Elevator testing tower is a structure that is designed to evaluate the stress and fatigue limits of specific elevator cars in a controlled environment. Elevator test tower usually has a height of 100 to 140 meters high. Elevator test towers are normally located in the elevator factory or manufacturing facilities.
Purpose[]
Elevator test tower are used to carried out elevator test to insure reliability and safety in current elevator designs and address any failures that may arise.
List of notable elevator test towers[]
These are some notable elevator test towers in the world:
| Name | Location | Operator | Height (meters) | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitachi G1 Tower | Hitachikana City, Japan | Hitachi | 213.5 meters | The tallest elevator test tower in the world (above ground, before 2015). |
| Hitachi H1 Tower | Guangzhou, China | 288.8 meters (273.8 meters above ground) | The tallest elevator test tower in the world (above ground, since 2020)[1]. | |
| Hyundai Asan Tower | South Korea | Hyundai Elevator Co. Ltd. | 205.2 meters | |
| Mitsubishi SOLAE Tower | Inazawa City, Japan | Mitsubishi Electric | 173 meters | |
| Shibayama Test Tower | Shibayama, Japan | Nippon Otis | 154 meters | |
| National Lift Tower (or Northampton Lighthouse) | Northampton, England | The Express Lift Company (formerly) | 127.5 meters | Formerly known as The Express Lift Tower. |
| Bristol Research Centre Test Tower | Bristol, Connecticut, United States | Otis | 117 meters | |
| Montgomery Elevator Company Test Tower | Moline, Illinois, United States | Former Montgomery/Former KONE | 54 meters | Formerly operated by Montgomery Elevator Company and KONE. Now owned by the City of Moline. |
| Changwon Test Tower | Changwon, South Korea | Former Otis Elevator Korea/Sigma | 114 meters | Formerly operated by GoldStar then LG. Now sold back to LG and fate unknown. |
| Cheonan Test Tower | Cheonan, South Korea | TK Elevator Korea (formerly thyssenkrupp) | 147 meters | Formerly operated by Dong Yang until 2003. |
| Rottweil Test Tower | Rottweil, Germany | TK Elevator (formerly thyssenkrupp) | 246 meters for rooftop (232 meters for top floor)[2] | Completed in 2017 |
| Zhongshan Test Tower | Zhongshan, China | TK Elevator (formerly thyssenkrupp) | 248 meters for rooftop[3] | Completed in 2018 |
| Battery Tower Atlanta | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | TK Elevator (construction started as thyssenkrupp) | 128 meters | Completed in 2022 |
| Shanghai New Research Tower | Shanghai, China | Hitachi |
172.6 meters |
Opened in 2010. |
| Kone High-rise Laboratory | Tytyri, Finland | Kone (with Toshiba) |
362 meters deep |
Opened in 1998. The only elevator test tower built in the underground. The limestone mine in this elevator test tower is still running. The space used for running this laboratory is rented from Nordkalk Corp. |
| Kunshan, Jiangsu, China | Kone | 235 meters[4] | Opened in 2015 while its factory is opened in 2013. The tallest elevator test tower in the world (above ground, before 2020). | |
| Chennai, India | Kone | to be confirmed | Opened in 2023. |
Gallery[]
The Changwon Test Tower (Former Sigma, now sold back to LG)
SOLAE Tower, Japan (Mitsubishi)
Bristol Research Centre elevator test tower
GENERAL Elevator
Notes and references[]
- ↑ Hitachi Completes Construction of the H1 TOWER, One of the World's Tallest Elevator Test Towers, at its R&D and Manufacturing Facility in Guangzhou, China (PDF version) - News Releases - Hitachi Ltd.
- ↑ Der Testturm, TK Elevator GmbH
- ↑ thyssenkrupp opens high speed Test Tower as part of new plant in Zhongshan, China, TK Elevator GmbH
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 KONE opens its renewed high-rise elevator test laboratory in Tytyri, Finland - reaching a depth of 350 meters, it is the deepest in the world, KONE Corporation (hosted in GlobeNewswire, Inc.)
External links[]
- Hitachi G1 Tower
- Hyundai Asan Tower
- Mitsubishi SOLAE Tower
- National Lift Tower
- Kone High-rise Laboratories
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