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SPOTLIGHT REPORT and the elevator starts performance can be reduced by up to 60 percent through smart

energy management by thyssenkrupp Elevator.
moving. With the help
of image processing
• Passenger boarding
technology, the elevator
can detect whether there
in 2019, a Remote
are already too many bridges: Unveiled
Control System by
people in the cabin and thyssenkrupp Elevator
if it must wait or send enables airports
another one without the from 2020 onwards
need for additional call. to control their
“The new thyssenkrupp passenger boarding
Elevator interface not bridges conveniently
only benefits hotels and efficiently from
and hospitals, but a a remote post.
fashion manufacturer Previously, it was
is also testing robots necessary to move
and interfaces for the bridges manually
transporting goods from at each landing
the warehouse to the
store rooms,” Manish Mehan, CEO & MD, – which was time-consuming. The Remote Control System is
fitted with a set of surveillance cameras to give the operator an
thyssenkrupp Elevator (India) Pvt. Ltd., enlarged field of view when docking and undocking passenger
explains. The company is also testing its own boarding bridges remotely. With the new technology, turnaround
autonomous vehicles to bring spare parts to times of airplanes will be improved at busy airports around the
technicians on site in the future.
world.
• Smart delivery: Regarding the delivery of
spare parts, intelligent systems have taken
a big step. For example, big data analysis identifies components
that will be needed by technicians on particular routes – throughout
the day and even throughout the whole week. This means they
will literally have everything on board on Monday for what will be
needed on Friday. Defect parts can be removed just in time –
without any order or waiting times. Next year, thyssenkrupp Elevator
will introduce an elaborated concept for a corresponding spare
parts warehouse.
• Smart energy: Smart energy management is not an option
in the 21st century – it’s a must. Sophisticated elevator solutions
can contribute to such management significantly. For example, • Speed it up with city walks: The time up to the turn of the year is
they will ensure that brake energy will not need to be fed back advancing – and people in big cities will be moving at least as
into the grid but can be used for further powering of the elevator fast in the future. They benefit from so-called city walks, i.e. iwalks
instead. The operators of buildings will save costs because they that do not require a pit and can therefore be installed almost
can better control the much dreaded ‘peak power’. Soon, peak anywhere: temporarily or permanently, horizontally or inclined, in
existing underground metro stations in an historical street or in a
skybridge. “City walks are like a flying carpet, so to speak, that
moves passengers forward in an almost magical way. The good
thing about it is that no digging work is required for installation.
Whether flat or with a gradient, roofed or open: City walks are the
ideal solution for equipping cities with continuous and sustainable
pedestrian transport systems,” comments Manish Mehan.
One thing is for sure: 2020 will be a very exciting and versatile
year. Thyssenkrupp Elevator will initiate much innovation and will
bring existing solutions to the next level. And there’s another thing
that’s for sure: 2020 will be a great year for urban mobility and the
further development of urban life – including more comfort and
more flexibility.
For more details visit: www.thyssenkrupp-elevator.com

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