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The official magazine for: 2 www.elevatorworld.eu • November - December 2020 Contents 54 ELEVATOR WORLD EUROPE November - December 2020 Vol. II No. 6 COVER STORY 54 Elevator World's 2020 Photo Contest A rich, beautiful elevator world on full display 30 FEATURES 24 COVID-19 Impact, Outlook by Kaija Wilkinson 34 EVENTS 30 TÜV AUSTRIA Lift Day 2020 by Undine Stricker-Berghoff 34 How Will Elevators Become 38 COVID-19 Safe? by Undine Stricker-Berghoff 38 In the Thick of the Digital Revolution by Undine Stricker-Berghoff 42 A New Experience by Nick Mellor 48 “Into the Hydraulic Elevator World” submitted by Omarlift 48 4 www.elevatorworld.eu • November - December 2020 52 FOCUS ON INCLINED LIFTS 52 Landing and Car Doors for Inclined Lifts submitted by MEILLER Aufzugtüren GmbH COLUMNS 74 Escalator Fractal Behavior, Part One by Dr. Ali Albadri 86 80 Elevators and Social Distancing submitted by Elevating Studio Pte. Ltd. 86 A Drop Tower of Superlatives by Giuseppe Savoca 92 Choosing a Brake for Elevator Drives 92 by Alexander Hutler 94 20 Years of Innovation by Ricardo Muñoz 98 Inspiration Strikes in the Strangest Places 94 submitted by Exel Composites DEPARTMENTS 6 Editor’s Overview 8 Calendar 10 News 100 Product Spotlight 104 Advertisers Index 98 November - December 2020 • ELEVATOR WORLD Europe 5 EDITOR’S OVERVIEW Beauty and the Beast by Ricia Sturgeon-Hendrick his month's issue is a study in contrasts. The "beast" is the coronavirus that comes to us from nature and refuses to go away. The "beauty" is our annual photo contest that, once again, reveals the loveliness that can be found in our man-made