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Inside one of the elevators of the Milad Tower. The shaft is a concrete structure about 315 metres (1,033 ft) high from the ground floor. Six elevators in three different sides of the shaft are used to transfer the visitors to the head of the tower at the speed of 7 metres per second (0.0070 km/s), besides an emergency staircase at the fourth side.
MULTI is the first cable-less elevator developed by TK Elevator (formerly ThyssenKrupp Elevator). Rather than using cables to lift the elevator, MULTI uses linear motors. [1] As well as moving vertically between floors of a building, MULTI can also move horizontally through a floor of a building. MULTI is being tested at Rottweil Test Tower. [2 ...
The elevators in a skyscraper are not simply a necessary utility, like running water and electricity, but are in fact closely related to the design of the whole structure: a taller building requires more elevators to service the additional floors, but the elevator shafts consume valuable floor space.
Mechanical attic (fourth floor) in Moore Hall at UCLA. A mechanical floor, mechanical penthouse, mechanical layer or mechanical level is a story of a high-rise building that is dedicated to mechanical and electronics equipment. "Mechanical" is the most commonly used term, but words such as utility, technical, service, and plant are also used.
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Double-deck elevators at Midland Square, Nagoya, Japan The Bailong Elevator Symbol seen within the upper cabin of the elevator in Roppongi Hills Mori Tower Double lobby ("lower lobby" and "upper lobby") to enter the elevators in Roppongi Hills Mori Tower. A double-deck elevator or double-deck lift is an elevator where one cab is stacked on top ...
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Destination dispatch is an optimization technique used for multi-elevator installations, in which groups of passengers heading to the same destinations use the same elevators, thereby reducing waiting and travel times. This contrasts with the traditional approach, in which each passenger calls for and enters the first available lift and then ...