The elevator "MULTI" will be able to move in the horizontal direction as well as up and down will be released in 2016

Speaking of elevators used in buildings and condominiums has become "common sense" without any doubt that a ride to move up and down floors is necessary, but from about 2016 it is necessary to change the perception of such common sense Maybe it comes out. German manufacturer boasts the top in the share of elevators in EuropeThyssenKruppA new elevator "ThyssenKrupp AG" planning to develop "MULTI"Is likely to overturn the elevator's common sense that it allows for lateral movement within the same floor as well as conventional up and down direction.

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"MULTI", which ThyssenKrupp plans to develop, is supposed to use a linear motor by electromagnet as its power source. You can check its motion image with the following YouTube movie.

MULTI - the world's first rope-free elevator system - YouTube


The history of the elevator is old, it is said that its ancestors existed in BC. The modern elevator was put into practical use in 1854. An elevator equipped with a fall prevention device like a saw tooth was invented and started to spread.


Even now even after 160 years, nothing has changed the basic mechanism of "lifting a cage (a cage) where a person is riding with a rope".


In 2003, ThyssenKrupp developed a system called "TWIN" in which two cages move independently in one hoistway. This increased the transport efficiency by 30%, but this also improves the conventional mechanism.


"MULTI" is being developed to cause a revolution in such an elevator. MULTI has an epoch-making mechanism that enables not only vertical movement but also lateral movement.


A linear motor using electromagnetic force is used as its power. It is freed from the mechanism which had been only pulled up in the past, and free movement becomes possible.


MULTI can arrange multiple (multi) cages in a single hoistway according to its name, as it does not require a strong iron made through iron through the hoistway as in the past. Furthermore, it is possible to move to any place on the floor by a lateral passage, which will likely improve the user's convenience much more. In addition, it is said that MULTI is a feature of MULTI that includes connecting various hoistways, encompassing various merits such as "elevator that runs in a loop" which could not be achieved in the past.


When introducing MULTI, which makes the system compact, it is also one of the merits that the elevator floor area occupying the floor of the building decreases. With the conventional elevator, it is possible to reduce the occupied area, which is said to be about 40%, to 25%, which will enable us to use the floor more efficiently.

Although the standard of practical application is not clarified at this time, it is said that ThyssenKrupp plans to start development by building an experimental building in Germany in 2016.