Elevator
The trend toward ever more populous mega-cities and increasing traffic volumes is placing higher demands on the efficiency and reliability of passenger transportation systems. ThyssenKrupp Elevator is already meeting this challenge today.
All from a single source
ThyssenKrupp Elevator is one of the leading elevator companies in the world and is represented at over 800 locations in more than 60 countries. Products include passenger and freight elevators, escalators and moving walks, stair and platform lifts, passenger boarding bridges as well as service for all products. The group services more than 870,000 installations worldwide. ThyssenKrupp Elevator is the only elevator producer which can offer the full range of passenger transportation systems. Our national and international projects are correspondingly varied: We are supplying all 71 elevators and nine escalators for the Freedom Tower, which is being built on the site of the former World Trade Center in New York City, USA. The 541 meter Freedom Tower is scheduled for completion in December 2011.
In Europe, ThyssenKrupp Elevator supplied 45 escalators and moving walks for the Expo 2008 World Fair in Zaragoza, Spain. The Federation Tower in Moscow, currently under construction, will also feature products from ThyssenKrupp Elevator upon completion of the two building parts. Deliveries to the Asia-Pacific region include 318 elevators, escalators and moving walks as well as two mobile escalators for the Olympic Games in China. Subway stations, such as those in the Chinese megacity of Shenzhen, are also equipped with products from ThyssenKrupp Elevator.
As a globally recognized manufacturer and supplier of passenger boarding bridges for the new Airbus A380, our company is a sought-after partner at airports around the world. For example, we are supplying 127 passenger boarding bridges to Dubai Airport, 25 of which will be for the Airbus A380. Further airports already equipped with these new passenger boarding bridges include London Heathrow (UK), Paris Charles de Gaulle (France), Frankfurt/Main and Munich (Germany), Zurich (Switzerland), Madrid-Barajas (Spain), Guangzhou (China), Montreal and Toronto (Canada) as well as Los Angeles and San Francisco (USA).
Going up - faster
There is a tendency to regard elevators and escalators as a relatively new invention. In fact they go back over 150 years. But that doesn't stop us from constantly re-inventing elevators, escalators and moving walks. A good example is our unique TWIN, an innovative elevator system featuring two cabs in one shaft. The cabs are arranged one above the other and are not connected, running independently to different floors using shared guide rails. This enhances capacity and, by eliminating elevator shafts, saves on building volume. The TWIN system offers architects and building planners completely new possibilities to meet the individual wishes and needs of their customers. Use of the TWIN creates space for new building concepts, greater design freedom for integrating the elevator systems into the architecture, and optimizes passenger transportation. More passengers can be transported quickly to their destinations and the amount of rentable space is increased. The four-stage safety system – also developed by ThyssenKrupp Elevator – ensures that a minimum distance is always maintained between the two cabs. A requirement for TWIN systems is the use of a destination selection control system. Customers in Munich, Frankfurt/Main, Düsseldorf, Utrecht, Valencia, Moscow, Kiev and Seoul have already decided in favor of the TWIN. Further projects are planned in various countries around the world. In addition to numerous conventional installations, for the Royal London Hospital we are also supplying the first ever bed TWINs for fast and efficient patient transportation.
Progress through innovation
The TurboTrack is another of our innovations. For decades, experts have been discussing the possibility of moving walks for distances of 150 to 1,500 meters which allow passengers to enter and exit at normal speed and then accelerate much faster in the central section, allowing greater distances, e.g. at airports or exhibition centers, to be covered more quickly and in greater comfort. The entry and exit sections of the TurboTrack move at 0.65 seconds per meter, while the central section accelerates to up to two meters per second – twice normal walking speed.
With passenger numbers constantly on the rise, it is important that safety developments keep pace. One example is our successfully launched e-escalator. This system not only makes escalators more cost-efficient and easier to service, it allows information to be transmitted from safety and monitoring sensors. This technology is factory-integrated in all new-generation escalators, making them the safest, most forward-looking models in the world.
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