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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808520503321

Titolo

The vertical transportation handbook / / George R. Strakosch and Robert Caporale, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY, : John Wiley & Sons, c2010

ISBN

0-470-91973-6

1-282-81710-8

9786612817106

0-470-94981-3

0-470-91971-X

Edizione

[4th ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (626 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

StrakoschGeorge R

CaporaleBob

Disciplina

621.8/77

Soggetti

Elevators

Escalators

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

THE VERTICAL TRANSPORTATION HANDBOOK; CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contributors; 1 The Essentials of Elevatoring; 2 The Basis of Elevatoring a Building; 3 Passenger Traffic Requirements; 4 IncomingTraffic; 5 Two-Way Traffic; 6 Outgoing Traffic; 7 Elevator Operation and Control; 8 Space and Physical Requirements; 9 Escalators and Moving Walks; 10 Elevatoring Commercial Buildings; 11 Elevatoring Residential Buildings; 12 Elevatoring Institutional Buildings; 13 Service and Freight Elevators; 14 Nonconventional Elevators, Special Applications, and Environmental Considerations

15 Automated Materials-Handling Systems16 Codes and Standards; 17 Elevator Specifying and Contracting; 18 Economics, Maintenance, and Modernization; 19 Traffic Studies and Performance Evaluation Using Simulation; 20 The Changing Modes of Horizontal and Vertical Transportation; Appendix: Literature on Elevators and Escalators; Index of Tables and Charts; Index of Examples; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

This new edition of a one-of-a-kind handbook provides an essential updating to keep the book current with technology and practice.  New



coverage of topics such as machine-room-less systems and current operation and control procedures, ensures that this revision maintains its standing as the premier general reference on vertical transportation.  A team of new contributors has been assembled to shepherd the book into this new edition and provide the expertise to keep it up to date in future editions.  A new copublishing partnership with Elevator World Magazine ensures that the quality of the rev