A lift -which moves sideways as well as vertically much like the one in `Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' -has been designed by a German company .
The “Multi“ is engineered to use magnetic force instead of clunky weights and cables, which elevator
firm ThyssenKrupp -who announced the development on Thursday-say will save power to help it run more economically .
The characters in Roald Dahl's widely-loved story are “flung off their feet on to the floor“ as Willy Wonka's glass elevator moves sideways, whizzes around corners before flying off into the sky.
However, the real-life model can only go up, down and sideways but the company says it will allow multiple lifts to occupy a single shaft to help boost passenger capacity by up to 50%. When a lift reaches the top of a shaft, it will move horizontally before descending via another channel in a “near-constant“ loop formation to allow more than one carriage of people to be shuttled around a building.
They also hope the new system which the company claims is the most ground-breaking since the invention of the lift 160 years ago -will help cut waiting time down to around 15 to 30 seconds.
Patrick Bass, head of research and development at ThyssenKrupp, said: “With this technology , the limits (on high-rise structures) will be removed and we will have futuristic buildings that previously could only be dreamed of,“ according to The Financial Times.
The “Multi“ is engineered to use magnetic force instead of clunky weights and cables, which elevator
firm ThyssenKrupp -who announced the development on Thursday-say will save power to help it run more economically .The characters in Roald Dahl's widely-loved story are “flung off their feet on to the floor“ as Willy Wonka's glass elevator moves sideways, whizzes around corners before flying off into the sky.
However, the real-life model can only go up, down and sideways but the company says it will allow multiple lifts to occupy a single shaft to help boost passenger capacity by up to 50%. When a lift reaches the top of a shaft, it will move horizontally before descending via another channel in a “near-constant“ loop formation to allow more than one carriage of people to be shuttled around a building.
They also hope the new system which the company claims is the most ground-breaking since the invention of the lift 160 years ago -will help cut waiting time down to around 15 to 30 seconds.
Patrick Bass, head of research and development at ThyssenKrupp, said: “With this technology , the limits (on high-rise structures) will be removed and we will have futuristic buildings that previously could only be dreamed of,“ according to The Financial Times.
It was just a matter of time wasn't it. You dream it up and someone will make it a reality.
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