ThyssenKrupp Multi – world’s first rope-free elevator [video]
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Re: ThyssenKrupp Multi – world’s first rope-free elevator [video]
#2There already are rope-free elevators, for instance:
- the hydraulic elevator (https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lFWNDQDN2hE/T3nbR7woCAI/AAAAAAAAB...)
-the Paternoster (http://www.audioguideportal.de/assets/Foto/thumbnail520x397/...)
The post title is just clickbait for a ThyssenKrupp commercial, plus it only shows animations of these new elevators. Yawn.
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#3"World's first 3D people mover" might be a more appropriate --- and enticing --- title, because "rope-free" can also refer to hydraulic elevators (which have been around for over a century.)
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#4Excellent, looks like we’re finally on the path to the turbolifts from Star Trek!
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#5Interesting, they are basically Trains running vertically switching tracks.
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#6Getting closer to Turbolifts. Canonically they form a network throughout the ship, use induction motors, can also go sideways, have multiple cabins in the shafts, switch routes etc.
No inertial dampeners of course.
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#7Off-topic, who is the narrator? I think I've heard him on another German "corporate presentation" video, and I can hear a slight German accent...
And back on-topic, googling to find the details instead of just a flashy video, here's Tom Scott on MULTI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdTsbFS4xmI
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#8looks expensive to build, purchase and maintain.
not sure there's anything "revolutionary" here.
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#9Looks to be about.... 10? times the cost of a normal elevator if I had to guess. I bet the maintenance costs are fun as well. As such, doubt you will see these except in niche buildings (things like the porsche tower, etc..)
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#10"World's first 3D people mover" might be a more appropriate --- and enticing --- title, because "rope-free" can also refer to hydraulic elevators (which have been around for over a century.)
As far as I can see, the design only allows 2D movement. If you wanted the lift to move toward or away from the camera, you would need either some kind of 2nd attachment point on a different side.