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K
ONE E-Link™ is used in the
Beijing Capital Airport to
remotely monitor the trans-
port of over 40 million passengers
annually to and from their gates.
With over 192 elevators and esca-
lators in operation inside the ter-
minals, the Beijing Capital Airport
linked its equipment to the KONE
E-Link monitoring system to guar-
antee a high level of service and
productivity.
“E-Link allows facility managers
to see equipment status, demand,
traffic performance and availability
from one central location. This in-
formation helps managers to adjust
the traffic movement inside build-
ings to maximize People Flow™,”
says senior vice president for tech-
nology,
Jussi Oijala
.
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offer over 25 percent more capacity
within the existing shafts.
The first ever double-deck elevators
with integrated DCS were provided for
the Broadgate Tower project in London.
Double-deck elevators consist of two
elevator cars in the same hoistway, one
on top of the other. This unique DCS
technology creates significant space
savings and increases traffic handling
capacity. Passengers simply indicate
their destination floor before entering
the elevator and are then directed to a
specific elevator, which takes them to
their destination with the fewest inter-
mediate stops.
OPTIMIZING
TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT
For complex high-rise developments
and commercial properties, the latest
technologies look to make traffic man-
agement an easier task for facility man-
agers. Broken down in simple terms,
this involves providing an easy-to-use
system operating from a standard per-
sonal computer that provides real-time
information about how elevators are
performing and their exact location.
This helps to detect problems earlier
and re-direct traffic, if needed.
“KONE E-Link™ is an elevator moni-
toring system that provides diagnostic
information about elevator condition
MONITORING
ELEVATORS AND
ESCALATORS
and group performance. It’s ideal for
a complex building structure with de-
manding traffic needs,” says Oijala.
E-Link also provides some useful control
features. “You can create an automatic
scheduler that disables the use of cer-
tain floors, such as the garage, during
certain time periods.”
THE TECHNOLOGY IS NOW
Walking into a structure will be easier
than ever before – forget about unlock-
ing a door with your hands. We will
immediately know where the elevators
and escalators are located, and we will
enter the equipment with the doors
open and waiting. Better yet, the eleva-
tor will know which floor to take us
before we enter the car. And we will
be guided through internal doorways
seamlessly. Again, no closed doors and
keys – the door will open automatical-
ly based on communication received
when we entered the elevator.
While this may sound like science fic-
tion, in actuality, a good portion of this
technology is already in use. First pilot-
ed in a residential apartment building
in Arabianranta, a new development
in Helsinki, Finland, KONE IDE300™
is a system that integrates automatic
building doors and elevators. Anyone
who has ever gone home with their
hands full of shopping bags can ap-
preciate the benefits of this technology.
“You enter the building not by open-
ing the door, but instead by placing a
card reader into a device that opens
the front door,” says Oijala. Next, the
elevator is automatically sent to the
entrance floor, the elevator doors open,
and, when a person enters the elevator,
the car call to the destination floor has
already been created. “We have yet to
integrate this technology so that the
person can enter his or her apartment
REGENERATIVE SYSTEMS CAN
RECOVER UP TO 35% OF THE
TOTAL ENERGY USED BY AN
ELEVATOR SYSTEM
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LOOK FOR ROLLOUT
OF KONE IDE300™
TO FIRST ENTER
MAJOR MARKETS
IN 2010.
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