The National Lift Tower, Northampton, England
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Events at the tower

Wednesday 21st September 2011

Ziehl-Abegg UK hosted a Consultants Seminar at the tower. A number of speakers gave talks on a range of subjects :-

Machines for modernisation - Zieh-Abegg
Energy Regeneration - CPA Automation
Travel comfort measurement - PMT Europe
Developments in rope technology - Brugg

Thurs 14th April 2011
1.00pm - 5.30pm

We are pleased to announce the next NLT Association workshop at the tower. In addition to the listed speakers below, there will be the opportunity to take a tour of the tour and see a demonstration of the Henning ELVI system.

Malcolm Miles (Lift Cert Ltd)
The role of notified bodies and the lift directive.

Dave Cooper (LECS)
Safety on lifts - BS7255 Part 5 "Duties of persons working on lifts"

Nick Mellor (Pickerings Lifts)
Safety implications of traction when refurbishing lifts.

Stuart Charles (E-Mead Consulting Ltd)
An introduction to EMC practise and the EMC standards

To join this event, please download the invitation from here.

Sunday 1st and Monday 2nd May 2011

The Mines Advisory Group are hosting a charity abseil at the tower. Details of the event and how to take part can be found here on MAG's website.

 

The CIBSE Lifts Group also organise events that may be of interest. Information on these events can be found at http://www.cibseliftsgroup.org (see Events tab).

 

The next abseil at the tower is on Saturday 10th March 2012 and is open to individuals, groups and charities. Click here for more information.

We have a new website with some information for people wishing to abseil at the tower. We are able to accommodate charities, other groups as well as individuals. Click here for the new site.

Some new documents relating to the official opening of the tower by the Queen have been added to the media page. Many thanks to Dave O'Brien of SafeLine.