UID:
almafu_9959327088002883
Format:
1 online resource (xiv, 610 pages) :
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illustrations
Edition:
4th ed.
ISBN:
9780470949818
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0470949813
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9780470919712
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047091971X
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9780470919736
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0470919736
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9781613448755
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1613448759
Content:
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 qua.
Note:
Frontmatter -- The Essentials of Elevatoring -- The Basis of Elevatoring a Building -- Passenger Traffic Requirements -- Incoming Traffic -- Two-Way Traffic -- Outgoing Traffic -- Elevator Operation and Control / Jon B Halpern -- Space and Physical Requirements / Robert S Caporale -- Escalators and Moving Walks -- Elevatoring Commercial Buildings -- Elevatoring Residential Buildings -- Elevatoring Institutional Buildings -- Service and Freight Elevators / Henry E Peelle, Al Saxer -- Nonconventional Elevators, Special Applications, and Environmental Considerations / George W Gibson -- Automated Materials-Handling Systems / Wayne A Gilchrist -- Codes and Standards / Edward A Donoghue -- Elevator Specifying and Contracting / Joseph Montesano -- Economics, Maintenance, and Modernization / Nicholas J Montesano -- Traffic Studies and Performance Evaluation Using Simulation / Richard Peters -- The Changing Modes of Horizontal and Vertical Transportation / William C Sturgeon, Jim Fortune -- Appendix: Literature on Elevators and Escalators -- Index of Tables and Charts -- Index of Examples -- Subject Index.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Vertical transportation handbook. Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, ©2010 ISBN 9780470404133
Language:
English
Keywords:
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Electronic books.
DOI:
10.1002/9780470949818
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470949818
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470949818
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470949818
