Introduction of expensive innovative technologies on domestic industrial enterprises—very seldom event , taking into account current time. But, if such event exists, it can mean, first of all, that economics of our country really begins to recover, and for the first, defines owners and management of enterprise, as farseeing people or, as it is called now, effective owners.

Just such remarkable and inspiring optimism event took place on the eve before New Year , at 23 of December on the plant “ Steelrope”—the famous Odessa’s plant with almost two hundred years history. Here new aggregate was wire treatment was put into operation. During all years of independence of Ukraine—this is the first serious reconstruction on this plant.

Report about this event opens the 12th number of Ukrainian scientific-production magazine “Lifting constructions. Special technique”. On the whole, themes of edition is very various. Specialists of elevators industry find in it magazine in magazine “About elevators and people who produce and service elevators” with report about the first all-Ukrainian conference ”Problems of modernization, modernization, repair and substitution of elevators in Ukraine”, which took place in Odessa during 11-12 of December 2003 year, blitz –interview with participants of the conference, big amount of photo, made during plenary sessions, various measures of the conference and in” lobby”

Also magazine in magazine offers to readers meditations of general director of “Euroliftservice” Ltd ( city of Kiev) V.G.Maduda about development of new for Ukraine direction—equipping of dwelling houses and social buildings by elevators and hoists for invalids. This is norm , which takes plates for a long time in countries of western-European countries in Ukraine, to our regret, for the present time wonder, rarity, often –impermissible luxury. The author of the article “Elevators firms-to European standards of life” – presents for discussion his vision of this serious social problem solution.

Those, who was interested by review “Modern tendencies of perfection of elevators equipment structures” in previous number, for sure now with interest will read its end. In this article , the famous Russian specialist in sphere of technical diagnostics and computer modeling, professor of department “Building and lifting –conveying machines” of Moscow the state building university G.G Arhangelsky, says about novelty of elevator building, created by designers of the world’s leaders in this sphere—firms Otis, Shindler, Kone and others. In the second part of the article – review of hydraulic elevators structures.

In heading “Researches”, You can read the article of the reader of department “Applied mechanics” of Dnepropetrovsk national University of railroad transport L.N. Bondarenko “Definition of coefficient of traction of rope sheaves of elevators”. Making more exact formula of Eiler, the author offers methodic of calculation of value of traction coefficient of rope sheaves with more precise calculation of distribution of normal rope pressure on sheave.

We continue review of elevators equipment novelty, presented on exhibition “Interlift 2003”, which took place in October in Augsburg . The author of the article “ Drive mechanisms of modern foreign elevators’, the chairman of board of STA “Lifting constructions”, professor N.N.Andrienko, offers to our readers description and technical characteristics of drives and drive mechanisms produce by Thyssen Aufruge, OMS Antriebstechnik and GMV.

In Ukraine, there are 208118 of lifting constructions, 90668 of it passed its service life, defined by designers of projects or normative documents. Amount of load lifting cranes, elevators, escalators, rope ways in each from 25 regions of Ukraine, You can find out from the table, kindly presented to editorial staff of our magazine by the chief of department of the state agency of labour protection of Ukraine P.I.Poshkurlat.

Constant heading of magazine “Book shelf” offers annotations of technical literature novelties. All books presented here, it is possible to buy in STA “Lifting constructions”, address: 65080, Odessa city, Ac.Filatova str.,1. Telephones: (048) 743-07-83; 61-06-53. E-mail:

Our magazine constantly informs its readers about novelties of warehouse technique, helps consumers to do difficult selection among huge variety of lift trucks, hoists, and other equipment. In this number, in the article “Piler-link of logistics of transport” –there are comparative characteristics of pilers of some firms, which are leaders in sphere of the given kind of technique –“Jungheinrich”, ‘Linde”, “Rocla”, ‘Still”.

“Stroymach”: history and contemporaneity” – this is the title of the article of the leading engineer of this Saratov’s plant -A. Safronov about development of the plant, its product, problems and perspectives. During its 70-ty years history, “Stroymach” did not changed its predidtination -production of building machines, adding assortment by wide range of load-lifting mechanisms for machinery building, metallurgy, oil, gas , chemical industry.

Almost seventy years numbers another Russian plant –Kirov’s machinery building plant “The first of May”, now-open joint-stock company. This is the main producer of railroad cranes of various load capacity in the former USSR. Story about this plant and its product-in the article “Railroad cranes of new generation”.

Examples and analyses of principal schemes of energy recuperation in systems of excavators and vehicles-in the article of leading engineer SPE “Elecrane” (Odessa city) G.V. Manzoruko. How automated work place of technical expert provides system of safety control of lifting constructions, You can find out from the article of technical experts V.A. Kovalenko , V.P.Silvestrova and A.I.Donzova “Regional ACS by industrial safety of lifting constructions”.



Big part of our magazine is devoted to review of foreign technique: telehandlers and aerial platforms, towing aerial platforms, load lifting cranes and trenching machines. During material preparation, we used original translations from leading world’s specialized magazines “Cranes today”, “Lift equiment”.

In this number is placed advertisement of the following firms and plants: OJSC “Steelrope”, CP “Zuevsk power mechanical plant”, Cjsc “Yuzhmormontazh”, “Krantest”, “Sens”, Mechanizator”, “Sredne-Volzhskaya industrial Company”, “Red Guards”, “Euroliftservice”, “Karacharovsk mechanical plant”, “Liftmarket” (Brovary city), OJSC “Stroymach”, “Cherbinkaliftcomplect”, OJSC “Kirivsky plant the 1-st of May”, “Elecrane”, Centre of exibition technologies, LBY-Tech, STP “ LPM”, “Karatliftcomplect”, concerm “Demik”, OJSC “Berdyansky plant of load-transport equipment”.

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With best wishes, the chief editor of magazine Tatyana Gerasimova