Looking to the future of Elevator monitoring, maintenance and control

Dec 9
09:06

2009

Paula Rodham

Paula Rodham

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Advances in communications technology are now available to lift companies of all sizes.

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Following a visit to Germany in 1998 Charles Salter realised it was clear that advances in communications technology could,Looking to the future of Elevator monitoring, maintenance and control Articles and should be available to lift companies of all sizes. Communications, on every level, had become a key element in our society. From the successes of the mobile phone and satellite communications to the phenomenal advancement in internet and e-commerce technology. Charles Salter questioned what benefit these advancements could provide and the answer was remote communications, power at a distance. 

Charles Salter considered a system that applied the same concept to the lift industry, revolutionising the way in which systems were monitored, managed and maintained. In many parts of Europe, telephone lines had been installed in lift cars for communication purposes for a number of years, however their potential was barely realised. Building on this Ace Lifts ensured that the U.K. lift industry could capitalise on the techonological developments. 

Whilst remote monitoring was not new to the lift industry, it was generally considered to be too expensive to be accessible to the independent lift companies. Whilst Charles Salter was in Germany, he saw a system in operation that utilised communications for the monitoring of everything from lift performance, to oils levels. It was a DOS-based system, that allowed the surveillance of lifts from a remote location (in this particular case, the lift Co.'s office). The resulting savings in lift maintenance labour costs were so high, the considerable savings were simply shared with the customer. Ultimately, the development of the ACE logger was inspired by the benefits of the German method. 

Ace Lifts perfected the system, developed a practical, powerful and user friendly system, using up-to-date technology, allowing complete remote lift monitoring and control, and made it available to all. Since telephone lines were made a legal requirement, for public safety, it seemed an obvious step to capitalise on that development. 

Ace Lifts designed a system which offered and still offers today the independent lift company advanced remote features at an affordable cost, whilst using existing lines. 

Ace Lifts provide lift installation, maintenance, lift servicing and control services.