How IoT Sensors Are Stopping Elevator Failures Before They Trap Passengers

Internet of Things with Fexingo: Connected Devices, Sensors, and Industrial IoT · Jul 21, 2026 · 8m

Episode 123 of Internet of Things with Fexingo dives into the hidden world of elevator predictive maintenance. Lucas and Luna explore how tiny vibration and temperature sensors are being retrofitted into existing elevator systems to catch bearing wear, cable fraying, and motor overheating weeks before a breakdown. With 900 million elevator rides in the US each year and an average of 12,000 entrapments annually, the payoff is enormous. The hosts walk through a case study of a New York City office tower that cut unplanned elevator outages by 80% using IoT telemetry from a company called…