ThyssenKrupp Elevator has won a
contract to supply a total of 19 passenger transportation systems for
the new head office of Rabobank in the Dutch city of Utrecht. As well
as six TWIN systems with a total of twelve cabs – the first
in the Netherlands – nine conventional elevators, an
escalator, a platform lift and two freight lifting platforms will also
be installed in the 105-meter glass office tower. The 28-story building
will offer 56,000 square meters of space and house around 6,300
employees. Completion is scheduled for 2009.
The use of the modern TWIN technology, in which two cabs
travel independently in the same shaft, allows architects to give the
building a slimline design. Around 40 percent more passengers can be
transported while saving valuable space. The TWIN principle is
supported by the use of a destination selection control system. Via an
LCD display passengers select their destination before entering the
elevator – the intelligent technology directs them to the
next free cab. Two of the conventional elevators being built in the new
office tower will be designed so that they can each be converted into a
TWIN system if higher capacities are required.
TWIN elevators are enjoying increasing popularity worldwide
and are being installed in numerous buildings, including the BMW Group
headquarters in Munich (Germany), the new Aqua Multiespacio building
complex in Valencia (Spain), the TRUTEC Building and the Korea
Investment & Security HQ in Seoul (South Korea) and as a
panoramic version in the Main Triangel in Frankfurt/Main (Germany). The
first eleven of a total 21 TWIN systems have already been installed in
the new Moscow Federation Tower (Russia), where they will travel at
speeds of up to seven meters per second. In the new Royal London
Hospital (UK) the use of bed TWINs will ensure fast and sensitive
patient transportation in the future. In Düsseldorf (Germany),
the Sky Office will be the second building in the city –
after the Dreischeibenhaus building – to be fitted with TWIN
elevators.
Posted 17th April 2008
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