The Comeback of the Hydraulic Lift
by Luc Rivet (Secretary general ELCA – European lift component association) Once upon a time, in the 1980s, roughly until the end of the last century, hydraulic lifts represented the largest segment of lifts installed in Europe. The reason was simple: hydraulic lifts are sturdy, simple, silent; their maintenance is easy and cheap, a non-professional […]
Long Live the Hydraulic Lift!
By Angelo Martini, President of GMV S.p.A. Pero – Milano, Italia / Milan, Italy I can say I have spent all my life on this matter. I feel a sort of prophet of the hydraulic lift in Europe. There are some 1,200,000 hydraulic lifts installed in the old continent: our sales statistic show that more […]
Abstracts
Test Unit Design for Hydraulic Elevator Valves Dr Ferhat Celyk, Blain Hydraulic GmbH, 74078-Heilbronn, Germany. Ersan Barlas, Barlas Consultancy, Istanbul, Turkey Dr. C. Erdem Imrak, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey. Hydraulic elevators are suitable for low-rise passenger and good elevators. Hydraulic elevators have their inherent advantages, such as low maintenance cost, flexibility […]