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Mitsubishi Electric Develops Passive Rope-sway Control Device for Elevators in High-rise Buildings
Mitsubishi Electric has developed a device that passively controls rope sway when high-rise building elevator sway due to strong winds or long-period earthquakes. Negative stiffness is achieved by placing permanent magnets facing each other so as to sandwich the rope. The negative stiffness force acts in the same direction as the rope sway; increasing the…
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New NEXIEZ-S Elevator Lineup from Mitsubishi Electric eliminates the need for machine room on building roof
Mitsubishi Electric announced today that it will launch the NEXIEZ-S, a new lineup of NEXIEZ series elevators targeting office and residential buildings of up to 10 stories, particularly in the Middle East and Europe, on August 4. The new NEXIEZ-S Elevator Lineup with compact design and simplified structure reduce installation lead time. NEXIEZ-S cars have…
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Mitsubishi Electric’s Fastest Elevators to be installed in LCT Landmark Tower
Mitsubishi Electric will deliver two elevators capable of ascending 600 meters per minute at the LCT Landmark Tower in Haeundae, Busan, in 2019. The fastest elevators in South Korea when installed will carry passengers from the first floor to the 100th floor in about 52 seconds. The 383.5 meters of travel will be the longest…
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Mitsubishi Electric’s fastest elevator in the world can travel from the second-level basement to the 119th floor in just 53 seconds!
Mitsubishi Electric has developed elevator technologies that achieved a speed of 1,230 meters per minute, or 20.5 meters per second, the fastest elevator speed in the world. The new technologies will be installed to one of three elevators at China’s tallest building, the 632-meter Shanghai Tower. While Mitsubishi Electric’s cutting-edge technologies drastically increase the speed,…
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Hitachi unveils world’s fastest elevator that can ascend 95 floors in roughly 43 seconds!
Hitachi has revealed that it has developed the world’s fastest elevator, with a speed of 1,200 meters per minute. The new elevator can ascend 95 floors in roughly 43 seconds. Engineers at Hitachi achieved the ultra-high speed by developing a powerful motor. They have also made the cables 30 percent lighter. The elevator uses double…
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Mitsubishi Electric to launch new line of NEXIEZ elevators for Central and South America
Mitsubishi Electric announced today that it will launch the NEXIEZ-GPX, a new line of NEXIEZ-series elevator for Central and South America on November 1. The new line features load capacities of 450 – 700 kilograms and speeds of 1.0 – 1.75 meters per second. It is specially designed for low- to midrise residences and offices…
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Mitsubishi Electric to install high-speed elevators in two major Chengdu Skyscrapers
Mitsubishi Electric announced today it has received orders for the installation of high-speed elevators in Chengdu Hilton International Square and Chengdu International Mart, two building complexes currently under construction and scheduled to be opened in 2013 in Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, China. A total of 88 units of elevators and escalators are planned for these…
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Mitsubishi Elevators Asia factory outputs 100,000th Elevator/Escalator units
Mitsubishi Electric announced today that Mitsubishi Elevator Asia Co.,its elevator/escalator manufacturing operation in Thailand, recently surpassed an historic milestone with the production of its 100,000th elevator/escalator unit.The company produces and distributes elevators and escalators to 80 countries worldwide. To meet the growing global demand for elevators and escalators, Mitsubishi Electric plans to expand production in…
