
(Figure 1), which were all 100% office occupancy
towers, the just completed 162-story,
828-meter-tall Burj Khalifa Tower was designed
from its inception for multi-use tenancies.
The 3-million-square-foot tower is
planned to house about 4,000 tenants and
visitors, compared to about 15,000 office
tenants that would be projected to occupy the
space, had it been designed exclusively for
office tenants.
The Burj Khalifa “Super Tower” contains
the following major components in their ascending order:
(Figure 2)
◆ An 11-level (plus two upper levels), 220-room, five-star
Giorgio Armani hotel (levels 5-16, 38 and 39)
◆ A 19-story, 405-room serviced-apartment section,
which can be rented out as overflow hotel rooms or as
short-term stay apartments (levels 19-37)
◆ A 30-level, standard 343-room residential section (levels
43-72)
◆ A 33-level, 250-room luxury residential section (levels
76-108)
◆ Three sections of corporate suites (boutique offices),
37 floors total (levels 112-121, 125-140 and 144-154)
◆ Three levels of observatory, residential and hotel club
floors (levels 122-124)
◆ Three levels of commercial communications and highdefinition
television (HDTV) broadcast equipment (levels
155-158)
◆ 50 spire unoccupied levels reserved for the tuned
sloshing damper located in the lower floors.
The adjacent four-level, 1,950,000-square-foot podium
floors contain parking, building services, the hotel pool,
ballroom and meeting levels, restaurants and retail
stacks.
The required passenger elevators designs, in any project,
are based upon the number of projected building tenants
and their anticipated arrival and departure patterns.
It is the predominate hotel, residential and condominium
nature of the Burj Khalifa and its low projected occupancies,
that makes the tower core so efficient. Thus, the Burj
Khalifa only required the installation of 32 main passenger
elevators to meet the mainly residential tenancy, with
world-class design standards. A similar size, 15,000-plusperson
office tower would require the installation of
about 75 single-deck or about 53 double-deck group passenger
elevators to meet Class “A” office design standards.
Discussion: Why Build It?
The first question the general public may ask when
contemplating the ever-continuing progress towards “the
new world’s tallest tower” may well be, why build it?
Continued
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Burj
Khalifa
Continued
While the recent development of new structural materials
such as high-strength concrete (the Burj Khalifa’s
tower core is primarily concrete) and high-speed, supertravel
elevators (the combination low-rise, service/
firefighters’/medical emergency/transformer core replacement
lift, #FE1 has a world record travel of 504.2 meters
[1,654 feet]), certainly have contributed to the viability of
constructing such a tower. The real reasons the iconic
Burj Khalifa tower was built are more psychological than
economic:
◆ Because we can
◆ Puts Dubai on the international stage
◆ Captures the Guinness Book of World Records for the
world’s tallest tower – all three categories
◆ Increases the surrounding building plot values.
As reported in the Wikipedia Burj Khalifa website listing,
the super tower cost reportedly US$5.5 billion. The iconic
Burj Khalifa tower is the anchor tower for the surrounding
area, which includes multiple residential towers,
hotels and the latest “world’s largest” mall, the Dubai Mall.
Even though the initial tower costs of the Burj Khalifa
will, no doubt, never be recaptured from the tower resi-
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dential, office and hotel sales, leases and rents, the increased
value and revalues from the surrounding land
plots should compensate for the tower “losses.”
The Burj Khalifa Tower now holds three world’s tallest
milestone records, as established by the Council on Tall
Buildings and Urban Habitat:
◆ Highest occupied floor: level 162
◆ Highest roof level: 621.3 meters
◆ The distance to any tower top spire or antenna top:
828 meters
All toll, the vertical transportation equipment came
to: US$28,500,000 (awarded to Otis Elevator Co.) and
included:
◆ 32 gearless traction lifts
◆ 20 machine-room-less (MRL) lifts
◆ One glass hydraulic (direct plunger, 2 stage jack)
◆ Two wheelchair lifts
◆ One spire rack-and-pinion/workman’s lift
◆ Eight escalators
“Lifeboat” Elevator Emergency Evacuations
The Burj Khalifa is the first building in the world to use
designated express travel elevators for tenant, residents,
employees and visitor evacuations, after a calamitous
event. As the Burj Khalifa elevator designs were being
planned, shortly after the demise of New York City’s
World Trade Center Towers 1 and 2 on September 11,
2001, the architects and consultants were increasingly
concerned that it was virtually impossible to utilize conventional
emergency exit stairs alone to evacuate the
building occupants. Thus, was born the idea to specify

Burj Khalifa
2,600 feet
Dubai 2010
Figure 1: World’s tallest
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Taipei 101
1,667 feet
Taipei 2004
Shanghai World
Financial Center
1,614 feet
Shanghai 2008
Petronas
Towers 1&2
1,483 feet
Kuala Lumpur
1998
that selected sky-lobby shuttles and the building service
elevators should be equipped with special “lifeboat” elevator
evacuation controls, clearing functions and operations.
The selected evacuation elevators were set up with the
following features:
1. Full-time emergency standby-power provisions for
each elevator
2. ASME A17.1 Elevator Code Mandated Firefighters’
Phase 1 (return) and Phase 2 (Firefighter’s) Operations
3. ASME A17.1 Elevator Code required 125% of design
load platforms, slings and suspensions so that the
elevators cannot be overloaded and “stuck” during full
load evacuations
4. Remote hoistway-clearing test runs, on board car-top
closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras, lights and
building-management-system video screens, in-cab
Willis Tower
1,451 feet
Chicago
1974
Trump
International
Hotel &
Tower
1,389 feet
Chicago 2009
Jin Mao
Building
1,381 feet
Shanghai
1999
Two
International
Finance Center
1,362 feet
Hong Kong
2003
CITIC Plaza
1,280 feet
Guangzhou
1996
Shun Hing
Square
1,260 feet
Shenzhen
1996
CCTV cameras and intercom communications with
fire attendants/monitors. Test runs not required for
fire-only evacuations.
5. In-cab individual, key-operated car attendant operations,
floor selections and constant-pressure doorclose
buttons.
6. Express-run lifeboat selections only to run between
two stops: the upper, designated evacuations floor
(usually a sky lobby or area of refuge [AOR} floor) and
the ground (exiting) level(s).
The designated evacuation elevators, when on
“lifeboat” attendant operations, are designed to evacuate
their designated sky lobby or refuge floor populations in
less than 60 minutes.
Elevator Hoistway Venting and Stack
Effect Mitigations
From the adoption of the first elevator design
codes, there have always been provisions to provide
the top of high-rise elevator shafts with hoistway
venting to the outside air. The vents consisted
of about 3 square feet (0.3 square meters) of open
area, with the intended purpose of venting hot
smoke and gases that may accumulate at the top of
the elevator hoistway during a building or pit fire
and to prevent flashover “ball fire” from reigniting
after the main building fire was extinguished.
With the development of modern elevators,
equipped with car and counterweight roller guide
shoes, running on milled steel rails, the older type
greased and oiled solid guide shoes, sometimes
running on wooden rails, were no longer used. The
application of roller guides and steel rails dramatically
reduced the accumulation of combustible
materials in the elevator pits, which can eliminate
the frequency of pit and hoistway fires, and the
need for hoistway vents. Continued
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Burj
Khalifa
Continued
As high building designs continued to evolve,
the fully sealed and air-conditioned building
became commonplace. The hoistway venting
requirements did not change except when energy
costs increased, necessitating the addition of
motorized or spring-operated shutters added to
the vents in order to minimize the loss of building
heating and air conditioning.
Building stack effect normally occurs in high
rise buildings located in northern climates, when
the cold outside air entering the building at the
group floor(s) flows into the elevator shafts and
escapes through the upper levels (often through
the hoistway smoke vents) to outside air.
Some building codes permit the deletion of
the hoistway smoke vents, if the hoistways are
fully sprinklered (usually not permitted in buildings
provided with overnight sleeping quarters).
Even though the Burj Khalifa is located in a desert
climate, with summer temperatures approaching
120°F, it was estimated that due to the extreme
building height, the outside temperature at the
building top could be 15°F less than at the
bottom. If the elevator hoistways were to be
equipped with normal smoke vents, it was feared
that at “reverse” stack effect could occur with the
ELEVATOR WORLD India • 4th Quarter 2010 •

HOTEL PASSENGER ELEVATORS
4ea, H1-H4, 1600 kg @ 5.0mps
Serving: GR,1, 3, 5-16, 38, 39
HOTEL SERVICE ELEVATORS
2ea, HS1 & HS2, 1600-1800 kg @ 3.5 mps
Serving: C (BOH), GR, 1-39
3 ea, HS3-HS5, 1350-1600 kg @ 1.75 mps
2 ea Serving: B1, C, GR, 1-3
1 ea Serving: C, GR, 1-3
HOTEL RESTAURANT PASSENGER ELEVATORS
1 ea, HR1, 1600 kg@1.75mps
Serving: C, GR, 1
HOTEL SPA ELEVATOR
1 ea HF3, 1800 kg @ 1.75mps
Serving: C, GR, 1, 1M, 2, 3
SERVICED APARTMENT PASSENGER ELEVATORS
3 ea, HA1- HA3, 1350 kg @ 5.0mps
Serving: GR, 1, 3, 9-16, 18, 19-39
RESIDENTIAL PASSENGER ELEVATORS
3 ea, R7-R9, 1350 kg @ 3.5 mps
Serving: 43 (SL), 44, 45-72
3 ea, R10-12, 1350 kg @ 3.5 mps
Serving: 76(SL) 77 (SL), 78-108
RESIDENTIAL SKY LOBBY SHUTTLE ELEVATORS
3 ea, R1-R3, 1600 kg @ 5.0 mps
Serving: GR & 43(SL)
3 ea, R4-R6, 1600 kg @ 7.0 mps
Serving: GR & 76(SL)
OBSERVATORY/OFFICE SHUTTLE ELEVATORS
2 ea, OB1 & OB2, 1600/1600 kg @ 10.0 mps
Serving: C, GR, 123, 124
BOUTIQUE OFFICE PASSENGER ELEVATORS
3 ea, BO1 - BO3, 1350 kg @ 1.75 mps (MRL)
Serving: 112-122, 123(SL)
3 ea, BO4 - BO6, 1350 kg @ 5.0 mps
Serving: 123(SL), 124(SL), 125-135, 139-154
FIREFIGHTERS’ / SERVICE ELEVATORS
1 ea, BS1/F, 4500 kg @ 9.0 & 2.5 mps
Serving: C, GR< 1-40, 42-73, 75-136, 138
1 ea, BS2/F, 2250 kg @ 9.0 & 2.5 mps
Serving: C, GR, 1-40, 42-73, 75-109, 111
1 ea, BS3/F, 3628 kg @ 1.75 mps
Serving: 138-160
BALLROOM ELEVATORS
2 ea, HB1 & HB2, 1600 kg @ 1.75 mps
Serving: C, GR, 1
PARKING ELEVATORS
4 ea, Hotel HP1 - HP 4, 1350 kg @ 1.75 mps
Serving: B2, B1, C, GR, 1 & 3
2 ea, Residential RP1, RP2, 1350 kg @ 1.75 mps
Serving: B2, B1, C, GR, 1
2 ea, Office OP1 & OP2, 1350 kg @ 1.75 mps
Serving: B2, B1, GR, 1
Figure 2
anticipated outside building temperature variations,
causing the building cooling to flow out of
the building at the ground. Therefore, it was
decided to provide each elevator hoistway top
with a sprinkler head that is responsive to heat
and smoke. The elevator machine rooms have
similar sprinklers and are equipped with shunt
trip devices that prevent the sprinklers from being
energized, until electrical power is removed from
the hoist machines.
The Next Generation
of Super-Tall Buildings
. . . and the beat goes on:
◆ The 1-kilometer-tall Nakheel Harbour and
Tower planned for Dubai has been cancelled.
◆ The 1-kilometer-tall Kingdom Tower, presently
being planned for Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, is in
the design stage and is slowly progressing.
The 1-mile-high, Frank Lloyd Wright-designed
Tower planned for Chicago is still “pie in the sky.”
Note:
The two observatory lifts at 10 mps, up and
down, are not the world’s fastest, despite the
Wikipedia report that they have a speed of 18
mps. The current cost to travel on these lifts to
the 124th observatory level is now US$27 per
person with a reservation and US$108 without;
maximum permitted stay is 90 minutes!
James Fortune will be speaking on the topic
“Elevator Systems in Super High Rise Buildings” at
Elevator World’s Virtual Elevator Event in 2011.
All photos, figures and text were provided by James W. Fortune
and M.J. Mohamed Iqbal
James W. Fortune is the president of
Fortune Consultants, Ltd., a prominent
elevatoring consulting firm with offices in
Colorado, Texas and Dubai, U.A.E. Fortune
has more than 36 years experience in analyzing
and designing the elevators in the
world’s tallest buildings, including the 508m
high Taipei 101 (world’s tallest tower), the
162 story, 700m+ high Burj Dubai Tower,
presently under construction and is currently working on the
latest crop of 100+ story towers. He graduated from California
State Polytechnic College in 1967 with a B.S. Degree in Industrial
Technology and obtained his M.B.A. from the University of Denver
in 1989. He has written extensively on all aspects of elevator
designs, applications and technological changes and has had numerous
articles published on these subjects.
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Burj Khalifa
Rises in Dubai
by M.J. Mohamed Iqbal, EW Correspondent
On January 4, a celebration atop
the dizzying height of the architectural
landmark towering over the
skyline of Dubai created history when
His Highness Sheikh Mohammad
Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the vice
president and prime minister of the
U.A.E. and ruler of Dubai, opened
what had been known as the Burj
Dubai on the anniversary of his ascension
day. In addition, Burj Dubai
was renamed Burj Khalifa by Sheikh
Mohamed, noting that great buildings
must possess great names. The
building was named after Khalifa
Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who is president
of the U.A.E. and ruler of Abu
Dhabi.
The Dubai government’s decision
to diversify from a trade-based, but
oil-reliant economy, into one that is
service- and tourism-oriented, converted
real estate and related developments
into blue chip investments
propelling a property boom. Construction
on a large scale turned Dubai
into one of the fastest-growing cities
in the world.
The Birth of an Idea
February 2003 was when the concept
for the Burj Khalifa was conceived.
Canadian Mark Amirault,
who is group senior director for
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development at Emaar Properties,
along with fellow countryman Robert
Booth, now the executive director at
Emaar, and Mohamed Ai Alabbar,
Emaar’s founder and chairman, (who
is also a former chief of Dubai’s
Department of Economic Development)
held a late-night dinner meeting
in Dubai to plan what would
become the world’s tallest structure.
A decision was reached and with the
guidance of Sheikh Mohammed –
the idea of the Burj Khalifa and
its attendant development came
into being.
On September 21, 2004, a wide
range of heavy earth-moving equipment
was brought to the site and
construction work began. The building
sits on a concrete-and-steel
podium, with 192 pilings that go
about 150 feet into the earth. The
project is part of a AED73-billion
(US$20-billion) development project
located at the Business Bay district
near Old Town, known as Downtown
Burj Dubai. The 200-hectare development
was billed as the most prestigious
square kilometer of a real
estate, creating a harmonious blend
of the past and present. Old Town
has residential and retail facilities
and has become a major attraction
Design Inspiration
hymenocallis
Building outline
(top view)
Ground level
outline (top
view)
The architects of Burj Khalifa incorporated Islamic
traditional patterns and modern sophistication to design
a structure that will hopefully stand the test of
time. The end product is a visually stunning building
towering over the Dubai skyline. The hymenocallis
desert flower was the main source of inspiration. The
design not only reduces wind forces on the building,
but also allows each tenant to have an incredible view
of the surrounds.
From the top of the structure, the islamic design
influences can be seen, including the use of arches.

for tourists because of the traditional
Arabic architecture and design characteristics
of the area.
Design and Construction
Standing at a height of more than
828 meters, with more than 160
stories, its design was initiated by
American Adrian Smith before being
handed over to Skidmore, Owings
and Merrill (SOM) of Chicago. In the
design of Burj Khalifa, one can find
an apparent shadow of patterning
systems, usually integral to embossed
Islamic architecture. The tower’s
base and geometry have a triplelobed
footprint of the building,
reflecting the six-petal abstract desert
flower native to the region, as well
as an indigenous Islamic pattern.
The base of the Burj Khalifa blossoms
to allow the tower a graceful
transition from the ground to maximize
views, while the dome-shaped
plan profile accentuates a series of
steps, up the vertical height of the
building. A subtle reference to the
onion domes of Islamic architecture
can be found in the building’s silhouette
when looking up the lobes
from near the base.
Structural engineer William F.
Baker, a partner in the Chicago office
of SOM, explained that designers
purposely shaped the structural concrete
Burj Khalifa – a thick Y in plan
Burj Khalifa opens to the world.
with a stepped-back profile – to
“dramatically” reduce forces on the
tower, by keeping the structure simple
and to foster constructability.
The tower was built by South
Korea’s Samsung Corp. New Yorkbased
Turner Construction International
was the project and construction
manager. The owners of the
project are Dubai-based Public Joint
Stock Co. Emaar Properties developed
the project.
The building’s vertical transportation
includes 24 Gen2 MRL elevators
that feature flat, polyurethanecoated
belts that reduce energy
consumption up to 50% compared
with conventional units. The hotel
group’s Gen2 elevators run in the
wings of the building (serving from
B2 and B1 up to the third floor). One
of the circular observation lifts
serves three floors in the hotel’s
restaurant area and is capable of
accommodating 21 passengers. Two
of the Gen2 systems run in the pool
annex building in the hotel spa area.
Eight Gen2 elevators run in the
Office Annex building, including a fivecar
group featuring the Compass®
system. One of the Gen2 units runs
for VIP private use, serving floors
107, 108 and 112, and two run in the
residential parking area.
The Foundation
The Burj Khalifa, which weighs about 500,000
tons, rests on a 3.7m-thick triangular frame foundation,
supported by rounded steel piles measuring
1.5 m in diameter and extending 50 m below the
ground.
Bracing for the Wind
Over 40 wind tunnel tests were conducted on
Burj Dubai to examine the effects the wind would
have on the tower and its occupants. These
ranged from tests to establish the wind climate of
Dubai, to pressure tests on the building facade.
In super-tall buildings, there are changes in
pressure and temperature with height. Special
studies were conducted to determine the magnitude
of the changes that would have to be dealt
with in the building design.
Spire
The crowning touch is its
telescopic spire that is comprised
of more than 4,000 tons
of structural steel.
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Engineering
Assumption on New Design
of Two Safety Components
by Huang Dongling and Xing Jian
Buffer Vertical Baffle
EN 115 5.2.4 prescribes, “Where building obstacles can
cause injuries, appropriate preventive measures shall be
taken; see 7.3.1.” In particular, at floor intersections and on
criss-cross escalators or passenger conveyors, a vertical
obstruction of not less than .3 m in height, not presenting
any sharp cutting edges, shall be placed above the
balustrade decking (e.g., as an imperforate triangle). It is
not necessary to comply with these requirements when
the distance between the centerline of the handrail and
any obstacle is equal to or greater than .5 m.
According to the above prescription and the analysis of
previous escalator accidents, the vertical baffle has two
functions: 1) to prevent the passengers from being
trapped between the escalator and the obstacle and 2) to
change the impact direction toward the passengers.
However, the escalator standard doesn’t provide whether
the vertical baffle and the building should be connected
permanently or temporarily, or, if the connection is permanent,
how much connection strength there should be.
The impact of the permanent baffle against the human
Figure 1: 1=bolt, 2=spacer, 3=baffle, 4=sheet metal (a)=enlarged figure
through direction A, (b)=front view, (c)=left view, (d)=view when the baffle is
impacted and (e)=enlarged figure through B.
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body is great, and the baffle itself is easily damaged and
may cause injuries, while the removable baffle can only
remind the passengers of drawing back timely (but cannot
prevent, in essence, the passengers from being
trapped between the escalator and the obstacle, nor reduce
the impact against the body). In order to solve such
problems, we have designed a new baffle ((a) in Figure 1).
The baffle is made of organic glass, light and aesthetic.
The angle α is equal to the sliding angle of the escalator.
The baffle curls outward to enlarge the distance between the
handrail and buffer vertical baffle, while reducing the impact
of the baffle against the human body. The sheet-metal
material is elastic sheet steel with suitable stiffness.
This kind of baffle is improved from the traditional baffle.
When a crash happens, the sheet metal will produce
an elastic deformation ((b) in Figure 1) toward the running
direction of the escalator and thereby absorb part of the
kinetic energy from the crash. In this way, it buffers the
impact against the objects (human bodies) and therefore
reduces the impact strength and the potential injury
toward human bodies and extends the service life of the
Continued
Figure 2: 1=car (or counterweight) strike plate, 2=knock rod, 3=restoring
spring, 4=upper bracket, 5=arresting pin, 6=piston, 7=lower bracket,
8=switch and 9=base

Engineering Continued
baffle. When the sheet metal deforms to the degree that
the upper plane of the baffle touches the lower plane of
the floor, it becomes a rigid baffle, which can effectively
prevent the passengers from being trapped between the
escalator and obstacle. This design has simple and artistic
structure and it is easy to manufacture and install.
In order to reduce this kind of accident, it is suggested
that the escalator standard be updated to state that a sign
or picture that illustrates “Not Exceeding the Handrail”
shall be put in the baffle and in the instructions at the
entrance of the escalator to reduce or prevent the injuries
caused by such accidents.
As this kind of accident can easily happen because of
passengers’ carelessness, it is suggested that relevant
functional departments may standardize this component
when it becomes applicable and bring it into the super -
visory scope of safety components.
Sliding-Rod-Type Hydraulic Buffer
EN81-1:1998 10.5.1 prescribes that the final limit
switches should operate before the car (or counterweight,
if there is one) comes into contact with the buffers. The
action of the final limit switches shall be maintained,
while the buffers are compressed. EN81-1:1998 10.4.3.4
prescribes that the normal operation of the lift shall depend
on the return of the buffers to their normal extended
position after operation. The device for checking this shall
be an electric safety device in conformity with 14.1.2.
Car Hydraulic Buffers
As the existing car hydraulic buffer and the lower final
limit switch are installed separately and their functioning
sequence depends on the installation skills of the installers,
both installers and supervisors must check carefully to
ensure their correct position. This can consume a lot of time
and energy and may not effectively ensure their accurate
position. On the other hand, the existing hydraulic buffer
and the limit positions of the car are separately installed
with two electric switches. These
two electric switches are connected
in series in the safety circuit
of the elevator; thus, they actually
have the same functions and,
therefore, cause the waste of electric
components.
Counterweight Hydraulic Buffers
During the operation of elevators,
the length of the hoist rope
often changes with the operative
length of the elevator and the
climate. Such changes would be
more obvious when new wire
rope is used or when the overall
lifting height of the elevator is great.
When the hoisting rope extends to
The new hydraulic buffer
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the degree that the counterweight buffer runby is less
than the upper limit runby (which is not compliant with
EN81-1:1998 10.5.1), it is often difficult for elevator maintenance
workers to find. Thus, the elevator continues operation,
while potential safety problems still exist.
In order to solve these problems, we have improved
the structure of the buffer, as follows: the electric safety
switch of the buffer acts concurrently as the lower final
limit switch (Figure 2). The knock rod 2 of the switch of
the traditional elevator hydraulic buffer is designed to be
a structure that can slide over the upper bracket 4 of the
piston; the top surface of knock rod 2 is higher than the
top surface of the buffer piston for a distance of b; the
restoring spring 3 in the knock rod is used to guarantee
the automatic reset of switch 8; one side of the upper
bracket 4 is fixed to the buffer piston, and the other side
is engaged with the knock rod 2; one side of the arresting
pin 5 of detent is fixed to the upper bracket 4, and the
other side is engaged with the ratchet trough to confine
the extension height of the knock rod 2; one side of the
lower bracket 7 of buffer base is fixed to the buffer base 9,
and the other side is engaged with knock rod 2.
In relation to Figure 2, when the car goes down directly
to the bottom to touch the buffer, the car will first cross
the lower terminal landing and go forward for the lower
limit runby of a. Then, the strike plate 1 of the car will hit
the top surface of the knock rod 2 and push the rod 2
to move over the other components of the buffer, which
consequently forces the switch 8 to function to cut the
safety circuit of the elevator. When the car moves a distance
of b, the strike plate 1 will hit the top surface of
buffer piston 6, then the car will decelerate as a result of
the buffer functioning.
It can be seen that if the final limit switch is installed
below the knock rod of the buffer, it can not only confine
the car position, but also check the reset status of the
hydraulic buffer piston. Consequently, this design not
only saves a buffer switch, but also some installation,
adjustment and position testing toward the lower final
limit switch and the car buffer. Moreover, it ensures the
right functioning sequence of these two components, as
the lower final limit switch of the car acts concurrently as
the reset check switch of the hydraulic buffer.
Referring to Figure 2, for the counterweight hydraulic
buffer, we may adjust the above distance b to be a little
greater than the upper limit runby of the car to improve
the safety protection function and make sure that the
elevator in use conforms to relevant regulations of EN81-
1:1998 10.5.1.
Huang Dongling and Xing Jian are elevator inspectors at the Shenzhen
Institute of Special Equipment Inspection and Test in Shenzhen, China.

Public Safety
Independent Safety Assessment
for Transportation System
by Kenneth Chan Man Wong
Kenneth Chan Man Wong is a member of the
International Organization of Transportation and
International Association of Elevator Engineers.
He has nearly 25 years of industry experience and
has held various positions ranging from an assistant
manager in Mitsubishi Elevator and Escalator
Engineering Centre, an O&M manager in NP360
Cable Car Ltd. to a principal engineer in the Land
Transport Authority of Singapore. Wong holds an
MS in Lift Engineering from the University of
Northampton.
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Introduction
My previous articles, “Hazard
Analysis and Risk Assessment” and
“Advanced Techniques for Risk
Assessment” (ELEVATOR WORLD,
October and November 2003, respectively),
looked at the principle of risk
assessment in various industries.
The latter article also introduced a
series of logical processes for determining
and then eliminating or mitigating
risks of harm arising from
hazards.
This article is on the discussion of
implementing an independent safetyassessment
process for modern
transportation systems in the context
of providing assurance of integrity of
system safety. A similar discussion
was brought up by Norman B. Martin
in his article “Performance-Based
Safety Code Seeks to Enhance New
Elevator Technology” (EW, January
2010). This stated that the new
performance-based code (PBC) for
elevators and escalators, under ASME
A17.7/CSA B44.7, requires that all
new elevator and escalator designs
must be reviewed and analyzed by
an independent accredited elevator
escalator certifying organization to
show compliance with the global essential
safety requirements in the PBC.
Purpose
This article describes the process
of an independent safety assessment
(ISA) for modern railway transitsystem
projects. It also discusses the
key elements pertinent to ISA and
the relationships of ISA with the
organization’s safety-management
system through all the stages of the
project.
Overview
In view of the complexity of the
modern railway transit system, in
particular where sophisticated technologies
are being used, safety has
always been the top priority. Most
approval authorities have now accepted
that there should be some
forms of justification by an external
organization to give independent
assurance that the railway transit
system is designed and constructed
to comply with the relevant safetycode
requirements on public safety.
The concept of ISA for a railway
transit system has been broadly
established in many European countries.
Railway standards such as EN
50126, EN 50128 and EN 50129 have
been developed and adopted by
these countries since the late 1980s.
The fundamental principle of these
European standards is to define the
process that will enable the implementation
of a consistent approach
to safety management throughout
the railway system life cycle. The
important element in this process is
specifically emphasized in the ISA in
various project stages.
In the U.K., the Health and Safety
Executive, which oversees the Health
and Safety at Work Act, is the safety
regulator for the whole railway network.
The executive has made it
so that all railway developers’ safetycritical
activities be reviewed and
audited by an independent professional
not involved in the safety
activities concerned. ISA is the colloquial
term of such a review.
Since 1996, the Singapore Land
Transport Authority (LTA) has introduced
Continued

Public Safety Continued
a structured and independent project safety review (PSR)
process for all major railway transit and road projects.
The adoption of the PSR is to ensure that the transit/road
system in Singapore is designed and constructed to
achieve a high level of safety.
Principle of the Independent Safety Assessment
As noted above, the most modern approach to safety is
through the ISA concept. Basically, this is focused on the
requirements of legislation concerned with health and
safety. We can perhaps agree that it is not possible that the
developer could install a modern transit system without a
well-defined safety-management process. An assessment
of the installation comprises many critical components
that are largely concerned with users’ safety. Thus, the
ISA adoption becomes one of the key elements in the
safety-management process. This may be the best practice
by which to demonstrate that the installation is safe.
In considering the minimum level of safety-assessment
independence, most codes require the safety assessor
involved in any overall safety life-cycle activity, including
management activities, to have no conflict of interest in
the development of the system.
The independent safety assessor who undertakes this
type of work should include an independent review of the
safety management processes being adopted and implemented
in the production of the safety justification and an
independent review of all identified hazards associated
with the system. The reviews ensure that all risks in the
system have been identified and are being managed
properly. They also provide all the safety documentation –
for example, in a safety case, to determine whether the
installation complies with the legislative requirements and
to acquire confidence to the owner and approval authority
that the installation fulfils the specified safety criteria.
Safety Management Process
A safety management process provides guidelines for
safety assessment on the design, construction, test and
commissioning phases of transit-system development. It
provides confirmation that all safety-critical subsystems
have been designed using the safety principles as defined
in the relevant common standards. This confirmation
shall be established by submitting evidence that an independent
safety review has been conducted to establish
conformance to the safety principles. The independent
review may be performed either by an outside certifying
body or an independent reviewer within a different business
center of the developer’s organization in line with
international standards such as IEC 61508 Functional
Safety of Electrical/Electronic/Programmable Electronic
Safety-Related Systems or EN 50128 and EN 50129 for railway
applications.
In Singapore, LTA has adopted the PSR process to
ensure that transit-system developers have adequate
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commitments and resources to manage effectively manage
safety. The fundamental element of the PSR is the
safety submissions, through which the developer shall be
required to demonstrate “proof of safety” at each phase of
the project. The proof that hazards associated with the
system are properly mitigated and closed is based on
evidence gathered from tests, inspections and validation.
All safety submissions are subject to a review process and
must be formally endorsed/accepted by LTA. A typical
safety-management process is shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1: A safety management process
Safety Audit
It is essential that the safety-management system
itself is regularly and rigorously audited. This is the purpose
of a quality-assurance system in accordance with
the international quality standard ISO 9001 or its national
equivalent.
Auditing is an ongoing process to ensure that the
safety-management system and procedures are appropriate
and sufficient. As can be seen from Figure 1, in
some circumstances, the ISA is performed concurrently
with the quality audit through all the stages of the project
to ensure completeness and a high quality of safety
management.

Discussion
We have mainly discussed the key elements pertinent
to ISA and its relationship with the safety-management
system process in the transit industry. We now need to
discuss what requirements have been in place in the
elevator/escalator industry, since it is somewhat different
in comparison with the railway transit industry. Usually, it
has been quite clear in most countries’ statutory requirements
for elevator/escalator installations to require an
independent individual or QEI to conduct the safety
inspection prior to the installation entering service. The
inspection will determine whether the elevator/escalator
installation complies with the applicable statutory safety
requirements. However, since there is no unique inspecting
standard for the independent individual to follow, the
method used by the individual might be based on his or
her practice, knowledge and experience. Hence, we can
see that the end result of the inspection would be different
between each individual.
As noted above, we must examine the context of justification
made by the individual and how satisfied he or
she is that the overall elevator/escalator installation is
safe. Obviously, from the individual’s viewpoint, if the
installation is in compliance with the prescribed statutory
requirements together with the required evidence (such
as component-type test reports, etc.), the installation is
likely to be accepted as safe to use. However, if we look
from the prescriptive of the risk-assessment approach,
we realize that such justification should not be relied on
the purely physical inspection. Some safety requirements,
particularly those applied to components that are related
to elevator/escalator’s operating safety (for example, cardoor
interlocks, safety gears, overspeed governors, etc.)
may require a safety-management process to manage the
requirements through the elevator/escalator production
and installation life cycle.
In this circumstance, it is essential that the developer
be assured that the elevator/escalator production has
been conducted and that an independent safety review and
audit at each phase has been performed in a systematic,
orderly and documented manner. The developer should
also know that the testing and commissioning have
proven that the installation is safe. It is suggested that steps
as adopted in the safety management process (Figure 1)
can be referenced as a model for the safety integrity of a
complete elevator/escalator installation. �
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by Jayashri Murali and S.C. Sharada
Jayashri Murali and S.C.
Sharada are co-founders
of Lex Valorem India Pvt.
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The government of India has liberalized
investment opportunities by
foreign entities wherever situated.
Given the globalized and the liberalized
scenario, India is providing oppor -
tunities for business collaborations,
technology transfers, joint ventures
and other such commercial ventures
in the country across varying sectors.
During the peak of the global recession,
India provided the business
opportunity and stability to various
multinational companies to lessen the
impact of the recession and overcome
it without much adverse impact on
their business ventures in India. It
is no wonder, then, that India is elevated
as a nation “exporting hope”!
Infrastructure Sector in India
India’s low spending on such infrastructure
as power, construction,
transportation, telecommunications
and real estate, at US$31 billion (6%)
of its gross domestic product (GDP)
in 2002, had prevented India from
sustaining higher growth rates. This
has prompted the government to partially
open infrastructure to the private
sector, allowing foreign investment,
which has helped in a sustained
growth rate of close to 9% in recent
years. The government’s next five-year
plan, starting in 2013, looks set to include
US$1 trillion for infrastructure
development, with around half of this
likely to come from private funds.
Economists predict that by 2020,
Year % of GDP
2008 5.98
2009 6.53
2010 7.25
2011 8.19
2012 9.34
Table 1: Investment as a percentage of GDP in
infrastructure in India
India will be among the leading
economies of the world. Tables 1-2
and Figures 1-2 give a bird’s-eye view
of infrastructure growth.
It is evident from these tables and
figures that investment in the infrastructure
sector is growing steadily,
both in absolute terms, as well as a
factor of India’s GDP. With high-rise
buildings dotting the skylines all
over – be it residential apartments or
commercial complexes – malls and
airports in major cities, modernized
hospitals and educational institutions,
in addition to talk of state-of-the-art
manufacturing units and service
companies coming up rapidly, the
need for elevators conforming to
international standards of quality,
design and safety is increasing in
India. This calls for both techno -
logical and financial collaboration
with foreign entities by players in the
Indian elevator industry.
This article attempts to articulate, in
simple terms, the various India entry
routes available to foreign entities
planning to commence business operations
in India.
Regulatory Environment
Investment in India by foreign entities
is governed by the provisions of
the 1999 Foreign Exchange Management
Act (FEMA) and the rules and
the regulations formulated by the
Apex Bank and Reserve Bank of
Year Amount (billions of US$;
US$1 = INR44)
2008 67.57
2009 80.39
2010 97.32
2011 119.78
2012 148.98
Table 2: Investment in infrastructure

Figure 1: Chart showing the investment based on GDP
India (RBI) from time to time. Business opportunities and
the establishment of commercial enterprises in India can
either be a standalone enterprise of foreign entities or in
association with resident Indians/resident Indian corporate
entities (joint ventures).
Liaison/Branch Office
Under the provisions of FEMA, foreign entities are also
provided an opportunity to test the waters of India by
establishing a place of business in India either by setting
up a liaison, representative, project or branch office. A
liaison or branch office can be established with prior
approval of the RBI and as a first step to establish business
in India. By initially establishing a liaison or branch office,
the foreign entity is enabled to gauge the feasibility of
establishing a commercial enterprise in India, study the
business atmosphere of the country, establish contacts
for business opportunities, scout for business partners,
etc. If the foreign entity is not convinced about the business
opportunity/feasibility of the proposal to enter India,
exit is simple, as it only entails closing the liaison/branch
office with the required compliances.
Project Office
A project office is specific to a project and, again, subject
to the approval of the RBI. This is possible only on award
of a project in favor of the foreign entity and, therefore,
implies that there is no testing of waters. That the project
office is specific to a project also means that it has to
cease to be operative upon completion of the project.
Wholly Owned Subsidiary Company
Foreign entities that propose to set up their own establishment
in India may do so via the wholly owned subsidiary
route. With no prior government approval required
for such captive Indian units (except for certain investment
caps), foreign entities could leverage the low-cost
skilled labor and qualified pool of technical manpower
available in India to set up manufacturing centers with
dedicated product lines, or design and engineering centers
to support their global business.
Amount (billions of US$; US$1 = INR44)
Figure 2: A chart of the investment in infrastructure
Association with Indian Entities
Another option available to foreign entities to establish
their business in India is through association with Indian
corporate entities, which are familiar with the Indian
market, existing technology and prevailing business and
regulatory conditions in the country. In view of the
knowledge of such entities of India, this is sometimes the
preferred option of most foreign entities. Association with
Indian entities can be either in the form of joint ventures,
technology transfers, business collaborations, distribution
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agreements and other such commercial/business ventures.
Acquiring an existing Indian company or partnering with
an Indian commercial entity aids the foreign entity in
having a good representative in India to establish its business
activities for the benefit of all the parties concerned.
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
The FDI policy permits investment in India in almost all
sectors under the automatic route, which means no prior
approval of the government of India or any statutory
authority is required. However, both under the provisions of
FEMA and regulations of the RBI, investment by foreign
entities in corporate entities of India is subject to sectoral
caps ranging from 24% to 100% and is industry relevant.
Post liberalization in 1991, most sectors have gradually
opened up to FDI and 100% foreign investment permitted
without any prior approval; i.e., under the automatic route.
Royalties
Although the provisions of FEMA permit establishment
of business in any of the forms above, payment of royalties
for technology transfers, collaboration fees, consultation
fees, etc. are subject to the rules and regulations of the
RBI as revised/notified from time to time. All outgoing
royalties from India (in whatever form) are also subject
to further taxation laws of India and the country of the
foreign entity.
Repatriation of Profits
Repatriation of all profits earned in India through business
activities is also permitted by the government of
India for the benefit of the foreign entities establishing
their business activities (subject to withholding and other
taxes, as applicable).
Advantage of India
Given the myriad opportunities provided and value
proposition offered by India (especially in the form of
technically qualified personnel, cheap labor, liberalized
regulations, an expanding market, a robust banking sector,
a mature business scenario and the like), the Indian
market cannot be ignored by any foreign entity planning
diversification, expansion and other means of improvement
of its business activities.
Professional Advice
Although the provisions of FEMA and the rules and
regulations are comprehensive, the assistance of a wellestablished
professional in the field is essential prior to
proceeding with the implementation of establishing any
commercial/business enterprise in India. The laws, rules
and regulations relating to FDI are dynamic and undergo
constant revisions and amendments. Bearing this in
mind, it is advisable to seek the assistance of a wellestablished
professional in the field even prior to commencement
of negotiations with the Indian counterpart,
or even in the event of implementing the proposal to
enter India on a standalone basis. �

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ThyssenKrupp Elevator Provides Equipment for T3
by Sudhir Hingorani
Delhi is currently undergoing a major infrastructure
facelift in anticipation of the upcoming Commonwealth
Games, scheduled to be held in the first week of October.
One of the major infrastructure projects initiated was
the building of a new airport terminal, not only to meet
the requirements of incoming traffic during the Commonwealth
Games, but also to meet the growing demands of
the future air traffic growth into India. This project was
slated to be completed in a record time of 37 months, in
comparison to the 65 months it normally takes in other
countries for similar projects. The basic idea was to
showcase India’s capability of completing a project of this
magnitude in the shortest possible time, thus breaking
the myth that all infrastructure projects executed here
take a long time to complete.
On target, the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport
Terminal 3 (T3) in New Delhi was inaugurated by Dr.
Manmohan Singh, honorable prime minister of India, and
Smt. Sonia Gandhi, chairperson of the United Progressive
Alliance (UPA), on July 3.
Project
T3, the eighth-largest terminal in the world, contains
some of the best facilities in the country. The features of
this infrastructure project are:
◆ Will handle 34 million passengers per annum from all
over the world
◆ 92 moving walkways, including one of the longest
walkways installed in Asia (118 meters long)
◆ 34 escalators
◆ 71 elevators, including four units of 8000-kg capacity,
four units of 4000 kg and seven units of 3200 kg
◆ 78 passenger boarding bridges, the highest in the
world in a single site
◆ Terminal building spread over four kilometers
◆ Longest runway in Asia (4.5 km)
◆ 168 check-in counters
◆ 49 immigration desks and 50 emigration desks
◆ Cat III B runway landing system
◆ 20,000 square meters of commercial space (this includes
4,000 square meters of a walkthrough duty-free
area; 800 square meters of luxury retail; 6,300 square
meters of specialty retail; 5,500 square meters of mass
and premium F&B, a games zone, a spa and a transit
hotel; and a 600- square-meter “Dilli Bazaar” retailing
handicrafts and souvenirs that are quintessentially
“Dilli” at both the domestic and international departures.
The IGI Airport is rated the “Best Improved Airport” in
the Asia Pacific Region by the Airport Council International
(ACI). The T3, as the centrepiece of its modernization
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process, interprets its role as India’s window to the world.
Comprising a nine-level terminal building, it features a
full range of facilities, including 168 check-in counters,
the longest runway in India and the category III B runway
landing systems, an advanced five-level, in-line baggage
screening system, the largest multilevel car parking facility
in India (4,300 cars in a single building), a dedicated
high-speed metro line as well as almost 20,000 square
meters of commercial space, with numerous restaurants,
cafes, bars, luxury retailers, hostels and other leisure and
service facilities.
In a word, T3 symbolizes the aspirations of a new and
vibrant India. As an engine for growth, it opens immense
possibilities for the future development of India.
The new terminal is equipped with a total of 260 units
of ThyssenKrupp Elevator equipment (77 elevators, 34
escalators, 92 moving walks and 57 passenger boarding
bridges). These units have been supplied and installed in
T3 to provide efficient vertical and horizontal transportation
services. This is one of the largest projects executed
by ThyssenKrupp Elevator (India) in both its history and
the history of ThyssenKrupp Elevator Asia Pacific.
T3 Vertical Transportation
ThyssenKrupp Elevator (India) installed 77 elevators
with capacities ranging from 630 to 8000 kg and speeds
ranging from 0.5 to 1.75 mps; and four scenic glass elevators,
including the glass elevator shaft (designed with a
one-hour fire rating and without any supports).
The 8000-kg hydraulic elevator installed was equipped
with power-operated vertical-lifting doors for the service
areas. They will be used for heavy loading, including
small trucks used for solid waste management. The 4000kg
passenger elevators will cater to traffic from Airport
Express Metro, 3200-kg goods elevators and be used for
baggage handling, retail areas goods, hotel baggage, etc.
Some of the features of these elevators are: energy
savings, excellent ride quality, fire operation (all elevators
designated as fire elevators), user friendliness with push
buttons per EN code requirements including Braille markings,
voice announcement systems, LCDs, gongs for arrival
and departure of elevator from a particular floor, elevators
with simplex, duplex and four-car group controls, loadweighing
device, anti-nuisance feature, automatic rescue
device in case of power failure, microprocessor-controlled
(with latest CANbus technology) with variable-voltage,
variable-frequency (VVVF), roller guide shoes for scenic
elevators, VVVF-controlled, power-operated doors, adequate
light and ventilation, two-way intercom system, a
monitoring and control system. Continued

Project Spotlight Continued
The feature common to all the units installed is the
Interactive Conveying and Central Monitoring System,
capable of controlling, monitoring and managing all the
operational functions of elevators, escalators and moving
walks. This system is among the first of its kind in India.
The special features of this system include: display of digital
car position and direction indicator, indicator showing
operating status of car, e.g., in-service, out-of-service,
maintenance, etc. The system also provides statistical
analysis of hall-call response times, traffic patterns, fault
conditions, mode of operations, activation of elevator car
alarm, in-service, out-of-service, fireman switch status,
power status, car position, service logs and security
usage in graphical and tabular format. The system can
log error type, car number, car position and major system
status points whenever a fault or logged event occurs.
Some of these interactive controls include security floor
lockouts, registering car and hall calls, firefighters service,
lobby recall, VIP service, up/down peak service, status of
unit operations, safety switch tripped and its location,
fault stop, running time, status of maintenance mode,
status of variable-frequency drive’s health, etc.
A total of 34 escalators were installed with rises ranging
from 3 to 8 meters, having features of energy saving,
central monitoring, reversibility, excellent ride quality,
microprocessor controlled with VVVF, and various other
features of safeties required as per EN 115.
A total of 92 moving walks were installed, with average
segment lengths of 50 meters. The longest being 118
meters (this moving walkway had the distinction of being
the longest walkway installed in Asia). Eight inclined
moving walks are also installed at the arrival and departure
levels to cater to people arriving by the Airport
Express Metro.
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These transportation systems represent ThyssenKrupp
Elevator’s cutting-edge technology and installation capability
exclusively delivered to meet the special and stringent
requirements of this modern aviation hub. In T3,
ThyssenKrupp Elevator has not only designed and installed
the longest moving walk (118 m) in Asia, but has also
installed 57 passenger boarding bridges. Furthermore,
with a floor space of 6.4 million square feet, T3 covers an
awe-inspiring size and scale. Thanks to ThyssenKrupp
Elevator’s transportation systems, from heavy-duty passenger
and freight elevators, to quality escalators, moving
walks, and passenger boarding bridges, the efficient operation
of the airport is ensured, and passengers are able to
reach their respective destinations quickly and smoothly.
Officials say that at no point would passengers have to
walk more than 650 meters if they follow a straight path
from the entry to their boarding gates thanks to equipments
installed by ThyssenKrupp Elevator.
S.S. Hingorani, Dy. general manager of ThyssenKrupp
Elevator (India), noted:
“Executing this project was not just a challenge of scale,
but due to the unique style of ‘Design and Built’ and a
continuously changing site environment, was a challenge
on many levels. Getting an opportunity, to work on a
project of this size and magnitude was [a] once [in] a lifetime
opportunity and it was indeed a satisfying effort in
concluding this herculean task.”
Peter Walker, CEO, ThyssenKrupp Elevator Asia Pacific,
attended the official opening, which was indeed a proud
moment for all employees of ThyssenKrupp Elevator. Without
doubt, their children in the near future will say, “My
dad built that.”
Sudhir Hingorani is deputy general manager of ThyssenKrupp Elevator
(India) Mumbai Zone. He has an electrical engineering background with more
than 20 years of experience in the industry.

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Why would an elevator consultant
invest time and money to attend a symposium
on parking? At face value, the
perplexity could be justified. Yet when
you dive down into the underlying
objective of elevator traffic analysis, the
connection becomes obvious.
Traditionally, elevators have been
designed on the design criteria of waiting
interval (INT) and handling capacity
(HC). The criteria invariably has had the
logic right, higher the class of the building,
the better both these parameters
(waiting interval and HC) should be.
While this consideration could be justified
for INT, can this be true of HC?
Should not HC be linked to the possible
peak arrival rates the access modes to
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Events
His Excellency Abdullah Rashid Al Otaiba inaugurates the symposium.
Middle East
Parking Symposium
by TAK Mathews

The exhibition
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the building could support? In a recent project in which
your author was involved, the design criteria for HC was
set at 15% by the U.S.-based client, which translated to
about 1,000 people every 5 minutes. With the access
mode being totally dependent on roads (not expressways
or freeways), a look at the number of vehicles indicated
that not more than 700 people could ever reach the building
in 5 minutes. The parking facilities and security measures
were such that a further delay appeared to have been
built into the system. While a discussion on establishing the
required HC is a topic for a paper on its own, this article will
try to give a glimpse of the event.
The Middle East Parking Symposium (MEPS) was held
on October 10-12 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition
Centre in Abu Dhabi. MEPS is organised by Dubai-based
Island Media Consultancy, which is headed by Managing
Director Davyd Farrell, who has 12 years of experience in
the exhibition industry and eight years experience in the
transportation sector. Previously event director for the
Gulf Traffic event, held every two years in Dubai, Farrell
saw the requirement for a parking show in the industry
and, thus, MEPS was born.
This third MEPS was triple the size of the inaugural
show, with 43 exhibitors filling Hall 5 of the facility. The
conference was held in association with the International
Parking Institute (IPI) of North America and attracted some
170 delegates from across the globe, including Europe,
America, the Middle East and India. The conference ran
three parallel streams: the IPI Main Technical Stream, the
Technology Stream and Middle East Focus Stream.
The IPI Stream focused on design and planning, finance
and investment, equipment and technology, and enforcement
and operations. The Technology Stream focused on
payment systems, off-street parking equipment and operations,
simulation modeling, ITS in parking, and automated
parking. The Middle East Focus Stream looked at the
aspects of parking projects in the Middle East with city
updates and an Abu Dhabi focus.
At the forefront of the event was the chief event sponsor,
the Department of Transport, Abu Dhabi, which celebrated
the first anniversary of the launch of its Mawaqif (Arabic
for “parking”) project. The symposium was inaugurated
by His Excellency Abdullah Rashid Al Otaiba, chairman,
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Department of Transport, Abu Dhabi, amidst a crowd of
exhibitors, delegates and media. His Excellency then took
a tour of the exhibition hall, stopping at each stand to
learn about the latest initiatives, products and services in
the parking industry.
Of particular note were the numerous automated parking
systems on display at MEPS. The event had the largest
gathering of APS providers in the world, including industry
leaders Midein Electromechanical, Robotic Parking Systems,
Boomerang Systems and India’s own Pari-Robotics.
The IPI Main Technical Stream: Day One
With three parallel streams in progress, your author chose
to attend the IPI Main Technical Stream. The first paper
for the day was by Denis Molner of Langan Engineering
and Environmental Services. Molner stressed that in parking,
“one size doesn’t fit all.” He took the audience through
various car dimensions and recommended that the
design of parking spaces should be made with the largest
vehicle in mind. He also pointed out that the approach to
queue has to be such that cars are removed from the
street as soon as possible.
The second paper was by Timothy Haahs, who started
by quoting William Whyte: “The street is the river of life
of the city.” He stressed that parking and traffic consultants
also have a responsibility to reduce the requirement
for parking. He applauded Abu Dhabi City Vision 2030,
which had reducing reliance on motorized vehicles as a
key objective. The vision had laid out pedestrians as the
first priority, followed by transit users and cyclists and,
lastly, motor vehicles. Haahs emphasized the need for
planners and parking experts to work closely with the
leaders of any city. The subsequent discussions also
brought up a fact that cultural adaptation is key for the
success of any plan.
Armen Megerdoomian of International Parking Design
addressed the complexities related to the parking for
the retail customer. He pointed out that the parking experience
is the first and the last impression for the retail
customer. Megerdoomian recommended that with the
wide choices available, extra effort should be taken to
make the experience pleasant and hassle free. He
stressed that wider parking spaces and aisles should be
provided to facilitate maneuverability.

The last paper of the day was by Phil Baron of Walker
Consulting. He took the audience through the financial
aspects of public/private participation. He presented a
number of case studies to illustrate that a financially
viable alternative would be a function of numerous factors.
As per Baron, at many airports, parking revenues are the
second-highest source of revenue.
The IPI Main Technical Stream: Day Two
The first presentation of day two in the technical streams
was by Thomas Wunk of Scheidt & Bachmann. He took the
audience through various advanced Parking Technology
Trends. He highlighted that with advancements, it would
even be possible to reserve a parking slot akin to reserving
a seat at theater. Wunk pointed out that
automated payment processes reduces the
idling time of cars by at least 40 seconds each,
helping reduce carbon impact.
Don Monahan of Walker Parking then did a
great job of demystifying automated parking
His Excellency
reviews the
exhibition
structures. He presented cost figures covering construction,
operating, soft and opportunity costs of both ramp
and automated parking solutions. Considering all the
costs, the automated parking systems (contrary to some
opinion) appeared to be having cost advantages over a
ramp parking solution. Monahan pointed out that the
negatives of an automated parking system include higher
construction, maintenance and replacement costs, as well
as complicated design and firefighting requirements. On
the other hand, an automated parking system has the
advantages of lower footprint, half the volume requirement,
a secured area requiring lesser security, lesser lighting
and ventilation requirements, elimination of separate
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pedestrian lifts and an overall better user experience. He
also pointed out that an automated car-parking system
could enable earning points for Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design certification on account of no
vehicle emissions, limited lighting requirements, smaller
footprints and lower volumes (high densities) and 100%
covered parking space.
The third paper was presented by Dave Hill of the
Winnipeg Parking Authority, who gave an enforcer’s perspective.
He was clear that parking regulation and compliance
was the key to managing parking.
The final paper was by Roamy Valera of Standard
Parking Corp., who brought the grassroots experience of
a parking enforcement officer. He suggested that the
annual global revenue from parking was around US$25
billion. Valera emphasized the public-relationship responsibility
of parking enforcement officers and detailed how
the private sector could be involved in enforcement.
The other streams were well received, as was evident
from the rapt attention of the audience. The exhibitors,
too, had their hands fairly full with the extent of interest
from the visitors.
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Considering the horrendous parking problems in the
metros of India, it is not surprising that in recent times,
news on parking issues are getting highlighted. On the
other hand, the proposed solutions lack practicality. The
symposium definitely provoked your author’s thinking
process and is an idea that needs to be brought to the
congested metros of India.
TAK Mathews has about two decades of experience in the verticaltransportation
industry. His experience extends to all aspects of the industry,
covering projects and construction, service and modernization, and planning
and sales of elevators and escalators. In India, he has been responsible for the
vertical-transportation requirements of many prestigious projects and has been
directly involved with many modernization projects. As a qualified civil engineer,
Mathews has conducted seminars and presentations on the subjects of vertical
transportation, technological advancements in the field and traffic analysis.
Mathews has been a representative on the ET25 panel constituted by the
Bureau of Indian Standards for rewriting the elevator and escalators codes and
for the elevator section of the National Building Codes. He is also a member
of the International Association of Elevator Engineers, National Association
of Elevator Contractors, NAESA International and the Indian Institute of
Engineers. Mathews studied engineering at the University of Dar es Salaam, and
received his MBA from the Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra and Executive
Development at the IMD, Lausanne.

Market Spotlight
100 Years of Korean Lift Industry
by Euk Mahn Yang
One hundred years have passed
since the installation of the first lift in
Korea, which was installed as a
freight lift at Chosun Bank (now the
Bank of Korea museum) during the
Japanese occupation era in 1910. The
first passenger lift was installed at
Chosun Hotel in 1914. The lift industry
in Korea has been expanding since
these first installations. The number of
lifts installed in Korea has increased
from 70,000 to 410,000 since 1990,
which translates into six-fold growth
in 20 years. Every year, 25,000 to
30,000 lifts are installed in Korea,
which is the third largest volume in
the world next to China and Japan.
However, the domestic lift industry
is now facing a hard time regardless
of the large market size. Most of
the industry is dominated by multinational
lift companies, and the lift
maintenance industry (an US$800million
market) has lost its price
competitiveness due to competition
among the big companies and 800
small- and medium-sized companies.
Currently, the maintenance fee given
to the maintenance company is half
of the standard legal fee. Dumping
deals have lead companies to a poor
financial state, which is one of the
main reasons for safety accidents.
National Emergency Management
reported 7,518 cases of 119 rescue calls
related to lift safety accidents, such
as lift lock ups, which involved 14,813
people in 2009. A CEO from a mediumsized
company mentioned that it is
almost impossible to train professional
engineers and buy new equipment.
Multi-national companies like
Hyundai Elevator, Otis, ThyssenKrupp,
Mitsubishi Electric and Schindler represent
more than 70% of the Korean
lift industry. Even though the industry
experienced rapid growth after the
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1988 Olympics in Seoul, the industry
neglected investing in international
markets and technological infrastructure.
As a result, companies relied on
foreign companies and, therefore, the
credibility of their products has fallen.
The industry lost its competitiveness
due to this technological lag.
The depression in the construction
industry over the past couple of years
and the global financial crisis caused
small and medium companies to suffer.
The domestic market has already
lost its competitiveness because of
the dumping competition. Now, even
cheaper products, which were more
lucrative than other products, are losing
their cost advantages over Chinese
products. Cheap imports from southeast
Asia are making competition even
worse. The subcontract system between
big and small companies in the market
leads to subordination of technology.
It is getting harder for small companies
to develop their own products.
According to the Korean Elevator
Safety Institute (KESI), the government
needs to encourage companies to
invest in technology and expand business
support to gain industry competitiveness.
In the long run, the
domestic lift industry must develop
with mechanics, electrical and electronics
altogether as a technology-
intensive systematical industry. Manufacturing,
installation, design and
application also need to be developed
in balance to guarantee safety and
high quality products.
Lucrative Korean Lift Market
The Korean lift market has one of
the highest potentials in the world.
The tendency of Koreans to favor
skyscrapers as commercial and residential
buildings, and the acceptance
of new technologies are accelerating
the adoption of high-tech lifts
in Korea. Hyundai Elevator, one of
the domestic companies, has recently
developed one of the world’s
fastest lifts that operates at a speed
of 1,080 mpm. Korea is the world’s
third biggest market in installation
and is growing at 25,000 per year.
The market size is estimated to be
around US$2.4 billion.
Skyscrapers, such as the 150-floor
Landmark Building and Lotte World
II are expected to begin their construction
soon. Lift installation costs
in these buildings are expected to be
several million dollars. In addition,
the lift industry is a stable industry
and insensitive to economic situations.
Lifts in buildings need to be replaced
every 20 or 30 years, which
creates constant demand. The maintenance
fee is another stable income
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that is generated through parts replacement and other
maintenance activity. The lift maintenance market size is
estimated around US$800 million every year. The domestic
lift industry, which about grows 15% every year, is a
high-value industry, with more than 20,000 parts in a lift,
which is similar to the automotive industry in the number
of parts used. As a result, the lift industry as a materials
industry is an effective demand creator.
Expo Creates Opportunities for Companies
The 2010 Korea Lift Safety Expo on December 15-18
will be the first expo that focuses on lifts in Korea. KESI
has strategies in place to encourage companies to learn
technological trends and promote competition to improve
their competitiveness. KESI is planning its full support in
creating new opportunities to create new networks among
organizations and go abroad with these technologies
through the expo. The expo will also allow companies to
learn new information through seminars where experts
from Korea and abroad will participate.
KESI is putting forth efforts to lure more foreign companies.
It contracted a comprehensive partnership with
AMB, a Malaysian company, to attract more east Asia
companies last June and also invited Chinese lift companies,
which install more than 190,000 lifts yearly, to a lift
expo session. Leading companies in the Chinese industry,
like STEP and Torin Drive, have expressed their interest in
participating in the session.
As Chinese companies are expected to participate,
foreign investments have gained momentum. Now, China
with more than two-million lifts, which is five times larger
than the Korean market, is a leader in the world market.
Chinese companies are expanding their boundaries to
KESI CEO Nam-deuk Kim stated, “2010 Korea Lift
Safety Expo will try its best to achieve both the safety of
people and promote the industry.” He emphasized the
need to promote the stagnant industry in order to guarantee
safety. In addition, Kim explained that this year
would be a good chance to look back at the past 100
years of lift history in Korea and look at the future. The
lift expo in December is the Korean industry’s opportunity
to start this, he added. Manufacturers, consulting
firms, inspection agencies and universities are expected
to participate for the four days of the expo. It is
expected to attract more than 100 companies, including
Hyundai Elevator, Otis, ThyssenKrupp, Mitsubishi
Electric and Schindler, which will introduce a variety of
new technologies.
Kim also explained that this will create new opportunities
for small companies, which only focused on
domestic market and lacked information and networks.
Comments from Safety Institute CEO Kim
Asia and rest of the world using capital and technologies.
Korean companies in China report that protection from the
Chinese government plays a great role in Chinese companies’
fast growth. One of the Korean executives working
in China explained that, unlike the Korean government, the
Chinese government purchases its own country’s products
as a policy, and Chinese companies already have
technology that empowers their compet itiveness, which
was gained through partnership with foreign companies.
To help domestic companies enter international markets,
KESI is now delivering inspection skills and policies
to Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan and other countries. The Korea
University of Lifts, which opened in March, is expected to
solve the long-held problem of manpower shortage in the
industry.
KESI and the Ministry of Public Administration and
Security are planning a “job creating” rally with the Korea
University of Lifts and companies to help recruit customized
talents during the expo. This rally will also solve
some of the youth unemployment problem caused by the
global economic crisis. The recruiting program is designed
for companies to recruit personnel in the manufacturing,
designing and safety fields, and for the university to provide
specialized education programs. At the same time,
KESI is organizing a Korea Lift Safety Expo Committee,
directed by Yong-gi Eom, to take charge of the expo. The
committee is composed of five different teams – event
planning, corporate team, cultural performance team,
seminar team and publishing team.
Euk Mahn Yang is an information service provi der for the Korea Elevator
Safety Institute.
He commented that the expo will also provide chances
for lift users to learn the importance of knowing about
the safety issues of lifts.
Kim recognizes that even though Korea is one of the
world’s leading lift industry markets, the domestic industry
is not as influential over the global market as the
statistics show. Small- and medium-sized companies
struggle between depressed domestic market and
cheap Asian products. Therefore, Kim emphasized that
it is necessary to support companies to go to global
market to ensure the safety of lift which has become a
daily necessity.
Kim added that the industry will face a severe situation
if there are no appropriate measures taken. He
promised that KESI will prepare a variety of measures
to support the companies. He finally commented that in
order to make the expo a global event, there must be
government support and interest.
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Technology
Hydraulic Elevators – Configuring the Power Unit
by Parag Mehta
Parag Mehta works for
Blain Hydraulics GmbH
(Germany) in R&D of control
valves for hydraulic elevators.
He is a mechanical
engineer with more than a
decade of experience in engi -
neering design and project
management. Mehta spe -
cializes in computer-aided design. He has published
various technical articles on hydraulic elevators
and looks after the interests of Blain Hydraulics in
the Indian sub-continent.
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Summary
Hydraulic elevator manufacturers
and, especially, companies specializing
in building power units are often
confronted with difficult choices of
component selection. While important
aspects like availability of components,
price factor, durability and
reliability of components occupy
selectors most of the time, functional
and operational aspects play an equally
important role. This article attempts
to provide guidelines in component
selection and highlights some of the
basic and optional characteristics that
products used in power units and
hydraulic elevators should have in
order to deliver optimally. This article
also tends to educate those who do
not build hydraulic power units or
elevators themselves, but source
ready solutions, as to what they
should be looking at from their suppliers
and OEMs.
Introduction
A hydraulic elevator is powered
by a power unit mostly found in the
machine room or basement of the
building or, sometimes, in the elevator
shaft itself. Whichever form the
unit may have and how different it
may look, it would principally have a
tank (oil reservoir), flow control
valve, shutoff valve, pump, motor
and safety valves in its most basic
form (Figure 1).
Depending upon the supplier,
cylinders may or may not be part of
the power unit. In this article, components
used in the power unit will
be analyzed individually on the basis
of selection criteria, functions and
requirements per EN 81-2 codes.
After reading this, it should also be
clear as to why similar products
sometimes available from the industrial
hydraulic segment should not be
used.
The Pump, the Heart
of the Power Unit
Like a human heart that pumps
blood through our bodies, a hydraulic
pump pumps oil through the
hydraulic circuit. As we depend on
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1 Motor 6 Strainer 11 Cooler plug 16 Top lid plates
2 Pump 7 Baffle plate 12 Drain plug 17 Cooler return line
3 Silencer 8 Heater 13 Rubber dampers 18 Electric box
4 Valve 9 Breather cap 14 Rubber feet 19 Lifting hook
5 Diffuser 10 Level indicator 15 Gaskets 20 Ball valve
Figure 1: Power unit of a hydraulic elevator

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our heart, so relies the hydraulic elevator on its pump.
A hydraulic pump converts mechanical energy into
hydraulic energy. When a hydraulic pump is operated, its
action creates a partial vacuum at the inlet, while enabling
the fluid (oil) to enter the pump. The pump traps
this fluid within its cavities, and transports it through and
forces it into the hydraulic system, thereby moving the oil
and generating flow. Pumps do not generate pressure;
pressure is generated by the resistance to the flow in the
hydraulic circuit.
A submersible screw pump is the most widely used
and best choice for an elevator power unit, since the axial
and radial forces on the rotors are hydraulically balanced
and there is no metal-to-metal contact between the rotor
and the idlers. Screw pumps (Figure 2) are known to
produce low mechanical vibration, pulsation-free flow
and quiet operation even at high speeds. Gear pumps are
mostly used for machine and goods-elevating power
units with flow rates less than 30 liters per minute (lpm)
and where pump noise is not of prime interest. As flow
rate gets higher, gear pumps become costly and noisier,
and forfeit their place to screw pumps for passenger and
residential elevator applications. A direct comparison
between gear and screw pumps is given in Table 1.
It should be noted that the pump output varies with
pressure. It’s important to check the pump output at peak
pressure (maximum loading of the elevator car), as, for
example, a screw pump said to offer 75 lpm would give
80 lpm at 10 bar and 68 lpm at 80 bar. The overall efficiency
of the pump can be calculated using the following
equation:
P . Q
Overall efficiency (η p ) = ----------- (Equation 1)
600 .W
where P = pressure (bar), Q = flow (lpm) and W = input
power (kW)
The Valve, the Brain of the Power Unit
Our brain commands our body and instructs our body
parts to act. Similarly, a flow control valve in a hydraulic
elevator power unit plays an important role in regulating
the flow of oil to and from the cylinder moving the cabin
up and down. As hydraulic elevator power units use
continuous-duty pumps that deliver a fixed output per
minute, a control valve to control the flow of oil is necessary;
this allows a slow start, gentle acceleration into full
Figure 2: Screw pump
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speed, traveling in full speed, decelerating into leveling
speed and smoothly stopping the elevator at the floor
level. In the absence of a control valve, the elevator cabin
would shoot like a rocket upon starting the pump motor
and stop with a sudden jerk that could feel like an earthquake
inside the cabin.
A flow control valve regulates the flow of oil by letting
the excess oil flow back to the tank during the bypass,
acceleration, deceleration and leveling stages, allowing
the pressure to gently build up and gradually fall, giving
passengers a smoother ride experience. A control valve
used in a hydraulic elevator should be in a position to:
◆ Control the flow of the oil to and from the cylinder in
both the up and down directions
◆ Have a means to identify shaft switching (generally
achieved by using solenoid valves)
◆ Have a pressure relief and check valve*
◆ Have a manual lowering function to bring the elevator
down in an emergency*
◆ Have a manometer to monitor pressure and an inspection
port for periodic testing by inspectors*
◆ Offer the possibility to adjust the travel quality by controlling
the leveling and stopping speeds in either
direction for smoother rides
◆ Prevent the elevator from overspeeding in the down
direction*
◆ Include a safety valve to prevent a slack-rope situation
in roped hydraulic systems*
(* = Mandatory per EN 81-2 safety directives)
A quality product would offer many other functions/
possibilities in addition to these, such as:
◆ Built-in damping
◆ The possibility to connect/mount accessories like
additional check valves and down valves
◆ Automatic emergency lowering in case of power failure
or system malfunction
Gear pump Submersible screw pump
Loud Silent
Smaller flow range Big flow range
Pulsating output due
to gear mechanism
Non-pulsating output
Can be used in Not the best choice for
high pressure ranges high-pressure applications
Cheaper More expensive
Readily available in Available from selected
the local market manufacturers worldwide
Suitable for smaller-flow/ Suitable for wider flow to lowhigh-pressure
systems to-moderate pressure ranges
The volumetric efficiency Lower overall volumetric and
is generally low to medium
(approximately 85-93%).
mechanical efficiencies
Table 1: Gear and screw pump comparison

◆ The possibility to attach hand pumps (to raise the
elevator in an emergency), shutoff valves, pressure
switches, etc.
How to Select a Flow Control Valve
◆ Given a piston diameter, the speed of the elevator is
derived from the flow of the pump; therefore, flow and
pressure are two important factors that decide the type
and the size of control valve that can be used. It is
important to check if the control valve can handle the
maximum flow with minimum pressure loss and the
maximum system pressure the hydraulic elevator
would have (Table 2).
◆ Travel comfort decides the functions that a control
valve should offer. Selecting two speed (leveling and
full speed) valves for up and down directions makes
sense for passenger elevators, whereas single-speed
valves with built in damping are better for goods and
car-parking lifts.
◆ Pressure compensation is necessary in applications
where the weight ratio of an unloaded to a loaded car
exceeds two-and-a-half to three times. Car parking
and cargo lifts are classic examples of such instal -
lations, wherein the loaded cabin/platform is three to
four times heavier than an unloaded one. A hydraulic
(mechanical) valve adjusted for such a lift would not
give the desired travel characteristics without using
pressure compensation methods. Check if the control
valve offers the option to compensate for wide pressure
variations.
◆ Contamination in hydraulic oil is often the root cause
of system failure. Therefore, control valves should offer
self-cleaning filters as an extra degree of protection,
thereby extending the service and operational life of
the valve components. Check if the control valve has
built-in and self-cleaning filters for longer service life.
◆ A slack rope valve is an important safety feature; a
control valve without this safety should never be used
in indirect (roping) installations. Check if the control
valve offers a slack rope (safety) valve for indirect
installations.
◆ Check if the spare parts of the control valve are readily
available at short notice for trouble-free servicing.
◆ Check if the control valve and accessories selected are
designed for the vertical-transportation industry and
certified and tested as per safety codes and directives.
The practice of using multiple modular valves available
in the industrial hydraulic segment to carry out the
individual functions mentioned previously results in very
high pressure losses, poor travel performance, and dif -
ficult adjustment and setup procedures. Remember, such
valves could be good for industrial applications but not
for the vertical-transportation industry. Moreover, they
are not designed for handling passengers, nor for elevators.
They lack the safety functions that a proper elevator
flow control valve would offer.
The Motor, the Power in the Power Unit
In a hydraulic elevator system, the role of the motor is
to provide the power to the pump, which (at a given number
of revolutions per minute [rpm]) delivers the required
discharge (lpm). A hydraulic power pack can have two
types of motors: internal (submerged) or external. Irrespective
of the type of the motor used, the power (kW)
that it has to generate to drive the pump remains the
same. Selecting a motor with a correct power rating is
important, because an underrated motor would not
deliver, stall and wear out, whereas an overrated motor
Piston Speed of the elevator in mps Weight of the elevator in kg
Ø mm 0.10 0.20 0.30 0.40 0.50 0.60 0.70 500 750 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500
50 12 24 35 47 59 71 82 25 37 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225
55 14 29 43 57 71 86 100 21 31 41 62 83 103 124 145 165 186
60 17 34 51 68 85 102 119 17 26 35 52 69 87 104 121 139 156
65 20 40 60 80 100 119 139 15 22 30 44 59 74 89 103 118 133
70 23 46 69 92 115 139 162 13 19 25 38 51 64 76 89 102 115
75 27 53 80 106 133 159 186 11 17 22 33 44 56 67 78 89 100
80 30 60 90 121 151 181 211 10 15 20 29 39 49 59 68 78 88
85 34 68 102 136 170 204 238 9 13 17 26 35 43 52 61 69 78
90 38 76 115 153 191 229 267 8 12 15 23 31 39 46 54 62 69
95 43 85 128 170 213 255 298 7 10 14 21 28 35 42 48 55 62
100 47 94 141 188 236 283 330 6 9 12 19 25 31 37 44 50 56
105 52 104 156 208 260 312 364 6 8 11 17 23 28 34 40 45 51
110 57 114 171 228 285 342 399 5 8 10 15 21 26 31 36 41 46
115 62 125 187 249 312 374 436 5 7 9 14 19 24 28 33 38 43
120 68 136 204 271 339 407 475 4 7 9 13 17 22 26 30 35 39
Flow (lpm), rounded to nearest decimal Pressure in bars, rounded to nearest decimal
Table 2: Flow pressure table for hydraulic elevators with single cylinder and direct (without roping) installation
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comes at an increase in cost, size and power consumption.
Secondly, the common practice of oversizing (overrating)
a motor results in less efficient motor operation.
E.g., a motor operating at a 35% load is less efficient than
a smaller motor matched to the same load; it also generates
unnecessary heat.
Quality motors designed for hydraulic power units can
usually be overloaded up to 20% for a short period of time
without being damaged. If we compare the cost of the
motor against the running cost, it would be immediately
clear that the cost of electricity to operate a motor over its
entire lifespan is generally many times the cost of the
motor itself. Even though standard motors operate efficiently,
with typical efficiencies of 83-92%, energy-efficient
motors perform significantly better. An efficiency gain
from 92% to 94% results in a 25% reduction in losses.
Hydraulic elevators do not use any power in the down
direction, as they descend due to gravity. One should keep
in mind that a motor used in a hydraulic power unit would
not be in continuous operation. Also, the elevator is not
always fully occupied, nor is the motor always fully loaded.
In warm climates, external motors are usually preferred.
A three-phase motor with silent operation is ideal
for hydraulic-elevator installation. Depending on the
requirement, a two- or four-pole motor can be selected.
A two-pole motor with 3,000 rpm is a bit louder than a
four-pole motor having 1,500 rpm. It is but obvious that a
two-pole motor driving a pump would offer more oil discharge
than a four-pole motor driving the same pump
due to higher rpm. E.g., to compensate the discharge, a
four-pole motor can be used to run a 150-lpm pump to
effectively get 75 lpm, instead of running a two-pole
motor with a 75-lpm pump.
How to Select a Motor
◆ Select the correct motor rpm and type (submersible or
external).
◆ Ascertain if the motor sizing is appropriate for the
power unit and elevator load.
◆ Check the motor efficiency at peak load.
◆ Check up to how long and how much the motor can
safely be overloaded.
Motor Starting Methods for a Hydraulic Elevator
While it is true that a motor used for a hydraulic elevator
should offer the necessary torque in order to deliver
the power to the system, consideration should be taken
as to how this is done. Often, starting jerks in a hydraulic
elevator find their roots in inappropriate motor-starting
techniques. The most common startup methods (Table 3)
are:
◆ Direct-on-line start (DOL)
◆ Star-delta start
◆ Soft-starter start
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The Cylinder, the Arm of the Power Unit
Push-Type Cylinders
Push-type cylinders used in hydraulic elevators are
mostly plunger type (where the piston and piston rod are
the same), thus differing a little with their counterparts
used in the industrial hydraulics segment. Single-acting
push-type cylinders are the most commonly used cylinders
for elevator applications. They are cheaper and easy
to manufacture. Almost all steel-producing companies
have seamless steel tubes available over a wide range of
sizes. If quality raw material is available, little machining
is required to make the tubes ready and useable. Alternatively,
pull-type cylinders can also be seen in elevator installations.
Basic facts to be noted when selecting push-type cylinders
are:
◆ Push-type cylinders are subjected to compressive loading.
◆ The diameter of the piston is directly proportional to
the length of the stroke, which means the longer the
stroke of the elevator the larger the piston diameter
has to be in order to prevent buckling.
◆ Pressure in a hydraulic system is inversely proportional
to the piston diameter, which means that with increasing
diameter, pressure will be less (given constant
load).
◆ The bigger the piston, the larger the pump discharge
required to attain a given speed. Hence, pump sizing
has a direct relation to the cylinder size.
◆ An elevator with a direct-acting cylinder can be either
a hole or hole-less type. In the latter, the cylinder is
above the ground, while in the former, installation the
cylinder is buried in the ground, beneath the elevator
car. Early designs usually had single-bottom construction
and fairly limited corrosion protection. Newer
hole-type cylinders have double bottoms and more advanced
polymer sleeves, which offer better protection
against corrosion and electrolysis problems. Continued
DOL Star delta Soft starter
Start Very high Low starting Voltage and current
starting torque torque and current gradually increase to
and current make the full starting
torque available.
Stop Sudden Sudden The pump is gradually
made to stop minimizing
sudden shocks and
hammering effect
in pipes.
Cost Very cost
effective
Cost effective Expensive
Usage Very small Small to mid-sized Ideal for all motor sizes
motors motors
Table 3: A comparison of motor starting methods

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Pull-Type Cylinders
Pull-type cylinders operate fundamentally differently
and differ in design from push-type cylinders. Here, the
cylinder is used with a counterweight system, and the
hydraulic fluid pushes the piston in the cylinder down for
the elevator to go up. Thus, the movement of the piston
is in the opposite direction of that of push types. An
elevator installation with a pull-type cylinder is always
indirect (roping). Pull-type cylinders have a piston and a
piston rod like a typical hydraulic cylinder. A solid rod is
used as piston rod, which is subjected to tensile loading
rather than compression, and hence is not subjected to
buckling forces. Due to this fact, piston rods with smaller
diameters can be used to save material. The counterweight
offsets two-thirds of the empty car weight, and the whole
concept results in reducing heat losses. This also reduces
power consumption and makes the elevator installation
eco friendly. Cylinder design is based on the calculation
as to how much force the cylinder can produce to lift the
load. The counterweight, in this case, adds to the force
the cylinder is generating and is very productive. Some of
the important criteria to consider when selecting the
cylinder are the load, speed and mechanical stability.
Cylinder manufacturers have selection charts for select -
ing the cylinder size with respect to stroke and load of the
elevator. Alternatively, cylinder sizing can be calculated.
EN 81-2 very clearly defines how the calculation of rams,
cylinders, rigid pipes and fittings should be calculated. From
the mechanical strength aspect, the piston diameter has
to be selected such that under full load and stroke, the
piston should not be subjected to bending or buckling.
The Pipe Rupture Valve,
the Parachute of a Hydraulic Elevator
What a parachute does for an air diver, the pipe rupture
valve does for a hydraulic elevator in the event of a hose
pipe rupture. In the absence of a pipe rupture valve (and
overspeed braking systems), one can expect a free fall of the
cabin due to sudden pressure drop occurring when the hose
pipe connecting the control valve and the cylinder bursts.
The pipe rupture valve in hydraulic elevators is a lifesaving
device and mandatory per EN 81-2 and the Bureau
84
Single-acting RAM cylinder
(courtesy: Kleemann lifts)
Cross-section of single-acting RAM
cylinder (courtesy: Leistritz)
Figure 3: Plunger-type cylinders
ELEVATOR WORLD India • 4th Quarter 2010 •
of Indian Standards. A passenger hydraulic elevator would
not be certified by inspection authorities in the absence of
this valve. In the event of failure in the main cylinder line
or where the down speed exceeds allowable limits, the
rupture valve closes, bringing the car to a smooth stop. It
should be noted that rupture-valve selection primarily
depends on the flow rather than the port size. Valves with
optional adjustment for lowering the elevator cabin to the
floor level when it has been slowed are also worth considering,
as they would safely bring the passengers down
without having to wait for rescue.
Things to consider when dealing with an elevator rupture
valve:
◆ Design and certification for the elevator industry:
Elevator safety norms clearly outline the design and
functions of a pipe rupture valve. In the event of a pipe
rupture, the pressure between the control valve and the
rupture valve drops to zero, whereas on the other side,
the pressure suddenly surges between the rupture valve
and the cylinder. The peak pressure after the rupture
valve (between the cylinder and the rupture valve) should
be in all cases less than or equal to three-and-a-half times
the static pressure. It is therefore important to select a
product designed and certified for the elevator industry.
There may be alternative cost-effective solutions available,
but using them would only compromise passenger
and elevator safety.
◆ Mounting the valve: Reputed manufacturers offer a
wide range of choices in connections and the way a
rupture valve can be mounted on the cylinder. Cylinder
manufacturers also usually offer different connection
possibilities with their products; .e.g., some may provide
a standard pipe-threading port, while some may
offer one with National Pipe Thread threads or Society
of Automotive Engineers flange connection possibilities.
It is therefore crucial to check the coupling options
before ordering.
◆ Suitability of a valve for twin cylinders: Elevator installations
in which two cylinders work in tandem require
two rupture valves. However, these two safety valves
have to be connected to each other so that they can
also work in tandem. This is done by connecting the
two pressure chambers of the individual valves with
tubing to ensure simultaneous closing of both valves
in the event of pipe rupture. Comprehensive tests have
shown that this very simple system is effective, even
when the valves are adjusted to different closing flows.
The connection between the two rupture valves ensures
that both valves close almost simultaneously. It is usually
recommended that the tube diameter be at least as large
as those listed in Table 4. �
Rupture valve size 3/4-1" 1-1/2" 2” 2-1/2" 3"
Tube ID (mm) 6 6 8 8 10
Table 4: Recommended tube sizes for a two-rupture-valve connection

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SCHINDLER ID
TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT
The Schindler ID solution continuously
calculates the optimum journey
for every passenger using a bank of
elevators. The result is
shorter journey times,
energy savings and fewer
elevators (and shafts)
needed for a given building
population. Schindler
ID also makes provision
for special-needs passengers
by holding an elevator’s
doors open for
longer or directing a passenger
to an empty car.
Schindler ID combines
traffic management with
user-recognition software, complementing
a building’s security systems
and allowing the management
to determine which areas are accessible
to whom. It is especially valuable
in today’s high-rise structures,
which often house apartments, offices,
shops and leisure facilities.
Advantages
For architects, the technology delivers
considerable design flexibility,
because elevators do not need to be
housed in the same lobby. Also,
fewer elevators mean there is more
space to rent.
For the user, Schindler ID is intended
to be simple. A building occupant
arriving for work, for instance,
can hold a preprogrammed card or
device in front of a Schindler ID terminal,
and the screen immediately
directs the individual to the elevator
taking the fastest route to his or her
floor. The system controls access to
all floors and can be adjusted at any
time; for instance, during renovation
work. When the elevator systems
themselves need to be renewed, individual
elevators can be taken out
of service for a step-by-step modernization
without compromising the
overall performance of the system.
Schindler ID delivers the same
benefits in existing buildings, where
it can be applied with minimum disruption
to all elevator systems. It can
easily be installed in the elevator
machine room, alongside existing
control mechanisms. Since it optimizes
elevator usage, it instantly
cuts the overall number of journeys
for a given group of elevators, boosting
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GEFRAN PRODUCTS FOR
THE LIFT INDUSTRY
by Bhupesh Katakkar
The Gefran Group has been in the
industrial-automation sector for more
than 30 years. The group offers a
range of products to regulate the
speed of electric motors and solutions
for civil sectors. In particular,
by specializing in the civil hoistingequipment
sector and working with
lift manufacturers on an international
scale, it has contributed to the production
of various types of systems.
The modernization of existing systems,
new systems (with and without
a machine room), and applications
with synchronous and asynchronous
motors (with and without reducers),
be handled with Gefran drives.
The Platform of the Lift Inverter
The ADL200 is a technological
platform designed for driving gearless
or geared synchronous and induction
machines. It integrates the
lift-inverter technology for maximum
synergy with a range of installation
requirements. In addition, it offers a
cost-effective and immediate solution
for lift control systems. Continued
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The ADL100 is the entry-level range
of the ADL technology platform, intended
for traditional medium-speed
systems and offering complete configuration
for performance in terms of
comfort. With a 32-bit microcontrol -
ler platform and control algorithms,
it also offers riding comfort and uses
the drive as open loop sensorless.
The ADL platform provides universal
AC mains supply from 3 X 230 to 480
VAC and a power range from 4 to
90kW, offering solutions for different
types of lift system configurations.
The versatility of the ADL also
offers the option to choose the drive
from the standard configuration or
with a custom setup. Configurations
can be selected in the catalog through
a range of options for encoder managements,
the input/output (I/O) or
the field bus interface with such protocols
as DCP3, DCP4 and CAN.
Features of Elevator Inverters
◆ Power range: 4 to 160Kw
◆ Speed control: Elevator Floor Control
function: direct landing at the
floor with automatic calculation of
deceleration point
◆ Position control: Elevator Positioning
Control function: position regulator
for automatic management
of direct landing at the floor, automatic
speed control and saving of
floor distances (system auto tuning)
◆ Lift sequence: Typical sequence of
I/O signals, I/O management,
braking, output contactor and
door control
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◆ Parameters in Linear Unit: Availability
of different engineering units
for the main movement parameters,
rpm or mps for speed, mps 2 ,
mps 3 for cabin acceleration.
◆ Lift mechanical parameters: Mechanical
system parameters such as
pulley diameter and speed ratio
for converting system units and
weights, a system for calculating
inertia and speed regulation for
the desired response. Continued
◆ Ramp Generation: Independent
configuration of acceleration and
deceleration ramp parameters
and of the four jerk values for
traveling comfort in the lift cabin;
two independent S-shaped ramps,
selectable via digital input with
four independent jerk settings;
dedicated deceleration ramp corresponding
to the stop command.
◆ Multiple speeds: There are eight
internally settable speed reference
values, with the option to overwrite
at startup with additional values
to ensure smooth starting
◆ Pre-torque (load compensation):
Initialization of the speed regulator
by the weight sensor to prevent
jerks or bumpy starting.
◆ Overload: Overload capacity is in
line with typical lift application
load cycles.
◆ Automatic fan control: The fan
control logic activates the internal
fans according to the temperature.
◆ Emergency Situations: In emergency
conditions, a 230V singlephase
supply voltage can be used
to return the cabin to the floor (by
uninterruptible power supply or
batteries with an EMS module).
◆ Wizard function for commissioning:
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Fax Number: 0091-079-2813429
E-Mail: accumaxe@ad1.vsnl.net.in
Marketing Contact: Mr. R.S. Patel
Engineering Contact: Mr. Manoj Patel
Products Manufactured/Supplied: AC-1, AC-2
and V3f geared lift machines, Electric Motors,
Brakes, Safety Gears, Governors, Gate Locks,
Door Operator, Deflactor pulley, Main drive
Sheaves, Car & Counterweight frames, Guide
Shoes, Retiring Cam & Striker, Replacement
Parts for OTIS, Guide Rails, Cages, Brackets,
Doors.
AFAG MESSEN UND
AUSSTELLUNGEN GMBH
MESSEZENTRUM AUGSBURG
AUGSBURG, BAVARIA 86159
GERMANY
Telephone: 0049 – 821 – 5 89 82 340
Fax Number: 0049 – 821 – 5 89 82 349
E-Mail: interlif@afag.de
Web Site: www.interlift.de
Marketing Contact: Winfried Forster
Engineering Contact: Joachim Kalsdorf
Products Manufactured/Supplied: interlift -
international trade fair for Elevators, components
& accessories
ASRAY/ASRAY SANAYI VE
TICARET LTD. STI.
P.O. BOX 107
41400 GEBZE, KOCAELI, TURKEY
Telephone: (90) 262-7511435
Fax Number: (90) 262-7511439/7511765
E-Mail: asray@asray.com
Web Site: www.asray.com
Marketing Contact: Mrs. Aysenur Aslan, Export
Manager (aaslan@asray.com); Mrs. Safiye Cinge,
Export Assistant (safiye@asray.com)
Engineering Contact: Mr. Sefa Targit,
Technical Manager
Products Manufactured/Supplied:
Elevator Guide Rails
AV CAM CORPORATION
55-C, TRIBHUVAN
INDUSTRIAL ESTATE,
OPP. PASHUPATINATH TEMPLE,
NEAR KATHWADA, GIDC, KATHWADA
AHMEDABAD - 382430, GUJARAT
ELEVATOR WORLD India • 4th Quarter 2010 •
Telephone: 0091 79 65237438
Fax Number: +91 79 22890596
E-Mail: info@amcolifty.com
Web Site: www.amcolifty.com
Contact: Mr. G. Patel Vishnubhai
Products Manufactured/Supplied: Lift Duty
Gear Box, Lift Guide Rails
BHARAT BIJLEE LIMITED
NO. 2 MIDC
THANE-BELAPUR ROAD
AIROLI NAVI MUMBAI 400708
Telephone: 0091 22 2763 7200 / 7400
Direct: 0091 22 2763 7284
Fax Number: 0091 22 2763 7438
E-Mail: greenstar@bharatbijlee.com
Web Site: www.bharatbijlee.com
Contact: M/s. R. Rajaraman / K.K.Y. Das
Products Manufactured/Supplied: Gearless
Machines for Elevator Application, Electric Motors,
Transformers, KEB Drives and Project.
BLAIN HYDRAULICS GMBH
PFAFFENSTRASSE 1
HEILBRONN, BW 74078 GERMANY
Telephone: +49-7131-2821-0
Fax Number: +49-7131-485216
E-Mail: info@blain.de
Web Site: www.blain.de
Marketing Contact: Mr. Parag Mehta Ext: 30
Engineering Contact: Mr. Parag Mehta Ext: 30
Products Manufactured/Supplied: Manufacturers
of Elevator control valves, Home lift valves, Servo
control valves, Car-parking lift valves, Rupture
valves, Ball valves, Pressure lock valves, Hand
pumps, Tank heaters, RamLocs, Micro leveling
drives, Hydraulic remote monitoring systems.
BRUGG LIFTING
1801 PARRISH DRIVE
P.O. BOX 551
ROME, GEORGIA 30162-0551
Telephone: (706) 235-6315
Toll Free Phone: 1-866-542-7844 (54BRUGG)
Fax Number: (706) 235-1394 or (706) 235-6035
E-Mail: elevatorrope@brugg.com
Web Site: www.bruggnorthamerica.com;
www.bruggrope.com
Marketing Contact: President/General Manager:
Kevin Heling, (706) 235-6315, ext 301,
heling.kevin@brugg.com; Marketing Contact: Tom
Richards/Richards Advertising (704) 987-7965;
trichards@richardsad.com
Engineering Contact: Sales/Field Engineering
Contact: Rick Perry, VP Sales/Engineering,
(570) 322-3210, South Williamsport, PA,
perry.rick@brugg.com; Engineering/Quality
Contact: Martin Rhiner, VP Engineering/Quality,
(706) 235-6315 ext 302, rhiner.martin@brugg.com
Sales Offices: Brugg Wire Rope, LLC, Rome GA
(706) 235-6315; North America VP Sales and
Field Engineering, South Williamsport, PA, Rick
Perry, (570) 322-3210, perry.rick@brugg.com;
Distributors/Stocking Locations - US: Houston,
TX; Metro Wire Rope, 553 Lehigh Ave., Union, NJ
07083, Phone: (908) 964-3690; Marcal Rope &
Rigging, 1862 E. Broadway, Alton, IL 62002,
Phone: (618) 462-0172 or 1-800-343-4971; Silver
State Wire Rope & Rigging, 5380 S. Valley View,
Suite A, Las Vegas, NV 89118, Phone: (702)
597-2010; Carpenter Rigging, 222 Napoleon St.,
San Francisco, CA 94124, Phone: (707) 562-
9473; Brugg Wire Rope, LLC., 1801 Parrish Rd.,
Phone: (toll free) (866) 542-7844, Fax: (706) 235-
6035 - Canada: Elevator Components, 1237
Kamato Rd., Mississauga, ON, Canada L4W
2M2, Phone: (905) 624-6565; Hoist Wire Rope &
Equipment Inc.,
(a Northern Strands Co)., 5604-76th Ave., Edmonton,
AB Canada T6B 0A6, Phone: (780) 485-9869
Products Manufactured/Supplied: Elevator
Ropes; full line of the industry’s best selection of
hoist, compensation, governor, door closing and
ropes bearing electrical conductors. Offering
superior quality steel, iron, sisal and mixed (poly)
core ropes; featuring exclusive i-Line for easier
installation; preformed ropes, rope lubricant and
applicator, pulling grips, rope tension measuring
device, reeve splicing, fiber tape, measuring gauges,
wedge sockets, isolation assemblies and springs.
CANNY ELEVATOR
CO., LTD.
88 LINHU ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ZONE
215213 WUJIANG CITY, JIANGSU PROVINCE
P.R. CHINA
Telephone: +86-512-6329-0000 /
+86-512-6329-7851
Fax Number: +86-512-6329-9709 /
+86-512-6329-3938
E-Mail: export-canny@163.com /
export@canny-elevator.com
Web Site: www.canny-elevator.com
Products Manufactured/Supplied: office and
residential lifts, high-speed passenger lifts, bed
lifts, panorama lifts, freight lifts, home lifts, MRL,
hydraulic lifts and automobile lifts; slim escalators,
heavy-duty escalators, out-door escalators, highrise
escalators, horizontal and inclined autowalks,
etc. Canny products have been exported to
Russia, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, Malta,
Saudi Arabia, Iran, Jordan, UAE, Korea, Japan,
Malaysia, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Africa, and
South America and so on.

CHINA ELEVATOR ASSOCIATION
(CEA CHINA)
61 JINGUANG AVENUE
LANGFANG HEBEI 065000
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Telephone: (86) 316-2311426/2012957
Fax Number: (86) 316-2311427
E-Mail: zlx@cea-net.org
Web Site: www.cea-net.org
Contact: Zhang Lexiang
President: Ren Tianxiao
Products Manufactured/Supplied: CEA was
formed in 1984 and has 500 members. The
secretariat together with the Institute of Building
Mechanization. CEA is one of the sponsors of
China World Elevator & Escalator Expo and
China Elevator Magazine.
DSA ELECTRO
CONTROLS
PVT. LTD.
A-20, CROSS ROAD-B, MIDC
ANDHERI (EAST), MUMBAI 400 093
MAHARASHTRA, INDIA
Telephone: 91 22 6742 9700
Fax Number: 91 22 6742 9714
E-Mail: marketing@dsaquality.com
Web Site: www.dsaquality.com
Contact: Mr. Ashok Subhedar
Products Manufactured/Supplied: Elevator
Controllers and allied products, Fabrication
Services - CNC Fabrication, Water Jet Cutting
Systems & Services.
DÍNACELL ELECTRÓNICA, S.L.
POLÍGONO INDUSTRÍAL “SANTA ANA”
C/EL TORNO, 8
28522 RÍVASÍVACÍAMADRÍD (MADRÍD)
SPAÍN
Telephone: +35 91-300-14-35
Fax Number: +35 91-300-16-45
Website: www.dinacell.com
E-mail: dinacell@dinacell.com
Marketing Contact: Frederick Apostoles Conde
Engineering Contact: Enrique Garcia Rodriguez
Products Manufactured:
Load Weighing Device for Elevators, Cab
sensor, Cable sensor, Crosshead sensor,
Hydraulic sensor, Motor bedframe sensor,
Controllers, Display
ELECON ENGG. CO. LTD.
POST BOX #6, ANAND
SOJITRA ROAD, VALLABH VIDYANAGAR
388 120, GUJARAT
Telephone: 0091 2692 236469, 236513
Fax Number: +91 2692 236527, 236457
E-Mail: VGSUBNIS@gear.elecon.com
Web Site: www.elecon.com
Contact: Mr. V.G. Subnis
Products Manufactured/Supplied: Manufacturer
of Material Handling Equipment & all types of
industrial gears - Helical, Worm, Couplings,
Special Gears, Elevator Traction Machines,
Wind Mill Gearbox and Wind Mill.
ELEVATOR INDIA.COM
B/602,SHIVAM APARTMENT
C.H.S. LTD, C.S. ROAD NO: 5,
ANAND NAGAR, DAHISAR (EAST),
MUMBAI-400068
MUMBAI, MAHARASHTRA 400068 INDIA
Telephone: 022-40149991, 09930308303,
09322337066
Fax Number: 022-28974573
E-Mail: elevatorindia@yahoo.co.in;
elevatorindia@gmail.com
Web Site: www.elevatorindia.com
Marketing Contact: same as above
Sales Office: same as above
Products Manufactured/Supplied: An elevator
portal for end users and buyers. For elevator
company we design, supply material, erect and
give maintenance of traction and hydraulic lifts.
Consultant and co-ordinator to elevator industry
in India.
ELMO SRL
V.LE CERTOSA 8/B
PAVIA ITALY 27100 ITALY
Telephone: +39 0382 529564
Fax Number: +39 0382 527041
E-Mail: info@elmoitaly.com
Web Site: www.elmoitaly.com
Marketing Contact: Mr. Giovanni Crucitti
Engineering Contact: Mr. Ivo Busi
Products Manufactured/Supplied: Submersible
motors for hydraulic lift
ETA MELCO ENGG.
CO. PVT. LTD.
CHENNAI CITI CENTRE,
4TH FLOOR, No. 10&11, DR. RADHAKRISHNAN
SALAI, MYLAPORE
CHENNAI - 600 004
Telephone: 044-2847 7370/71/72/73/75
Fax Number: 044-2847 7374
Web Site: www.etamelco.in
Contact: Mr. H.N. Sadaqathullah, Director
Products Manufactured/Supplied:
Mitsubishi Elevators & Escalators
ELEVATOR WORLD, INC.
P.O. BOX 6507
MOBILE, AL 36660 USA
Telephone: (251) 479-4514
Fax Number: (251) 479-7043
E-Mail: sales@elevator-world.com
Web Site: www.elevator-world.com
Marketing Contact: Brad O’Guynn
Sales Office(s): Mobile, Alabama USA;
Bangalore, India
Products Manufactured/Supplied: ELEVATOR
WORLD magazine, ELEVATOR WORLD India
magazine (www.elevatorworldindia.com, Elevator
World Source© Directory, Elevator World Euro
Source Directory and educational materials
(www.elevatorbooks.com)
ESQUIRE ENGINEERING CO.
DIAMOND I. E., ESTATE NO. 2,
UNIT NO. 3, KETKIPADA ROAD,
OFF WESTERN EXPRESS HIGHWAY NO. 8
DAHISAR (EAST),
MUMBAI – 400068, INDIA
Telephone: +91 22 2848 1603
Telefax: +91 22 2848 3220
E-Mail: esquire23363@gmail.com
Web Site: www.esquireelevatorparts.net
Contact: Mr. Jayesh Patel
Products Manufactured/Supplied: Manufacturer
Of Push Buttons, COP, LP, LCD Display,
Dot Matrix Display, Hall Lanterns Etc.
M/s. EXCELLA Electronics
54, ANNAPURNA INDUSTRIAL
ESTATE, TILAK ROAD,
GHATKOPAR (E ),
MUMBAI - 400077, INDIA
Telephone: +91-22-21029911
Fax Number: +91-22-21029922
E-Mail: sales@excellaelectronics.com
Web Site: www.excellaelectronics.com
Contact: Mr. Rajesh Mhaskar
Products Manufactured/Supplied: Door Sensor,
Elevator Encoder, Magnetic Reed Switch, Door
Operator Systems.
EXPERT EQUIPMENTS
PVT. LTD.
6, PUNJANI INDUSTRIAL
COMPLEX, KHOPAT
THANE (WEST) - 400 601
Telephone: 022 - 25474884 / 25474885 /
25475153.
Fax Number: 022 - 25474884 / 25474885 /
25475153
E-Mail: expertequip@rediffmail.com
Web Site: www.expertequipments.com
Marketing Contact: Mr. Arvind T. Menon,
Tel. No. 09323145570
Engineering Contact: Mr. T.R.C. Menon,
Managing Director, Tel: No. 09323000028
Products Manufactured/Supplied: Own
manufacturing of Expert “LEVITATOR”
FORMULA SYSTEMS LTD.
TECHNOLOGY HOUSE,
OAKFIELD ESTATE
EYNSHAM, OXFORDSHIRE, 0X29 4AQ
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: 44 (0) 1865-882442
Fax Number: 44 (0) 1865-881647
E-Mail: sales@formula-systems.com
Web Site: www.formula-systems.com
Marketing Contact: John Curzon
Engineering Contact: Peter Collins
Sales Offices: Please refer to the Formula
Systems website for up-to-date sales office listings.
Products Manufactured/Supplied: Infrared light
curtains for new and modernization applications
including the unique SafeZone 3D. True, digitised
speech annunciators.
FUJI ELECTRIC INDIA
PRIVATE LTD.
409-410, MEADOWS, SAHAR PLAZA
ANDHERI-KURLA RD.
J.B. NAGAR, ANDHERI (E)
MUMBAI – 400 059
Telephone: +91 22 4010 4870 / 2820 6383
Fax Number: +91 22 4010 4872
E-Mail: info@fein.fujielectric.com
Web Site: www.fujielectric.co.in
Products Manufactured/Supplied: Elevator Drives
GARAVENTA LIFT
7505 134A STREET
SURREY BC V3W 7B3
CANADA
Telephone: 604 594 0422
Toll Free Phone: 1 800 663 6556
Fax Number: 604 594 9915
E-Mail: jlepa@garaventa.ca
Web Site: www.garaventalift.com
Contact: Jake Lepa, Ext. 203
Products Manufactured/Supplied: Platform lifts
(incline and vertical) for wheelchair users and
people with walking difficulties, residential and
LULA (limited use, limited application) elevators,
portable stair-lifts, evacuation chairs.
Company Statement: Garaventa is committed to
providing the best accessibility solutions for the
application. We create an accessible world.
GEFRAN INDIA PVT. LTD.
(A 100% SUBSIDIARY OF GEFRAN S.p.A., ITALY)
SURVEY NO. 182/1 KH, BHUKUM, PAUD ROAD
TALUKA - MULSHI
PUNE 411 042, MH, INDIA
Telephone: +91 20 39394400
Fax Number: +91 20 39394401
E-Mail: bhupesh.katakkar@gefran.in
Web Site: www.gefran.in
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GMV S.P.A.
VIA DON GNOCCHI, 10
20016 PERO MILANO, ITALY
Telephone: (39) 02-33930-1
Fax Number: (39) 02-3390379
E-Mail: info@gmv.it
Web Site: www.gmv.it
Marketing Contact: Mr. Berruto
Engineering Contact: Mr. Fossati
Sales Offices: Fax: Brazil ++55 413 3457855/
Canada ++1 519 6245675/ China ++86 10
68578709/ Czech Republic ++420 5 49211593/
France ++33 450 640211/ Germany ++49 89
9036191/ Greece ++30 210 2792914/ India ++91
22 23080025/ Poland ++48 22 8589969/ Portugal
++351 21 4453069/Spain ++34 902 345432/
Sweden ++46 472 45699
Products Manufactured/Supplied: Components
for hydraulic elevators: single stage jacks,
telescopic jacks 2-3-4 stages, hydraulically and
mechanically synchronized; hydraulic power units:
balanced valves and electronic valves, electronic
system, heat exchangers; side-acting car frames;
pawl device; cars; car doors; landing doors;
operators; passenger lifts; freight lifts; freight lift
components
HAFELE
4TH FLOOR, JMC HOUSE,
BISLERI COMPOUND,
WESTERN EXPRESS HIGHWAY, ANDHERI (E),
MUMBAI - 400 099
Telephone: 0091 22 66950920,
0091 9322266912
Fax Number: +91 22 6695 09220
E-Mail: info@hafeleindia.com
Web Site: www.hafele.com
Contact: Mr. Ashish Kapoor,
Business Head - Hospitality Division
Products Manufactured/Supplied:
Dialock Elevator Terminals.
HIMENVIRO ELEVATORS
& ESCALATORS
202, SAGAR COMPLEX, NEW RAJADHANI
ENCLAVE, VIKAS MARG
DELHI - 110 092
Telephone: 0091 11 22549142
Fax Number: +91 11 2254 9130
E-Mail: sales@himenviro.com
Web Site: www.himenviroelevator.com
Contact: Mr. S.B. Khandelwal
Products Manufactured/Supplied: Elevator &
Escalators & Component - COP, LOP, Push
Buttons, COP Display Units
HITACHI LIFT INDIA
PVT. LTD.
UNIT NO. 307, 3RD FLOOR
ABW ELEGANCE TOWER
JASOLA DISTRICT CENTRE
NEW DELHI – 110 025, INDIA
Telephone: (91 11) 4060 5290
Fax Number: (91 11) 4060 5299
E-Mail: sales@hli.hitachi.co.in
Web Site: www.hitachi-lift.co.in
HYDRO-PNEUMATIC
TECKNIKS
K-17/A, ROAD NO. 6,
UDYOGNAGAR, UDHNA, SURAT
GUJARAT - 395 210
Telephone: +91 261 2277306
Fax Number: +91 261 2277306
E-Mail: hydropneumatic@hotmail.com,
hydropneumatic@dataone.in
Web Site: www.hydrosurat.com
Products: Manufacturers of Hydraulic Cylinders
(Jacks) and Hydraulic Power Packs for Elevators.
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IGV S.P.A
VIA DI VITTORIO, 21
20060 VIGNATE, MILANO, ITALY
Telephone: (39) 02-951271
Fax Number: (39) 02-9560423
E-Mail: igvmail@igvlift.com
Web Site: www.igvlift.com / www.domuslift.com
Marketing Contact: Matteo Volpe
Engineering Contact: Carlo Belletti
Sales Offices: Luigi Martino
Products Manufactured/Supplied: Buffers,
Controllers, Door Operators, Entrances & Fire
Resistant Entrances, Elevator Systems, Gearless
Elevator Systems, Geared Elevator Systems,
Hydraulic Elevator Systems, Hydraulic
Components, Handicap & Platform Lifts
(DomusLift®), Lifts with reduced pit and
headroom (SuperDomus®), Machine Room-less
Lifts (Gearless, Traction & Hydraulic), Rescue
Devices, VVVF Drives, Stairlifts (DomusStair®),
Low Rise Platforms (DomusPlat®), Automatic
doors for residential and commercial buildings
(DomusDoor®), Goods Only Lifts (Cargofit®).
INNOVATION INDUSTRIES,
INCORPORATED
3500 EAST MAIN STREET (72802)
P.O. BOX 2996
RUSSELLVILLE, ARKANSAS 72811
Telephone: (479) 968-2232
Toll Free Phone: 1-800-843-1004
Fax Number: (479) 968-7986
E-Mail: iii@innovationind.com
Web Site: www.innovationind.com
Marketing Contact: Amber Dilday,
Paul Horney & Tom Thompson
Engineering Contact: David DeFrancisco
& Dennis King
Sales Offices: Ray Buford
Products Manufactured/Supplied: Car Operator
Panels, Hall Stations, Position Indicators, Hall
Lanterns, Serial Communication, Key Switches.
JELTRON SYSTEMS
(I) PVT. LTD.
PB NO. 49, 6-3-1199/2,
VAMAN NAIK LANE,
UMANAGAR COLONY, BEGUMPET
HYDERABAD - 500 016, INDIA
Telephone: 0091 40 23401159
Fax Number: +91 40 2340 1149
E-Mail: info@jeltron.com
Web Site: www.jeltron.com
Contact: Mr. Rajesh H. Kamatam
Products Manufactured/Supplied: Toshiba AC
VF Drivers, Toshiba PLC, Toshiba Soft Starters,
ARD, SCR Power Controller
JOHNSON LIFTS PVT. LTD.
NO. 1, EAST MAIN ROAD,
ANNA NAGAR, WESTERN EXTENSION
CHENNAI - 600 101
Telephone: 044 26152200
Fax Number:+91 44 2615 1614
E-Mail: vj@johnsonliftsltd.com
Web Site: www.johnsonliftsltd.com
Contact: Mr. V. Jagannathan, Executive Director
Products Manufactured/Supplied:
Manufacturers of Elevators of various capacity -
Passenger Lifts, Good Lifts, Passenger cum
Bed Lifts, Gearless Type & Escalators.
KAMAL ENTERPRISE
C-1/A-3, G.I.D.C. ODHAV
AHMEDABAD - 382415, INDIA
Telephone: +91 79 2287 0800
Fax Number: +91 79 2287 2273
E-Mail: info@kamalelevatorgear.com
Web Site: www.kamalelevatorgear.com
Contact: Manoj Panchal
Cell Phone: +91 99250 76725
Products Manufactured/Supplied: Design,
Manufacture & Supply of all types Elevator
Traction Machines
KINETEK
STREET NO.1 ANMOL NAGAR,
NEAR KISAN COLD STORE
HOSHIARPUR, PUNJAB
146001 INDIA
Telephone: +91 93562.9437
Fax Number: +91 98152.94375
E-Mail: nasvinder.singh@kinetekinc.com
Web Site: www.kinetekinc.com
Marketing Contact: Nashvinder Singh
Engineering Contact: Nashvinder Singh
Sales Office(s): Punjab, India
Products Manufactured/Supplied: traction and
hydraulic elevator controls, complete elevator and
escalator packages, VVVF or direct line escalator
controls, monitoring and dispatching systems,
microprossor boards, automatic rescue devices,
and peripherials.
KONDAIA ENGG.
CO. PVT. LTD.
POLLACHI ROAD, COIMBATORE - 641032, TN
Telephone: 0091 422 2611966, 0091 9965518845
Fax Number: +91 422 2611966 (Tele-Fax)
E-Mail: kondaiahari@gmail.com
Web Site: www.indiamart.com/kondaia/
Contact: Mr. S. Balaji
Products Manufactured/Supplied:
Manufacturers of Elevator Guide Rails,
Machines and Cabins.
KRISHNA ENTERPRISES
16, BRIJWASI
INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, SONAWALA ROAD, OPP.
UDYOG BHAVAN, GOREGAON (EAST)
MUMBAI - 400 063
Telephone: +91 22 2686 0470 (Tele-Fax)
Fax Number: +91 22 2686 1962 (Tele-Fax)
E-Mail: info@krishnaentps.com
Web Site: www.krishnaentps.com
Contact: Mr. Brijesh C. Bhindora
Products Manufactured/Supplied: Push
Buttons, Car Operating Panels & Floor Operating
Panels Glass COP & HOP, ‘K’ Type & other type
Door Operator & Door Set (MS & SS), ‘O’ type
Door Operator & Door Set (MS&SS), LCD Display
for Elevator, RFID Smart Elevator Operating
Panel, Door Safety Sensor (TELCO), Fan Grills
and all other spares and accessories.
LARSEN & TOUBRO
Control & Automation
Division
A-600, TTC INDUSTRIAL AREA,
SHIL-MAHAPE ROAD
NAVI MUMBAI, MAHARASHTRA, 400710 INDIA
Telephone: 022-67226200
Toll-Free: 1800-233-5858 and 1800-200-5858
Fax Number: 022-27783032
E-Mail: cpcmtech@LNTEBG.com
Web Site: www.larsentoubro.com
Marketing Contact: Mr. Sanjeev Madhavan
madhavans@LNTEBG.com Ext:455
Engineering Contact: Mr. Pankaj Shah
shahpankaj@LNTEBG.com Ext:471
Sales Office(s): Mumbai (Tel: 022-67051191
Fax: 022-67051463); New Delhi (Tel: 011-41419523
Fax: 011-41419600); Chennai (Tel: 044-28462050
Fax: 044-28462102); Kolkatta (Tel: 033-22828418
Fax: 033-22827587); Baroda (Tel: 0265-6613618
Fax: 0265-2336184); Pune (Tel: 020-56033409
Fax: 020-26124910); Bangalore (Tel: 080-25020342
Fax: 080-25583613); Hyderabad (Tel: 040-66720319
Fax: 040-23242356)

Products Manufactured/Supplied: AC/ DC
Drives, Soft Starters, Servo Motion Control
Products, PLCs and HMI, Engineered Panels
LERCH BATES PVT. LTD.
2, AJANTA, 11TH FLOOR,
75, COLABA ROAD
MUMBAI - 400 005
Telephone: 0091 22 22153740
Fax Number: +91 22 2215 3726
E-Mail: pervin.dasgupta@in.lerchbates.com
Web Site: www.lerchbates.com
Contact: Ms. Pravin Das Gupta
Products Manufactured/Supplied: Global
Elevator Consulting Firm - New Construction
Design, Modernisation Evaluations, Maintenance
Audits & Condition Assessments, Client Oriented
Maintenance Contracts.
LIFT SYSTEMS INDIA
PVT. LTD.
1311, NAVJIVAN
COMMERCIAL BUILDING,
LAMINGTON ROAD
MUMBAI - 400 008
Telephone: 0091 22 23073073
Fax Number: +91 22 2308 0025
E-Mail: sales@liftsystems.co.in
Web Site: www.liftsystems.co.in
Contact: Mr. S.M. Hajela
Products Manufactured/Supplied: Hydraulics
Components for Lift - Power Unit, Piston, Car
Frame & Accessories for all types of lifts, Cabin
Door Drive, Landing Door Mechanism, Door Panels
& Frames required for Automatic Doors for Lifts.
LIFTING ITALIA S.R.L.
– VERTICO S.R.L.
VIA CADUTI DEL LAVORO 16-20
BOGOLESE SORBOLO, PR
43058 ITALY
Telephone: +39 0521 695311
Fax Number: +39 0521695381
E-Mail: info@liftingitalia.it
Web Site: www.verticogroup.it; www.liftingitalia.it
Marketing Contact: Mr. Angelo Vanelli
Engineering Contact: Mr. Gianpaolo Tonelli
Products Manufactured/Supplied: Passenger
lifts, either traction electric or hydraulic, including
MRL, with roping 1:1 or 2:1, cargo lifts, home lifts,
with reduced pit and lower headroom, car and car
frames for modernization, including scenic lifts
Company Statement: Lifting Italia is part of the
Vertico group of companies. Our management
has an experience of more than 25 years in the
lift business. Contact us for all your needs about
elevator products; we will help you to solve your
problems.
LM LIFTMATERIAL GMBH
GEWERBESTR. 1, LANDSHAM
D-85652 PLIENING
(NEAR MUNICH), GERMANY
Telephone: (49) 89-9099790
Fax Number: (49) 89-9043143
E-Mail: info@lm-liftmaterial.de
Web Site: www.lm-liftmaterial.de
Marketing Contact: Mr. Stephen Kretzschmar
Engineering Contact: Franz Watzke - Ext. 90997920
Sales Offices: LM LIFTMATERIAL GmbH,
Gewerbestr. 1, Landsham, D-85652 Pliening -
GERMANY, Sales Director,
Mr. Stephan Kretzchmar.
Products Manufactured/Supplied:
Machineroomless rope traction lifts with drive in
the shaft head and in the shaft pit, rope traction
lifts for drive locations on top, down at the side,
and on top at the side of the shaft, rope traction
lifts with integrated machine room, modular
hydraulic lifts with cantilevered car sling, hydraulic
lifts with cylinder under or beside the cabin, twin
piston or pulling piston drive system, panoramic
lifts, hospital lifts, special execution lifts, drive
system for rope traction and hydraulic lifts,
automatic doors, manual doors and folding doors,
cabins for passenger lifts, panoramic lifts and
goods-lifts, car frames, safety gears, overspeed
governors and buffers, ropes, rope pulleys and
accessories, guide rails, controllers and speed
regulations, photocells, safe screens, push button
units and electro-magnetic cams, sundries.
M.A.N Industries
5A/107, MITTAL ESTATE,
MAROL, SAKINAKA,
ANDHERI (E),
MUMBAI-400059, INDIA
Telephone: 022-42110100
Fax Number: 022-28500996
Mobile: +91-9821162247
E-Mail: sales@drivesautomation.com
Web Site: www.drivesautomation.com
Contact: Manoj Tekriwal
Products Manufactured/Supplied: Yaskawa AC
Drives, DC Drives, Servo Drives, Servo Motors,
Electric Motors, Geared Motors, Gear boxes,
PLC, UPS
MAGIL
CORPORATION
500 OAKWOOD ROAD
LAKE ZURICH, IL 60047 USA
Telephone: (847) 550-0530
Fax Number: (847) 550-0528
E-Mail: machines@magilcorp.com
Web Site: www.magilcorp.com
Marketing Contact: Joe Salzburg Ext: 115
Engineering Contact: Pete Giannis Ext: 108
Sales Office(s): Gilbert Voisin
Products Manufactured/Supplied: NEWS! Magil
Corporation introduces the NEW “Blue MAG”
machine for the MRL and Renovation market.
Magil Corporation is a leader and an Innovator
in the elevator industry. Products include
Synchronous Traction Gearless Machines,
VVVF, AC Motors, Encoders; Traction Gears,
Submersible Hydraulic Motors, HomeLift, Door
Locks (swing doors) and high strength Wire Rope
and Fixtures. Magil Corporation, is the most
comprehensive provider of Elevator/Lift systems
today. Magil offers product and engineering
solutions for low-rise, mid and high-rise buildings;
while providing expertise in rotating electrical
equipment; geared and gearless machines and
motors. Magil Corporation’s market is
international.
MARK ELEKTRIKS
PLOT. NO. 15, GULTEKDI,
INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, PUNE – 411 037
MAHARASHTRA, INDIA
Telephone: + 91-020-24268499,
+ 91-020-24275379
Tele/Fax Number: + 91-020-66016311
E-Mail: markelektriks@vsnl.net,
sales@markelektriks.com
Web Site: www.markelektriks.com
Marketing Contact: Mr. R.W. Purandare
Engineering Contact: Ms. Akshara Maladkar
Products Manufactured/Supplied: Gearless
motors (PMSM), Special purpose AC motors, DC
motors, Eddy current drives, Permanent magnet
synchronous motors, Energy efficient motors
MAROONE STAINLESS
M-30, STREET NO. 8, APIA,
NEW ROHTAK ROAD
NEW DELHI - 110 005
Telephone: 0091 9818144650
Fax Number: + 91 11 43507984
E-Mail: info@maroone.in
Web Site: www.maroone.in
Contact: Mr. Sanjeev
Products Manufactured/Supplied:
Stainless Steel Designer Sheets - N8 Mirror,
Hair Line & N4, Vib (Vibration), Titanium Coated,
Etched Sheet.
MARUTI ELEVATOR
C-1/24 G.I.D.C ESTATE
NARODA, AHMEDABAD
GUJARAT-INDIA 382330
Telephone: 0091-079-22821429
Fax Number: 0091-079-2821429
E-Mail: info@marutielevator.com
Web Site: www.marutielevator.com
Marketing Contact: Mr. Bipin Patel
Engineering Contact: Mr. Manoj Patel
Products Manufactured/Supplied: AC-1, AC-2
and V3f geared lift machines, Electric Motors,
Brakes, Safety Gears, Governors, Gate Locks,
Door Operator, Deflactor pulley, Main drive
Sheaves, Car & Counterweight frames, Guide
Shoes, Retiring Cam & Striker, Replacement Parts
for OTIS, Guide Rails, Cages, Brackets, Doors.
MATRIX ENGINEERING
DIAMOND I. E., ESTATE NO. 2,
UNIT NO. 3, KETKIPADA ROAD,
OFF WESTERN EXPRESS HIGHWAY NO. 8
DAHISAR (EAST),
MUMBAI – 400068, INDIA
Telephone: +91 22 2848 1603
Telefax: +91 22 2848 3220
E-Mail: esquire23363@gmail.com
Web Site: www.esquireelevatorparts.net
Contact: Mr. Jayesh Patel
Products Manufactured/Supplied: Elevator
Automatic Door Systems Imported From Turkey.
MATTEX
5079, BHANDUP INDL. ESTATE
L.B.S. MARG, BHANDUP (WEST),
MUMBAI 400078
Telephone: 02232972130
Mobile: 9322292675
E-Mail: mattex@vsnl.net, anto@mattexpower.com
Web Site: www.mattexpower.com
Products Manufactured/Supplied: Mattex
manufactures a full range of elevator passenger
safety and information products to the Indian
market. Our products are LED dotmatrix displays,
LCD graphic, segment and dotmatrix displays with
any communication types like parallel, serial and
can. We also manufacture emergency light and
LED lights for lift cabin.
MAYR ANTRIEBTECHNIK
EICHENSTRASSE 1
D-MAUERSTETTEN, GERMANY D-87665
Telephone: (49) 8341-8040
Fax Number: (49) 8341-804421
E-Mail: info@mayr.de
Web Site: www.mayr.de
Marketing Contact: Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Hans Eberle
Engineering Contact: M. SC. Dipl.-Ing. (FH)
Bernd Merk
Sales Offices: USA (201) 445-7210,
France 03/21729191, Italy 049-8791020,
UK 01535/663900, Switzerland 052/6740870,
Singapore 0065/65601230,
China 0086/51258917562
Products Manufactured/Supplied: Safety
brakes for passenger lifts, hoists, goods elevators,
escalators as well as shaft couplings and torque
limiters.
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MESSUNG SYSTEMS
PVT. LTD.
EMERALD HOUSE,
EL-3, J BLOCK
MIDC, BHOSARI, PUNE - 411 026, INDIA
Telephone: +91 20 2710 2000
Fax Number: +91 20 2710 2100
E-Mail: marketing@mspl.messung.com
Web Site: www.messung.com
Contact: Mr. K.T. Chougule
Products Manufactured/Supplied: V3F Drives,
Programmable Logic Controller, Remote I/O
Systems, HMI
MONTANARI GIULIO & C. SRL
VIA BULGARIA 39
41100 MODENA, ITALY
Telephone: (39) 059-453611
Fax Number: (39) 059-315890
E-Mail: montanari@montanari-giulio.com
Web Site: www.montanari-giulio.com
Marketing Contact: Alessandra Bezzi
Engineering Contact: Mr. Stefano Bertoni
Sales Offices: Mr. Marcello Bellei
Products Manufactured/Supplied: Lift Gears
for Goods and Passengers, Gearless, Safety
Devices (Speed Governors & Tension Devices,
Instantaneous and Progressive Safety Gears,
One way and Bi-Directional), Mechanical lift
accessories, Frequency controllers
MONTEFERRO
S.P.A.
VIA COMO, 11
21020 MONVALLE (VARESE)
Telephone: +39 0332 798879
Fax Number: +39 0332 971016
E-Mail: customer.service@monteferro.it
Web Site: www.monteferro.it
India Contact: Mr Kumar
Mobile Number: +919739982517
Marketing Contact: Mr Kumar
(kumar@monteferro.it); Mr Marco Bodio
(marco.bodio@monteferro.it)
Products Manufactured/Supplied: Standard
elevator guide rails for application below two
metres per second and for average load capacity;
high-speed elevator guide rails for usage in high
load, high frequency, high speed and special
applications; matched high speed elevator guide
rails that Monteferro have a set standard for the
highest speed elevator market segment; Fish
plates - standard, double thick, T-plates, minimum
clearance seismic; Clips - sliding clips, forged
clips, sliding clamp, T-clips; Accessories - clip kits,
anchor bolt kits, shim kits.
ORIENT WIRE ROPES
30-B, INDUSTRIAL AREA,
SANWER ROAD
INDORE, MADHYAPRADESH
452 015, INDIA
Telephone: 0091 731 2721912, 2720456
Fax Number: 0091 731 2721364
E-Mail: (A) mail@orientwireropes.com
(B) orientwireropes@dataone.in
Web Site: www.orientwireropes.com
Marketing Contact: 09406853459
Engineering Contact: 09826047187
Sales Office(s): 0091 731 2721912
Products Manufactured/Supplied:
1) Steel Wire Ropes 2) Steel Wire Rope's Sling
OTIS ELEVATOR
COMPANY
[INDIA] LIMITED
HEAD OFFICE AND WESTERN
REGION MUMBAI OPERATIONS
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9TH FLOOR, MAGNUS TOWERS, MINDSPACE,
LINK ROAD, MALAD [WEST]
MUMBAI 400 064
Telephone: [022] 2844 9700 / 66795151
Fax Number: [022] 2844 9791 / 9793
E-Mail: response@otis.com
Web Site: www.otis.com
Sales Office(s): Eastern Region: [033] 2288 2220 /
9724, Fax: [033] 2288 4270; Northern Region:
[011] 4606 9000 / 4606 9100, Fax: [011] 460
69111; Southern Region: [080] 4031 4500,
Fax: [011] 2211 1191; Western Region
Area Operations: [020] 2539 9034-40,
Fax: [020] 2539 9033
Products Manufactured/Supplied: Design,
manufacture and installation of a complete range
Elevators, Escalators and Trav-o-lators.
Maintenance service and Modernization of
Elevators, Escalators and Trav-o-lators.
PEELLE
195 SANDALWOOD PKWY W.,
BRAMPTON, ONTARIO, CANADA, L7A 1J6
Telephone: 905-846-4545
Fax Number: 905-846-2161
E-Mail: exportsales@peelledoor.com
Web Site: www.peelledoor.com
Sales Contact: Jose Vilchez
Engineering Contact: Frank Leo
Sales Offices: United States (800) 645-1056;
International (800)787-5020
Products Manufactured/Supplied: Bi-parting
and Slide-up Freight Elevator Hoistway Doors,
Car Door (Gates), Motorized and manual,
Freight Elevator Car (Cab) Enclosures, Channel
Iron Entrance Frame/Sill assemblies, Wiring
Materials and World Wide Installation. Materials
to Motorize and/or Modernize the Existing Freight
Elevator equipment of any manufacturer. Center
opening doors specifically designed for freight
elevator applications.
PEPPERL + FUCHS
(INDIA) PVT. LTD
B, PLOT NO. 10, 3RD MAIN, 1ST STAGE,
PEENYA INDL. ESTATE BANGALORE - 560 058
Telephone: 0091 80 28378030, 28395585
Fax Number: +91 80 2837 8031
E-Mail: fa-info@in-pepperl-fuchs.com
Web Site: www.pepperl-fuchs.com
Contact: Ms. Deepika Arora
Products Manufactured/Supplied: Inductive
Sensor, Photoelectric Sensors, Capacitive and
Magnetic Sensors, Ultrasonic Sensor, Positioners,
Distance Measurement Units, Data Transmission
Light Beam System, Vision Sensor and Solutions,
Sensor for Door, Gates and Elevators, Safety
Sensor and Control Units, Incremental and Absolute
Rotary Encoders, Position Encoding System - WCS,
Identification System: RFID, BAR CODE, DATAMATRIX,
AS - Interface Solution, Counters, Tachometers,
Speed Monitor, Converter, Displays.
PHYSICAL MEASUREMENT
TECHNOLOGIES
BOX 400, 4 LING STREET
MARLBOROUGH, NEW HAMPSHIRE 03455 USA
Telephone: (603) 876-9990
Fax Number: (603) 876-9995
E-Mail: lorsbachgp@monad.net
Web Site: www.pmtvib.com
Marketing Contact: Gregory P. Lorsbach
Engineering Contact: Gregory P. Lorsbach
Sales Offices: Jude M. Wright,
wrightjm@pmtvib.com
Products Manufactured/Supplied: EVA-625
Elevator & Escalator Vibration Analysis System;
EVA Vibration Analysis Tools Software;
IMD-1 Escalator Step/Skirt Performance Index
Measurement Device; MMC-1 Multi-Measurement
Data Collector; ETCH01 Tachometer Module.
PREMIUM ENERGY
TRANSMISSION LTD.
PB 5, MUMBAI -
PUNE ROAD, CHINCHWAD, PUNE - 411019,
INDIA
Telephone: +91 20 66314112
Fax Number: +91 20 27450287
E-Mail: rao.s.n@petltd.com
Web Site: www.premiumtransmission.com
Contact: Mr. S.N. Rao
Products Manufactured/Supplied:
Manufacturers of complete assembly of elevator
machine, elevator gear box/geared motor for lift
door opening/escalator/luggage conveyor, etc.
PRISMA DSA INDUSTRIES
(INDIA) PVT. LTD.
A-20, CROSS ROAD “B”, MIDC,
ANDHERI EAST
MUMBAI 400 093
Telephone: +91 22 67429700 / 701
Fax Number: +91 22 29209159
E-Mail: info@prismadsa.com,
marketing@prismadsa.com,
sales@prismadsa.com
Web Site: www.prismadsa.com
Contact: Mr. Ashok Subhedar
Products Manufactured/Supplied: Elevator
Controllers and allied products, Fabrication
Services - CNC Fabrication, Water Jet Cutting
Systems & Services.
RASSEGNE SPA - LIFT
VIA VARESINA 76
MILANO, 20156 - ITALY
Fax Number: +39 02 48550479
Telephone: +39 02485501
E-Mail: lift@fieramilano.it
Web Site: www.liftitalia.com/ita.html
Marketing Contact/Sales: Costantino Cutroneo,
EXT +39 048550324
Products Manufactured/Supplied: International
Exhibition of elevators, components, accessories,
trade publications and services
M/s REVATHI ENTERPRISES
F 104, MADHUBAN, NEAR MTNL
BLDG AND DAHISAR TOLL POST. WESTERN
EXPRESS HIGHWAY, DAHISAR (EAST),
MUMBAI 400068, INDIA
Telephone: +91 22 28972184, 3184
Fax Number: +91 22 28978643
E-Mail: hctawde@gmail.com; hct@revathi.com
Web Site: www.revathienterprises.com
Contact: Hemant Tawde
Products Manufactured/Supplied: Elevators
Cars, Doors, Frames and Precision Fabricated
Assembies using CNC laser technology.
SAVERA INDIA RIDING
SYSTEMS CO. PVT. LTD.
PLOT NO. D-22, TALOJA, MIDC INDUSTRIAL
AREA, TALOJA -410208, DISTRICT RAIGAD
MAHARASHTRA, INDIA
Telephone: 0091 22 27402300/01
Fax Number: +91 22 2740 2302
E-Mail: a.pawar@saveraindia.com
Web Site: www.saveragroup.com
Contact: Mr. Ajay Pawar
Products Manufactured/Supplied: “Super”
Guiderails that can be used in lifts with speeds
between 0 - 1.6 m/sec. machined.

SCHAEFER GMBH
WINTERLINGER STR. 4
72488 SIGMARINGEN GERMANY
Telephone: (49) 7571-722-22
Fax Number: (49) 7571-722-99
E-Mail: info@ws-schaefer.de
Web Site: www.ws-schaefer.de
Marketing Contact: Mr. Michael Gubisch,
Managing Director
Engineering Contact: Mr. Michael Gubisch,
Managing Director
Sales Offices: Mrs. Ilona Hanke
Products Manufactured/Supplied: Push Buttons
and/or Push Button Stations; Signal Fixtures;
Voice Synthesizers; Intercom Systems; Access
Control Systems; Lift Info Systems
SCHMERSAL
INDIA PVT. LTD.
7TH FLOOR, VATIKA TRIANGLE
BLOCK A, SUSHANT LOK PHASE 1
MEHRAULI - GURGAON ROAD
GURGAON - 122002, INDIA
Telephone: +91 124 4342300
Fax Number: +91 124 4342333
E-Mail: info-in@schmersal.com
Web Site: www.schmersal.in
Contact: A.S. Senthil Kumar
Products Manufactured/Supplied: Door
Contacts with Positive Breaks, Magnetic Reed
Switches, Door Locks, Position Switches, Floor
Switches, Position Systems.
SEMATIC ITALIA S.P.A.
VIA ZAPPA COMM.FRANCESCO, 5
OSIO, SOTTO (BERGAMO)
24046 ITALY
Telephone: +39-035-4815100
Fax Number: +39-035-4815199
E-Mail: infosem@sematic.com
Web Site: www.sematic.com
Marketing Contact: Dr. Ing. Marcello Personeni
Engineering Contact: Dr. Ing. Roberto Zappa
Sales Office(s): sales@sematic.com
Products Manufactured/Supplied: Automatic
entrances for elevators. Operators, full glass
entrances, framed glass entrances specifically
designed for panoramic installations, round doors
are also available. Last Product Lines developed:
entrances for modernization and for inclined
elevators. Entrances are fire rated, vandal
resistant, for marine application, for saline or dusty
atmospheres or exposed to adverse weather
conditions with high humidity and falling water.
SETTIMA
MECCANICA
VIA BERLINGUER 1
SETTIMA (PC) 29020 ITALIA
Telephone: +390523 557623
Fax Number: +390523 557256
E-Mail: info@settima.it
Web Site: www.settima.it
Marketing Contact: Ferraresi Simone
Engineering Contact: Cagnani Pierpaolo
Sales Office(s): Ferraresi Simone
Products Manufactured/Supplied: Screw pumps
SHANGHAI BST
ELECTRIC CO., LTD
DA-MAIWAN INDUSTRIAL
ZONE,HANGTOU,NANHUI,
SHANGHAI,CHINA
SHANGHAI 201316 CHINA
Telephone: 86-21-58222286
Fax Number: 86-21-58221353
E-Mail: export@shbst.com
Web Site: www.shbst.com
Marketing Contact: Ms. Shelley Zhou
Engineering Contact: Ms. Xiaodi Zhu
Sales Office(s): International Business Dept.
Products Manufactured/Supplied: Shanghai
BST has the multi-processing capability for
electrical, mechanical, electronical, plastic, cable
products. BST is specialized in manufacturing of
elevator and escalator electrical components,
which includes: Car operation panel, Landing
fixtures, Push button, PCBA, Hoistway fixtures,
Control system, Cable, Cable harness etc.
SHARP ENGINEERS
552’A’ ROAD,
CROSS ROAD 12, GIDC,
KATHWADA
AHMEDABAD, INDIA
Telephone: 0091 79 22901711
Fax Number: +91 79 22901716
E-Mail: info@sharpengineers.com
Web Site: www.sharpengineers.com
Contact: Mr. Mitul Patel
Products Manufactured/Supplied:
Elevator Machines & Spares.
SHREE RAMDEV
STEELS PVT. LTD.
REGISTERED OFFICE
E-2/9, BHARAT NAGAR, GRANT ROAD
MUMBAI - 400 007, INDIA
Telephone: +91-22-2307 9214/6639 4734
Fax Number: +91-22-2241 2758
E-Mail: abishek@ramdev.org
Web Site: www.shreeramdevmetalmart.com
Contact: Mr. Abishek Purohit
Sales Office: 85/87, C. P. Tank Road,
Mumbai-400 004
Telephone: +91-22-6659 5062/ 6639 3595
Products Manufactured/Supplied: We take the
pleasure to introduce ourselves as one the largest
Manufacturer of No. 4 & No. 8 Finish Stainless
Steel Sheets.
SKYLINE
INDIARECRUIT.COM
PVT. LTD.
44, DECCAN COURT,
259-SV ROAD, BANDRA WEST
MUMBAI, MAHARASHTRA 400050 INDIA
Telephone: (+91 22) 2655 8076
Fax Number: (+91 22) 2651 4750
E-Mail: elevators@indiarecruit.com
Web Site: www.elevator-jobs.com
Products Manufactured/Supplied:
Recruitment of Elevator Trained Personnel
TAK CONSULTING
PVT. LTD.
303, GALLERIA,
HIRANANDANI GARDENS, POWAI
MUMBAI - 400 076
Telephone: +91 22 2570 7498 / 3263 8551
Fax Number: +91 22 2570 7499
E-Mail: tak.mathews@takconsulting.net
Web Site: www.takconsulting.net
Contact: Mr. Tak Mathews
Products Manufactured/Supplied: Design,
Project, Service, Modernization & Traffic Analysis
Consultants for Elevators, Escalators and
Moving Walks.
TL JONES INDIA PVT LTD
202 HYDE PARK
SAKI VIHAR ROAD, ANDHERI-EAST
MUMBAI 400 072 INDIA
Telephone: +91 22 4215 0700/01/02/03
Fax Number: +91 22 4200 0789
E-Mail: info@tljones.com
Web Site: www.tljones.com
Marketing Contact: Dinesh Musalekar,
Tel +91 22 6526 0345 / 6
Engineering Contact: Rajesh Dharne,
Tel +91 22 6526 0345 / 6
Sales Office(s): Mumbai (Tel: +91 22 6526 0345 / 6);
New Delhi (Tel: +91 1 2553 7775);
Chennai (Tel: +91 44 4308 1447)
Also: Singapore, Christchurch, Shanghai,
Guangzhou, Beijing, Chongqing, Dubai, Tokyo,
London, New York.
Products Manufactured/Supplied: TL Jones
India supplies a full range of elevator passenger
safety and information products to the Indian
market. This includes world leading infrared door
safety edge brands Microscan and
Panachrome, plus E-Motive brand elevator
multimedia & TFT displays, emergency
communications systems, annunciators, gongs,
LED lights, photo sensor switches, lift monitoring
systems and various accessory products.
TECHNÍSCHE AKADEMÍE
HEÍLBRONN E.V
THE TECHNÍCAL ACADEMY
OF HEÍLBRONN E. V.
MAX-PLANCK-STRAßE 39
74081 HEÍLBRONN, GERMANY
Telephone: +49 (0) 7131 / 56 80 63
Fax Number: +49 (0) 7131 / 56 80 65
Web Site: www.hs-heilbronn.de/TAH/EnglishTAH
E-Mail: tah@hs-heilbronn.de
Contact: Prof. Dr. G. Clauß
Products Manufactured/Supplied: TAH offers a
broad and permanently updated spectrum of
specialized training, seminars and conferences of
varied duration focused on technology areas and
business management. Due to the ongoing
globalization, a variety of courses have been
introduced to include the specific needs in
language and correspondence in an international
environment.
TECNO DOORS PVT. LTD.
PLOT NO. L-1
SIPCOT IND. PARK SRIPERUMBUDUR
MAMBAKKAM & PONDUR ‘A’ VILLAGE
SRIPERUMBUDUR TALUK,
KANCHEEPURAM DIST. 602106
TAMIL NADU, INDIA
Telephone: +91 (0) 44 2716 8013
Fax Number: +91 (0) 44 2716 8012
E-Mail: commercial.in@fermator.com
Web Site: www.fermator.com
Marketing Contact: Krishnan Ramanarayan
Products Manufactured/Supplied: Automatic
Doors for Passenger and Goods Lifts
UT LIMITED
14, PRINCEP STREET
KOLKATA – 700 072
E-Mail: mails@utlift.in
VIRGO
COMMUNICATIONS
& EXHIBITIONS
PVT. LTD.
#132, 1ST FLOOR, 5TH CROSS,
CAMBRIDGE LAYOUT
BANGALORE - 560 008, INDIA
Telephone: +91 80 2556 7028/29, 4149 3996/97
Tele-Fax Number: +91 80 2556 7028/29
E-Mail: info@virgo-comm.com,
anitha@virgo-comm.com,
raghu@virgo-comm.com,
thomas@virgo-comm.com
Web Site: www.virgo-comm.com,
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Sales Office(s): Mr. Thomas T. Abraham
Products Manufactured/Supplied: Organizers of
India's mega exhibition and seminar on Elevator &
Escalator technology - International Elevator &
Escalator Expo (IEE Expo). Other exhibitions
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Products Manufactured/Supplied: Publishers of
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WITTUR
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WIEDENZHAUSEN, GERMANY 85259
Web Site: www.wittur.com
Marketing Contact: see website
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Products Manufactured/Supplied: see website
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WURTEC, INCORPORATED
6200 BRENT DRIVE
TOLEDO, OHIO 43611
Telephone: (419) 726-1066
Toll-Free: 1-800-837-1066
Telephone: (419) 729-5764
E-Mail: sales@wurtec.com
Web Site: www.wurtec.com
Marketing Contact: Julie Kreienkamp
Engineering Contact: Steven Wurth
Products Manufactured/Supplied: Guide Rail
Install/Align Tools; False Cars; Roping and
Hoisting Equipment; ADA Phone Systems;
Oil Filtering Systems; Safety and Electrical
Equipment; Power & Hand Tools; Test &
Measuring Equipment; Material Handling
& General Purpose Tools; Hydraulic Tools;
Elevator Components
Advertisers Index
AFAG Messen und
Ausstellungen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Bharat Bijlee Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Blain Hydraulics Gmbh . . . . . . . . . . 65
Canny Group Co., Ltd . . . . . . . . . . 33
Chr. Mayr GmbH + Co. KG. . . . . . . 19
Concord Elevator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
EEST - Elevator &
Escalator Safety Trust . . . . . . . . . 46
Elecon Engineering Co Ltd . . . . . . 27
Elevator World . . . . . . . . . . 4, 6, 68, 96,
Cover 3
Esquire Engineering Co. . . . . . . . . . 23
ETA Melco Mitsubishi. . . . . . . . . . . . 57
EXCELLA Electronics . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Expert Equipments Pvt. Ltd. . . . . . . 64
Formula Systems Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Fuji Electric India Private Ltd.. . . . . 75
Gefran India Pvt. Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Hitachi Lift India Pvt. Ltd. . . . . . . . . 43
Hydro-Pneumatic Teckniks . . . . . . . 74
Jeltron Systems (India) Pvt. Ltd. . . . 45
Johnson Lifts Private Limited . . . . . . 5
Kamal Enterprises
(Maxton Group) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Kinetek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Lenzi Elevators India Pvt Ltd. . . . . . 59
Lift Systems (India) Pvt. Ltd . . . . . . . 79
M.A.N Industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Mark Elektriks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Matrix Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Monteferro SPA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Orient Wire Ropes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Otis Elevator Co. (I) Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . 7
Physical Measurement
Technologies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Sematic Italia S.P.A. . . . . . . . . Cover 4
Shanghai BST Electric Co., Ltd. . . . 41
Shree Ramdev Steels Pvt. Ltd. . . . . 11
Skyline Indiarecruit.com Pvt Ltd . . 63
Suzhou International
Expo Center Co., Ltd . . . . . . . . . 55
Tak Consulting Private Limited. . . . 83
Tecnolama S.A. . . . . . . . . . . . Cover 2
The Peelle Company Ltd. . . . . . . . 61
Vertico, srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Virgo Communications
& Exhibitions Pvt. Ltd. . . . . . . . . . 28
Wittur S.p.A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

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