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Otis Worldwide Corporation ... Elevonic" - the successor to Autotronic - which was the first solid state, digital microprocessor-based elevator control system.
Elisha Graves Otis (August 3, 1811 – April 8, 1861) was an American industrialist and founder of the Otis Elevator Company. [1] In 1853, he invented a safety device that prevents elevators from falling if the hoisting cable fails.
Otis delivered net sales of $3.5 billion with organic sales up approximately 1%. Adjusted operating profit, excluding a $4 million foreign exchange headwind was up $8 million driven by the service ...
A destination dispatch elevator, here using a Compass system from Otis. Destination dispatch is an optimization technique used for multi-elevator installations, in which groups of passengers heading to the same destinations use the same elevators, thereby reducing waiting and travel times. This contrasts with the traditional approach, in which ...
Otis strengthened from a tropical storm into a major hurricane in the span of 12 hours on Tuesday before it hit Mexico’s south Pacific coast at around 12.25am local time with sustained winds of ...
Otis is the strongest ever storm to make landfall on Mexico’s west coast. ... Residents were not warned of the earthquake because the seismic system used to warn people was unable to operate.
Otis Hovair Transit Systems is a type of hovertrain used in low-speed people mover applications. Traditional people mover systems used wheeled vehicles propelled by electric motors or cable traction. Traditional people mover systems used wheeled vehicles propelled by electric motors or cable traction.
Elisha Otis demonstrating his safety system, at the New York Crystal Palace, 1853. Henry Waterman of New York is credited with inventing the "standing rope control" for an elevator in 1850. [10] In 1852, Elisha Otis introduced the safety elevator, which prevented the fall of the cab if the cable broke.