İzmir Elevator Symposium and Exhibition, having been organized by TMMOB (Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects) Chamber of Mechanical Engineers (MMO) and Chamber of Electrical Engineers (EMO) for the ninth time this year, was held at İzmir Tepekule Congress and Exhibition Hall in between October 18th-20th 2018.
Having been held for the ninth time under the theme of Design & Technology, the 3 days-long activity was attended by nearly one thousand 400 people. In the symposium, having been supported by 13 institutions, 29 declarations were also presented in 10 sessions.
In the exhibition, held concurrently with the symposium, 24 institutions and companies opened booths, and introduced their products and services to the visitors. Symposium began with the concert of MMO Rhythm Band. Proceeded with the opening speeches, Yüksel Yaşartekin, MMO Branch Chairman took the floor the first, and said that: “In our symposium, we, first of all, aim to speak of the technological developments occurring not only in our country, but also worldwide, and to discuss the effects of the legal regulations and standards. We herein would like to put forth the problems being encountered sector-wide throughout the production and post-production processes in relation with more than 800 thousand elevators being operated in our country, as well as to propose solutions thereto”.
Having drawn attention to the importance of engineering in the field of elevator, EMO İzmir Branch Chairman, Şebnem Seçkin Uğurlu, emphasized the impossibility to perform planned, sound, safe, and technological production in compliance with the respective standards, without raising the ratio of engineer labor in the sector. Uğurlu further stated that, “We have got to establish an engineer-oriented sector, keep the track of the technological developments, and concentrate on R&D works in order to become capable of competing with the multinational companies dominating the world market. Our well-educated and qualified labor force in this field is capable of conducting R&D, while developing technologies concurrently”. MMO Board Chairman, Yunus Yener, on the other hand, pointed at the conduct of works for the improvement and development of the elevators within the scope of transmission technologies as being one of the most critical tasks of the Chamber. Yener further stated that, “Our Chamber not only takes part in the periodical elevator controls as an A-type inspection institution, conducting this process with its 278 engineers, who have completed their respectively required trainings and qualification processes, but has also been brought up, and introduced engineers more than the aforesaid number to the sector since the date it has commenced conducting periodical controls. Throughout the controls it conducted, out of the elevators our Chamber controlled, those found inconvenient for use amounted to 79% in 2012, 63.30% in 2013, 52% in 2014, 41% in 2015, 40.2% in 2016, 22.5% in 2017, and 28% for the first 8 months of 2018”.
Having pointed to the imperativeness of the public audit in the field of elevator in his speech, EMO Board Chairman, Gazi İpek further stated that, “Lack of inspection in the fields of engineering leads to jeopardizing the safety of the lives and properties of both the ones who conduct the production of the respective services, and those of the ones who make use of the same services. However, this process has paved the way for incorporations excluding the engineers”.
The final speech of the opening was delivered by TMMOB Board Chairman, Emin Koramaz. Having described the current period being lived through as an era, in which the countries dominating the science and technology also dominated the world, Koramaz emphasized the imperativeness of concentrating on the R&D works and domestic production in parallel with the developments in the field of design and technology. Having spoken also of the economic crisis being encountered by our country, Koramaz further stated that, “Finding the way out of this crisis is possible not by submitting to the demands of the imperialist powers, international monopolies, and to those of the multinational companies, but by implementing a public-oriented concept, which pays regard to the overall interest of the people, and sides with the labor”. After the speeches, chamber and sector representatives altogether cut the opening ribbon. The Symposium Organization Board thereafter toured the exhibition sites, chatted with the attendants, and gained information about the products they displayed.
The first session, titled “Personal Data Protection Law and Harmonization Process Applications in the Elevator Sector”, of the Symposium, organized under the theme of “Design & Technology”, was chaired by AYSAD Chaiman, Sefa Targıt. Adem Doğan from Kartal Municipality, and Oktay Tan from İstanbul Gedik University delivered information regarding occupational safety particularly for the elevator mounting and maintenance staff working aloft. It was emphasized on this occasion that, companies’ obligations were not limited with providing personal protective equipment (PPE) to their workers, but they also had to provide them the required trainings, and had to maintain the respective follow-up and control mechanisms before sending them to their worksites. Legal Consultant of AYSAD (Association of Elevator and Moving Stairway Industrialists), Ali Osman Özdilek pointed to being watchful while exchanging information appertaining to the companies and workers, and gave warnings regarding VERBİS (Registry Information System for Data Supervisors) to be put into effect in the near future.
In the second session of the first day, chaired by Gülfer Mete, presentations were delivered on the issues of “Use of Human and Freight Elevators as Firefighter Elevators”, “Novelties and Issues Needed to Be Known Regarding the Hydraulic Elevators”, and “81-70:2018 Accessibility for Passenger Elevators”.
The final activity of the day was the workshop performed on the Conformation Assessment Process for the Notified Bodies. In this workshop, chaired by Bülent Çarşıbaşı from EMO İzmir Branch, Gökhan Yazıcı from T.R. Ministry of Industry and Technology delivered information regarding the rules that had to be pursued by the Notified Bodies, and regarding the certification and supervision processes as well. Information regarding the activities of TSE, acting as a Notified Body, was delivered by Ümit Sevim. Ömer Karavelioğlu, having attended the workshop on behalf of TÜRKAK (Turkish Accreditation Agency), exchanged information with the attendants regarding the accreditation process applicable to the Notified Bodies. Fevzi Yıldırım, having attended the workshop as a sector member on behalf of AYSAD, commented on the emerging developments in relation with the Notified Bodies, and put forth his suggestions regarding the respective problems being encountered. Situation assessments from the point of view of the chambers were delivered successively by Serdar Tavaslıoğlu from EMO, and by Berkay Eriş from MMO. In the workshop, it was further pointed to the fact that, an elevator found conforming by the certified body according to the respective regulation could thereafter be found as non-conforming in the registration control, and this was emphasized as an issue of contradiction to the regulation.
Among the side activities on the first day of the Symposium, Bülent Çarşıbaşı from EMO İzmir Branch delivered a presentation intended for the children. In this activity on Child Training, the training, titled “Safe Use of Elevators and Moving Staircases/Walkways”, was shown great interest by the children. On the other hand, in another side activity performed in the afternoon, İrfan Arabacı from EMO İzmir Branch delivered information regarding “Use of Residual Current Switch in the Elevators”.
Tiredness of the first day was relieved in the cocktail performed at Tepekule Terrace by the contributions of GENEMEK. All of the participants found the opportunity to get together in the cocktail, so as to chat, and sum up the first day.
Second day of the Symposium was opened by the 3. Session, chaired by İsmail Odabaşı, Abdülhamit Adsoy from İstanbul Arel University delivered a presentation regarding “The Design of the Cabin Framework of a Hydraulic Elevator with 1,600 kg Capacity and Finite Elements Analysis with Ansys”. In this session, the presentation on “An Overview on the Design, Manufacture, and Mounting of Lifting Platforms” was delivered by Onur Tuncer, Cihan Aşkın, and Hikmet Ağar from OHC Lift.
In the last session before noon of the second day, alongside the presentations delivered on the “Designs of Elevators with L-Carcass for Narrow Boreholes”, “Stresses Occurred on the Console Parts and Fittings of the Elevators”, Yücel Kuloğlu from Yeterlift delivered a presentation on the “Double Drive Elevator System and Gigalift Elevator”. In another sire activity being performed concurrently, MMO held the “Meeting on the Information of Building Managers on the Periodical Controls”, having gathered the building managers from İzmir, and its vicinity. In this meeting, building managers were briefed regarding their responsibilities stipulated under the Elevator Regulation, and regarding the things they had to do in this respect.
In the afternoon, the 5. Session was held on the issues of Energy Consumption and Efficiency Increase in the Elevator Control Systems, Energy Recoveries and Harmonic-driven Problems in the Inverter-controlled Elevator Systems. In the side activities, the issues that had to be taken into consideration regarding the Measurement devices, and the use thereof, as well as the information regarding the behaviors of the Sliding Safety Interlocks in the Pre-Registration Periodic Inspections, and the Need for Training the Elevator Mounting Staff were exchanged.
The final activity of the second day was the Panel, titled “Regulation on the Periodic Elevator Control”, which was attended with great interest by the stakeholders of the sector. In the panel, chaired by Yunus Yener, Menderes Büyüklü from the Ministry of Industry and Technology, Abdurrahman Aksöz from ASFED, Sefa Targıt from AYSAD, Adnan Yedikardeş from EAYSAD, Yavuz Çetinkaya from TSE, Onur Ercan from EMO İzmir Branch, and Selda Ünver from MMO took part in the event as spokespersons.
Although being the final activity of the day, the Panel drew great interest just as in each and every symposium. In the panel, where the Periodic Elevator Controls, an issue which has been given top priority in the agendas of the mounting companies since 2012, was particularly discussed in details, Menderes Büyüklü from the Ministry exchanged the novelties brought along by the Periodic Elevator Control Regulation, which was enacted in May 2018, with the attendants. Having delivered information also on Regulation on the Operation, Maintenance, and Periodical Control of the Elevators, Büyüklü further indicated that, works being conducted on that regulation were still in progress, and that they were doing the best they could in order to enact it. Having delivered the feedbacks they had received from their members in the panel, the representatives of the sectoral associations and federations proposed their solutions to the respective problems, and mentioned of their expectations from the ministry, as well as from the related inspection institutions. Representatives of the inspection institutions, namely TSE and MMO, on the other hand, mentioned of their on-site experiences by way of putting forth the data they attained, and further stated that, acting like a bridge between the two, they were performing their duties in cooperation with both the ministry and the mounting companies.
Q/A part of the panel was focused particularly on the problems encountered by and between the mounting companies with the inspection institutions, and on the companies’ expectations from the ministry. After being told by a company employee that, they were transporting the inspection personnel by their own vehicles, otherwise they were receiving negative attitude from the same personnel, Ministerial Representative, Menderes Büyüklü indicated that, this was by no means a mandatory practice, and further told the companies to file such complaints either to the Ministry, or to the Provincial Directorates. Menderes Büyüklü gave warnings, particularly to the inspection institutions, not to exceed their authorities within the frame of the regulation in effect, and the annexes thereof. Having mentioned of another issue, Büyüklü said that, the elevator, which was approved by the A-Type Inspection Institutions in the Final Control, was disapproved in the pre-Registration inspection, and pointed to that as a contradiction that had to be clarified. After the Panel, the attendants were invited by Genemek Company to a dinner at Meba Fish Restaurant in İzmir/Güzelbahçe, and got together thereat. That joyful dinner put an end to the 2. day.
On the last day of the Symposium, the attendants were given information on the issues, namely Mobile and Online (via Computer) Supervision of Elevators, EN 81-28 Standard, and Emergency Alert System, in the 6. Session chaired by Alpaslan Temur. In the side-activity, Volkan Erdem from MMO explained Methods of Manufacturing Elevators by Welding.
The activity that drew attention the most on the last day was the 7. Session. In that session, chaired by Zafer Güneş from EMO, Menderes Büyüklü, Bülent Çarşıbaşı, Mustafa Görmüş, and Mehmet Ziyaeddin Çelik delivered information regarding Cable and Rope Transport. Ministerial Representative Menderes Büyüklü spoke of the requirements stipulated under the Regulation on the Cable Transport Installation (2016/424/AB), having been published on the Official Gazette, and put into effect thereupon in 2017. He further gave warnings regarding the manufacture, market release, and safe operation of these systems, which are in use particularly at the holiday resorts and skiing facilities, despite not being widespread as the elevators. Bülent Çarşıbaşı from EMO stated that, their Chamber was in charge of the controlling and licensing works of around 46 aerial ropeways, chairlifts, and teleskies Turkey-wide, and was respectively conducting the inspections thereof. Having pointed to the fact that, sometimes they unfortunately found no duly authorized person at those facilities, Çarşıbaşı added that, such a situation raised difficulties before the real/legal entities to bear responsibility of any and all of the accidents likely to happen thereat. Director-General of D Kare Gözetim ve Belgelendirme, Mustafa Görmüş, on the other hand, delivered information on the documentation phases of the Aerial Ropeway, Telesky, and Chairlift systems. Having taken the floor regarding the respective manufacture and sales stages, Mehmet Çelik informed the attendants on the manufacture and market release of these systems.
In the last session of the day that took place in the afternoon, Cem Bozdağ from CE Mühendislik, and Fatih Babalık from Has Asansör delivered information regarding the importance of R&D in the Elevator Sector. Following these presentations, Ali Baygur and Uğur Orhon from GETA Company exchanged their presentations on “Parametric Design Process and Specially Manufactured Elevators and Production Data Thereof”, which they had also introduced in Elevcon.
In another presentation performed in the meantime, information was delivered on the issues, namely “PSoC-based Illumination Level Control for Panoramic Elevators”, “Machine Learning Approach in the Group Elevator Control System”, and “Establishment of a Hydraulic Elevator Control System by means of FluidSIM Software”.
Has Asansör introduced its new patented cabin door in the Symposium
Guests took the opportunity to tour the booths opened at the exhibition hall, chat with each other, and to obtain information regarding the products being displayed during the breaks between the sessions. Among the products being displayed at the booths, the patented door being displayed at the booth of CE Mühendislik and HAS Asansör, and Aybey Elektronik’s AE-Maestro came to the fore.
The door, which was designed and manufactured at the R&D Center of HAS Asansör, and displayed at CE Mühendislik’s booth, drew attention for being a product which has been put under protection since June 2016 by Turkish Patent Institute by virtue of six separate patents. Director–General of CE Mühendislik, Cem Bozdağ, presented the Technical Mechanism Features of this product as having a compact and innovative design with its narrow structure, 4 different uses via single mechanism, the opportunity of adjustment-free panel mounting of the mechanism by means of 8 bolts, thanks to its special fasteners, innovative and trouble-free unlocking system, and plug contact system.
He further put forth the short panel technical features as having frame design with both left and right center; initial frame panel manufactured by shrink fit method, without the use of welding, stitching, and fastening; adjustment-free easy mounting opportunity, thanks to the use of rivet nuts; surfaces that do not cut hands, thanks to folding method; and high-resistance in conformity with EN 81-20.
At the closing ceremony of the 9. Elevator Symposium & Exhibition, Technical Supervisor of EMO İzmir Branch, Zehni Yılmaz, took the floor and delivered his thanks to all the attendants and visitors. Symposium ended after the photo-shoot that got the organization board members, attendants, visitors, as well as the personnel who made the organization run smoothly behind the scene together in one frame.
Resource: Elevator World Turkey
