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At Avire we pride ourselves on being up to date with the latest industry standards & trends and we invest heavily in this area. We recognise that this knowledge is not only important to us but it also offers significant value to our customers and so below you will find a range of our latest market insights articles. These articles range from explaining industry standards updates to information on energy-efficiency in lifts and the future of the cellular networks. We post on LinkedIn when new articles are available and so please follow our company page for these updates.

Understanding Cellular Networks

Understanding Cellular Networks

As the elevator industry advances towards connectivity and the Internet of Things (IoT), it is important to understand the cellular network types used.
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The History of Lifts: Where did it all begin?

The History of Lifts: Where did it all begin?

Interesting lift fact: as a group, they carry the equivalent of the world’s population in three days. They have played an important role in shaping our world and our lives.
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The Most Effective Elevator Door-Edge Safety Systems with LED and 3D Technologies

The Most Effective Elevator Door-Edge Safety Systems with LED and 3D Technologies

Light curtains for elevator door edges have been the established technology for protecting passengers from door impacts for many years. Their usage is described in the relevant codes in many regions and some basic light curtains can meet the standards.
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Advertising on elevator LCD displays

Advertising on elevator LCD displays

LCD display installations are becoming much more popular when replacing traditional dot matrix displays. With the growth of LCD displays there is clearly an improved visual benefit as you can display richer graphical content but there is also the opportunity for advertising on screens. This can be specifically targeted at demographics based on the installation space.
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Autodiallers and Internet Protocol (IP) phone systems

Autodiallers and Internet Protocol (IP) phone systems

There are two instances where a customer may need to connect an autodialler to a digital line.
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Smart Elevators Use Cloud Computing

Smart Elevators Use Cloud Computing

Cloud computing is the delivery of computing services – servers, storage, databases, networking, software, analytics and more – over the Internet (“the cloud”).
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Analogue to fibre… What does this mean for the lift industry?

Analogue to fibre… What does this mean for the lift industry?

Lift emergency phone regulations require that emergency-communication phones be available at all times for lift passengers in the event they become trapped in a lift. Traditionally this requirement is met with the employment of fixed landlines as the means of transmission for lift emergency phones.
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Lift Connectivity

Lift Connectivity

Connectivity within the lift industry using the latest elevator technology provides many benefits to providers, owners, and passengers, leading to a broader understanding of lift use and maintenance.
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When will 2G networks be turned off?

When will 2G networks be turned off?

The implementation of faster and more efficient 3G and 4G networks have reduced the demand for 2G. Providers have reassessed the need to provide 2G and are gradually decommissioning the 2G network.
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Cellular Technology for Elevator Emergency Phones

Cellular Technology for Elevator Emergency Phones

With the evolution of cellular technology, the case for employing mobile phones in elevator communications has become compelling. In this article, we address many common concerns regarding the use of cellular to provide service to elevator emergency phones.
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Energy-efficiency and Lifts

Energy-efficiency and Lifts

Lifts typically use 3 to 5% of the overall energy consumption of a building. Can we reduce this significant energy consumption and develop green, energy-efficient lifts?
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What is an M2M SIM Card?

What is an M2M SIM Card?

This article discusses what SIM cards are, the different types of SIM cards and which SIM cards are the best for use in the elevator market.
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EN81-28:2018 – What You Need to Know

EN81-28:2018 – What You Need to Know

Since 2003, Part 28 has been the industry’s reference for installing, testing, and designing emergency telephones. Now in 2018 we are seeing a major revision. How will the revision affect you?
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Radio Equipment Directive (RED) – Overview and Impact for Lifts

Radio Equipment Directive (RED) – Overview and Impact for Lifts

The Radio Equipment Directive (RED) establishes a regulatory framework for “making available on the market” and “putting into service” radio equipment in the European Union.  It replaced the prior directive (R&TTE 1999/5/EC) and was effective 13 June 2017.
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Are SIM cards safe as lift components?

Are SIM cards safe as lift components?

Over seven billion SIM cards are in active use globally making them the most widely used security token in the world. Over-the-air (OTA) updates can be deployed by SMS which allows the SIMs to be updated remotely. However, lift engineers have concerns relating to SIM hacking which could mean soaring premium rate bills.
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EN81-71: Lift standards for Vandal Resistant Lift Components

EN81-71: Lift standards for Vandal Resistant Lift Components

Vandalism is a major concern for lift owners; damage through misuse and abuse impacts both the availability of lifts, and passenger safety. EN81-71:2005 is a harmonised European Standard which outlines additional protective measures to improve the vandal resistance of lift installations.
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Light Immunity Explained

Light Immunity Explained

How do Avire’s light curtains achieve enhanced light immunity?
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Lift door safety

Lift door safety

When selecting a suitable light curtain for your lift door safety application it is important to consider several factors before making your decision. Diode count, number of beams and response time all play a part in determining the relative performance of a particular detector, and no feature should be judged in isolation.
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Elevator Safety, Door Edges & EN81 Lift Standards

Elevator Safety, Door Edges & EN81 Lift Standards

As of September 2017 all new lifts must comply with EN81-20 and EN81-50 Elevator Standards. These standards were approved in 2014 to replace EN81-1 and EN81-2, and after a grace period for the elevator maintenance and installation industry to prepare, these elevator standards are now mandatory for all new lifts.
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EN81-72 Fire-Fighting Lift Regulations

EN81-72 Fire-Fighting Lift Regulations

In 2015, the European Committee for Standardisation released an update to the standard for the installation of Firefighter Lifts, EN81-72:2015. This replaced the 2003 version of the same standard.
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EN81-20 Detectors

EN81-20 Detectors

In August 2014 two new standards covering lift design (EN 81-20:2014) and installation requirements (EN 81-50:2014) were released in Europe. These replace EN 81-1:1998+A3:2009 and EN 81-2:1998+A3:2009, which were 15 years old and needed upgrading to comply with modern safety requirements. It is expected that the new standards will also be adopted in China, South America and Australia.
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