European Lift Congress Heilbronn 2010

The Technical Academy of Heilbronn e.V. has hosted the European Lift Congress Heilbronn since 2005. It is held every two years alternating with the interlift and has become established as a discussion platform of European lift industry. Members of the various European organizations and expert panels come together to explain the latest European regulations, and representatives of renowned companies unveil their technical innovations. The congress comes along with a trade exhibition.

The next European Lift Congress Heilbronn will be staged on October 19 and 20, 2010. As in past years, the event’s patrons will be the European Lift Association ELA, the German Manufacturers’ Associations VDMA and VFA, and the Association of Technical Inspectorate Agencies VdTÜV.The congress will be focusing on new aspects of the technical regulatory framework, the sustainability of lifts in the light of environmental aspects and suitability for the disabled and on innovations driven by these developments.

The most significant upcoming changes to the European regulatory framework over coming years will be the amendment to the Lift Directive 95/15/EC and the fundamental revision of EN 81-1/2. Speakers from both the responsible agencies will be attending the congress to report at first hand on the anticipated changes.The environmental issue in particular will give rise to further significant changes and adjustments in the field of lift technology. User expectations are also responsible for placing ever more stringent demands on the performance, availability and safety of lifts which can only be satisfied by innovative new products. Expert speakers will be presenting a number of interesting and ground-breaking examples of this type of innovative development.

The European Lift Congress 2010 will once again be held in Heilbronn. The friendly, welcoming ambience of the city and its appealing surroundings amid sloping vineyards have been very positively received by congress-goers in past years. Once again in 2010, the Technical Academy of Heilbronn will be hosting an attractive evening program

which will afford participants further opportunity to exchange opinions and to become better acquainted with the Heilbronn region.

Booking has now opened for advance registration to attend the conference or to exhibit one's innovations on www.hs-heilbronn.de/tah orat interlift, hall 2 - 215.

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4. European Lift Congress Heilbronn Safety – Sustainability – Technical Innovations

Concept and ChairmanDr.-Ing. Gerhard Schiffner

The “European Lift Congress in Heilbronn” will be taking place this year on October 19 and 20, 2010. Preparations are largely completed for this, the fourth event of its kind, making it possible to provide advance information about the planned program and the subjects of the speeches. The Heilbronn Technical Academy and all the people involved in organizing the Congress are glad to offer participants once again a highly attractive program with top-class speakers. Thanks to the “moral support” of the European Lift Association ELA, the two German manufacturers’ associations VDMA and VFA and the Federation of German TÜVs VdTÜV, the Congress again promises to be a rousing success.

As in years past Professor Georg Clauss (Executive Director at the Heilbronn Technical Academy) and Luc Rivet (General Secretary of the European Lift Association ELA) will welcome participants at the beginning of the event. The formal opening of the Congress and an introduction to the technical subjects will be handled by Dr. Gerhard Schiffner (ThyssenKrupp Aufzugswerke, Germany). Once again in this year he drafted the concept for the Congress and assumed responsibility for the professional aspects. This year’s Congress will devote attention to the subjects of lift regulations, environment, accessibility, safety and technology/ innovations.

As regards regulations governing lifts, Beata Pich of the European Commission will supply information on new developments for the EU directives governing

lifts. The introduction of the new Machinery Directive at the end of 2009 and its practical effects on the lift industry along with – and in particular – the up-coming revision of the Lifts Directive will make up the bulk of this report. Ian Jones of Otis (UK), who chairs the working group, will report first-hand on the ongoing revision of EN 81, Parts 1 and 2. At the middle of this year most suggestions for changes will have been reconciled in the responsible boards. The first drafts of the new EN 81-20 and EN 81-50 standards might well be available.

In the section on the environment, Professor Anibal T. de Almeida of the University of Coimbra (Portugal) and Esfandiar Gharibaan of KONE Inter-national (Belgium) will present the results of the E4 Project (Energy Efficiency of Elevators and Esca-lators). They will explain the potential consequences for regulations specific to certain products and the impact on the elevator industry. Installing ventilation systems with controls optimized for matching momentary needs – the intention being to reduce energy losses associated with ventilating the hoistway and machinery room – will be the subject of a report by Guy Stamet of the Haus vun der Energie (Luxembourg). In addition to describing the technical solutions available, the report will devote special attention to questions of safety, health and hygiene in energy-efficient buildings.

In the framework of environment protection management as per ISO 14000, commercial firms are required to carry out a holistic analysis covering

Check in from 8.00 am – Start 9.00 am

European Directives for Lifts

Energy-Efficiency of Elevators and Escalators

Adjustable compensation of Car Load

Life Cycle Assessment acc. to ISO 14044

Secure Ventilation of Wells and Machine Rooms in Low Energy Buildings

To a higher Level – Industrial Design Enhancing Innovation in Elevator Industry

Evening Function

Accompanying Exhibit

Start 9.00 am

New Safety Components against unintended Movements at Landings with open Doors

Fundamental Revision of EN 81-1/2

Lift or Machine – Safety Considerations

Advanced Technology in Lift Control Systems

Efficient and safe Emergency Stopping

How safe are Safety Spaces?

Challenges in Remote Alarm Systems

Accessible Europe for All – A Reality in 2010?

End 4.00 pm approx.

October 19, 2010 October 20, 2010

a lift’s entire life cycle. It is to cover all the phases, from making up the raw materials, processing and machining those materials, transportation, installation, operation, maintenance and moder-nization – and continuing through to include removal and disposal. Mr. Peter Betz of PE International (Germany) will use a practical example to show how to conduct an evaluation of a lift’s ecological footprint. On the subject of accessibility, the question to be answered is whether the goal of a barrier-free Europe, with 2010 being set by the European Union as the completion target, has already become reality. Monika Klenovec (architect and expert on accessi-bility questions in Austria) will touch upon the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and will delve into both the legal and technical questions associated with the imple-mentation of that convention.

Speaking on the subject of safety, Holger Zerelles of ThyssenKrupp Aufzugswerke (Germany) will be looking at how safe safety spaces really are. There are pros and cons for both permanent and temporary safety spaces. Differing safety levels can result, depending on the technical design selected. Luciano Faletto of S.A.L.A. Consulting (Italy) will analyze the safety aspects of lifts engineered as per the Lifts Directive or as per the Machinery Directive. Even though both directives are supposed to result in identical safety levels, interpretations and conclusions nonetheless differ in practice.

Turning to the topics of technology and innovation, Florian Leutner of the Wittur company (Austria) will be introducing new safety devices intended to prevent unintended car movement when the doors are open, at the landing. Such safety devices have to be present in all new lifts as of mid-2011, as is prescribed by Amendment A3 to EN 81-1/2. Gerhard Thumm of ThyssenKrupp Elevator (CENE)(Germany) will explain how advanced technologies are adopted in lift control systems. This has resulted in a new generation of elevator controls, one that opens up new vectors in regard to functionality and safety.

In response to new regulations and technologies, some innovations in remote alarm systems are expected to appear in coming years. Lars Odlen of Safeline Europe (Belgium) will indicate how these challenges can be realized in remote alarm systems. Dr. Christian Studer of Schindler Elevator (Switzer-land) is to explain a highly efficient system for traction drives in which the power for moving the counterweight is coordinated with the power for moving the car – matched to the momentary loading status. Thanks to a variable speed transmission concept, the counterweight can be used to store energy.

Dr. Paula Bello will show how lift technology can be raised to a higher level. The approach here is to employ developments and the development methods used in other industry as the foundation for innovations in the lifts industry. Case studies are used to further explain the method. Takaharu Ueda of Mitsubishi Electric Europe (Netherlands) will inform listeners about how emergency stopping in lifts can be made more efficient and even safer, as well. The idea here is – using a regulated braking system – to keep the ropes from slipping on the drive sheave. Such slippage can seriously reduce the capacity for transferring loading, particularly at higher speeds.

As was the case at past events, all the speeches at the Congress will be delivered in English, with simultaneous translation into German. The Congress addresses lift owners and operators, authorities, manufacturers, planning engineers, testing and inspection organizations and all other interested parties who deal with lifts and the rules and regulations applicable to them. The accompanying exhibit will offer participants an opportunity to obtain information on innovative lift components and systems. And finally the contacts made in the breaks, and the discussions held then and in the evening’s event, will make it possible to settle any points that might have remained unclear.

Information on the Congress:www.hs-heilbronn.de/TAH

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