Arrow Electronics Helps Hong Kong Engineers Develop IoT-based Real-Time Monitoring Device for Raising Lift Safety Standards

HONG KONG,
CHINA -�Media
OutReach - January 30, 2019 - Global
technology-solutions provider, Arrow Electronics today announced that it has
enabled Nikko Group, a Hong Kong-based lift services company, to incorporate IoT
and sensor technologies in a cost-efficient and easy-to-deploy integrated
solution that provides real-time data monitoring for critical lift safety
protection mechanism.   

Simon Yu, president of Arrow’s Asia-Pacific components business ?right?and Francis Lau, director of Nikko Group announced collaboration to develop IoT-based real-time monitoring device for raising lift safety standards

 

Under the notion of developing Hong Kong as a sustainable smart
city, the government is currently facing three big challenges – people aging, building aging
and policy aging.  Following a series of
fatal lift accidents in Hong Kong in recent years, the Electrical and
Mechanical Service Department reported that 80 percent of lifts in Hong Kong
have not adopted the recommended enhancement solutions set out in the
government’s “Guidelines for Modernising Existing Lifts” which includes the
installation of an Unintended Car Movement Protection (UCMP) device.[1]  UCMP is a safety device that triggers emergency
braking systems to prevent unintended lift car movements which may cause fatal
injuries.

 

Powered by an integrated system with a microprocessor, sensors, LoRaWAN
connectivity, and a cloud-based data dashboard, this monitoring device is able
to track the operational status of the UCMP device.  The benefits of having access to real-time
data are better deployment of lift maintenance resources and earlier detection
of malfunction situations of the UCMP device which will help improve safety
standards.

Francis Lau, director of
Nikko Group who is a registered lift engineer with 40 years of experience in
the lift service industry, said, “For decades, lifts have modernized our lives
by providing convenience and comfort that we have already taken for
granted.  However, with the rise of aging
buildings and lifts in our community, it is time that we embrace new
technologies, new components and new approaches to modernize our lift maintenance
service.  We can’t succeed without the
help from technology companies such as Arrow. 
Arrow has given us guidance on adopting innovative IoT technologies
including wireless connectivity, sensors, system integration, and cloud-based
data management.  Their support has
assisted us to overcome hardware design challenges, accelerate our solution
development cycle, and reduce our R&D cost.”

 

Francis Lau and his engineers are among
a community of 800 engineers and innovators who use Arrow’s Open Lab in the
Hong Kong Science Park as a center of innovative collaboration for creating,
making and managing technology.  Established in June 2016, Arrow Open Lab is open to
all technology entrepreneurs, companies, and organizations for pursuing
innovation and product development and accelerating their design-to-impact
journey.

 

“We are keen to assist large
enterprises and tech start-ups or any innovators and creators to embrace and
deploy IoT and smart technologies for improving our homes, communities, and
lives,” said Simon Yu, president of Arrow’s Asia-Pacific components
business.   “We believe Arrow is equipped
with the technology know-how and engineering resources that they need to stay focused
on what they know and do best and make the future better, for all.”

 

About
Arrow Electronics
Arrow Electronics guides innovation forward for over 150,000 of the
world’s leading manufacturers of technology used in homes, business and daily
life. With 2017 sales of $26.6 billion, Arrow develops electronics and
enterprise computing solutions for customers and suppliers in industrial and
commercial markets. The company maintains a network of more than 345 locations
serving over 80 countries.  For more
information visit www.arrow.com.