Rory Smith is a Visiting Professor in Lift Technology at the University of Northampton and a Consultant to Peters Research Ltd. He has over 50 years of lift industry experience and worked for ThyssenKrupp Elevator for the past 25 years in various regions including the Americas, Asia Pacific, and Southern Europe and the Middle East .
He was involved in ThyssenKrupp’s Internet of Things. Rory's areas of special interest are Robotics, Machine Learning, High-Rise Design, Traffic Analysis, Dispatching Algorithms and Ride Quality. Numerous patents have been awarded for his work.
In theory, meeting the global standards for Emissions and Immunity protects a lift or escalator from electromagnetic interference (EMI) caused by outside sources and protects other equipment in a building by limiting the emissions generated by the vertical transportation equipment.
Installation methods and aging often render EMC measures ineffective.
EMI and its sources are identified, both proper and improper installation methods are detailed, and the degradation of EMC equipment over time are explained.
Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) and why it is often ineffective.
Rory Smith
Peters Research Ltd, UK.