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Hospital elevators reach a new peak with drives from Control Techniques

Control Techniques’ E300 elevator drives have been selected for a major hospital modernisation programme in Mexico that will eventually see hundreds of new lifts installed across the country.

05/11/2018 14:24:50

Carlos Silva SA – a Barcelona-based elevator control specialist – won the tender to supply 50 percent of the elevator control systems required in the first phase of the modernisation programme. After many years of successfully using previous-generation inverters from Control Techniques, they chose the latest E300 drives for this new project.

Mexico recently embarked on a project to fully modernise many of its public city hospitals including those in Mexico City, Guadalajara, Tampico, Toluca, Merida, Ciudad Valles, Ensenada, Nuevo Leon and Chihuahua. The new lifts for these hospitals have to fulfil a varied range of criteria, such as low and high speeds, small and large cabins, single or multi-cabin groups and few or many stops. The brief requires the elevators to be able to cope with high traffic on a 24/7 basis and have to be appropriate for the use of both staff and the general public. Moreover, the lifts have to operate with outstanding reliability in the high temperatures, humidity and altitude associated with most Mexican cities.

Read the full article in the November issue of DPA

Written By Sophia Bell

Sophia Bell is the Group Editor of DPA, Connectivity, and PBSI. She joined the team in 2020 as Assistant Editor after achieving a First-Class Honours BA in English Literature and Film Studies from the University of East Anglia. In her current role, she leads the editorial strategy, driving digital growth and ensuring each title continues to deliver trusted, relevant insight for engineering and manufacturing professionals.