Toshiba Elevator and Building Systems Corp. (TELC) today announced installation of the world"s fastest passenger elevator in the world"s tallest building, Taipei 101, in Taipei, Taiwan. This elevator, developed by TELC, runs at a speed of 1,010 meters per minute or 60.6km per hour and has been officially certified by Guinness World Records in its 2006 edition. Soaring 508 meters, Taipei 101 is now the world"s tallest building, having supplanted the 452-metre PetronasTwinTowers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The new building, largely devoted to offices, is called Tapei 101 because it has 101 above-ground floors, as well as five underground floors.. Construction of Taipei 101 started in June 1999 and the grand opening will be celebrated on December 31, 2004. TELC has installed 61 elevators and 50 escalators in Taipei 101. including two elevators that run at 1,010 meters per minute (60.6 kilometers per hour), the world"s fastest, and 34 double-deck elevators. The principal new technologies applied in the world"s fastest elevator include: The world"s first pressure control system, which adjusts the atmospheric pressure inside a car by using suction and discharge blowers, preventing those riding inside the car experiencing "ear popping" . An active control system which cancels vibrations by moving the counter mass in the opposite direction based on the vibration data from a sensor installed in the car. Optimization in the configuration of the streamlined car to reduce the whistling noise produced by a car running at a high speed inside a narrow hoist-way. This is based on pressure analysis of the atmosphere in the hoistway and on the car surface during operation. Mr. Masayuki Shimono, president and CEO of TELC commented, "Toshiba is a leader in the development and manufacture of high-speed elevators and their applications. The world"s fastest elevators installed in Taipei 101 attest to Toshiba"s technological strengths. The certification of our elevators as world record-holders by the authoritative Guinness World Records is a great honor for us. We will continue striving to deliver high-performance products responding to diverse customer needs. In the global market, with particular emphasis on Asia, we intend to expand our business by vigorously capitalizing on our wide line-up that includes ultra high-speed elevators, double-deck elevators, and elevators without machine rooms, the mainstay models for low-rise and mid-rise buildings." Mr. Hein Le Roux, a specialist researcher at Guinness World Records said, "A record for the world"s fastest passenger elevators was published in the first edition Guinness World Records in 1955, and updates have appeared in almost every edition since. As such, it is an interesting indicator of how technology has advanced in the fifty years since that first edition, when the record was 426 meters per minute, or 25.6 km/h, less than half the speed of the new record set by Toshiba at Taipei 101. However, Toshiba"s achievement is impressive even by modern standards, since they exceeded the previous record in this category by 33%. This is a very significant and impressive margin for any record and it gives us great pleasure to recognize Toshiba"s world-leading achievement." About Guinness World Records Published annually since 1955, Guinness World Records has become an international publishing phenomenon, published in more than 100 countries and in 23 languages. Guinness World Records has become a household name and the global authority on world records. No other enterprise collects, confirms, accredits and presents world record data with such comprehensiveness and thoroughness. Guinness World Records is the universally recognized authority on record-breaking achievements. Basic specifications of the elevator certified by Guinness World Records as the world"s fastest 全文共4118字节 |
