The Vertical Transportation Handbook - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0470404132 ISBN 13: 9780470404133

Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2010

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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 REVISION IS KEPT AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL, ENABLED BY ELEVATOR WORLD'S EDITOR, BOB CAPORALE, JOINING GEORGE STRAKOSCH AS CO–EDITOR.

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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 revision is kept at the highest level, enabled by Elevator World's Editor, Bob Caporale, joining George Strakosch as co-editor.

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The bible of elevator and escalator system design for more thanfour decades—now completely revised and updated

Over the past forty years, profound changes in technology,building codes, and the demands of the marketplace have transformedthe vertical transportation industry. The Vertical TransportationHandbook, Fourth Edition incorporates all of these changes andinnovations as it surveys the entire range of verticaltransportation (VT) mechanisms—from elevators and wheelchairplatforms to escalators and moving walks.

Emphasizing modernization of existing systems, The VerticalTransportation Handbook, Fourth Edition enables the layperson tounderstand how specific elevators and escalators are applied,installed, operated, regulated, specified, and maintained. Newcoverage of topics such as machine room–less systems andcurrent operation and control procedures ensures that this revisionmaintains its standing as the premier general reference on VT.?

Other outstanding features of this new edition include:

• A complete overview of all aspects of vertical transportation,including unconventional applications and the latest trends

• A nontechnical introduction to elevatoring principles

• Expanded coverage of international practices and procedures

• Samples of actual maintenance contracts

• Current safety requirements for escalators and elevators duringfires, earthquakes, and other emergencies

The most comprehensive publication of its kind, The VerticalTransportation Handbook, Fourth Edition is an indispensable toolfor architects, contractors, and real estate professionals who mustassess the best and most efficient mechanisms for moving people andfreight in buildings of any type.

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• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0470404132
• ISBN 13: 9780470404133
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 4
• Anzahl der Seiten: 624
• Herausgeber: Strakosch George R., Caporale Robert S.