This is a list of elevator fixtures that have been used/made by Thyssen.
1970s
These fixtures consists of illuminating round glass buttons, and analog floor counter with illuminating numbers. They are based on the fixtures used by Stahl and Rheinstahl.
1980s
The fixtures used in early 1980s Thyssen elevators were round illuminating plastic buttons, and analog floor indicator with lamps arranged vertically. The hall call button panel looks the same as the 1970s type. These fixtures might have been made by Schaefer. They are based on the fixtures used by Stahl and Rheinstahl.
Schaefer MT 28
A lot of 1980s Thyssen elevators used Schaefer MT 28 push buttons. These are projecting rounded square metal buttons with a tiny lamp on the top left corner.
Series 44
These are round metal buttons with red illuminating halo. Usually the floor numbers are not indicated on the buttons, instead they are engraved on the car station just next to the buttons.
Floor indicators and hall lanterns
Most later Thyssen elevators installed in the 1980s have red LED digital floor indicators and hall lanterns which lights up orange. Some of these hall lanterns have small digital floor indicator.
1990s
Buttons
Thyssen made various types of buttons in the 1990s, of which most of them were given names, while some others have their names not officially known. However, Thyssen also used fixtures made by non-proprietary companies such as Schaefer and sometimes Dewhurst.
STEPMODUL
A lot of Thyssen elevators in the 1990s used the STEPMODUL series buttons. These are black square buttons made of plastic polycarbonate with green numbers/symbol and a red dot lamp on the top of the buttons. ThyssenKrupp continued on making the STEPMODUL buttons as the STEP Basic series after the merger in 2001. However, they were later discontinued.
STEP Classic
STEP Classic are square push buttons made of aluminium with a red illuminating halo. They look similar to the STEPMODUL buttons except that they were made of different material and with different colour. Today, ThyssenKrupp still makes these buttons as the STEP Module/Module Classic series in Asia and STEPMODUL series in Europe.
STEP Solid
STEP Solid is a series of vandal resistant-style buttons. They are stainless steel buttons with small concave button, engraved legend and a small red dot lamp on the top. Like the STEPMODUL, ThyssenKrupp continued on making the STEP Solid buttons for a short period after the merger.
MT 42
MT 42 was a push button made by Schaefer, a German company specializes in elevator fixtures. The buttons are square made of stainless steel, with an illuminating halo (usually red) and engraved legend. These buttons are usually found in some late models of Thyssen elevators. After the merger, Schaefer's MT 42 buttons were continued to be used by ThyssenKrupp as optional fixtures, often used in modernizations in several European companies like Germany, Denmark, Sweden and others. As of today, MT 42 are still offered as optional fixtures for new ThyssenKrupp elevators.
Type 44
These are round and stainless steel with either red or amber illuminating halo.
Cenia fixtures
These fixtures were originally used by Cenia, a defunct Spanish elevator company that have been bought by Thyssen. They were used in Thyssen-branded Cenia elevators in Spain and other countries. The buttons are square stainless steel with rounded corners, engraved legend and a small red dot lamp on the left side of the buttons. They were made by Mecanismos y Accesorios (MAC, predecessor of MP Lifts) and are known as B12 series[1][2]. Floor indicators use LED dot matrix display.
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Spanish buttons
There are several push buttons used in Spanish Thyssen elevators in Spain and other countries, they are:
PM-1
These are white square buttons with a concave surface with a black frame and numbering plate beside them where a small red illuminating dot is located. These buttons appears to be only found in Spain, and were used in Thyssen Boetticher branded elevators in the 1990s and possibly late 1980s. The buttons might have been originated from Boetticher (a Spanish elevator manufacturer) and reused by Thyssen after the merger, though this is unconfirmed. Floor indicators are usually simple 7 segments display. These buttons are known as PM-1 according to elevator parts supplier websites[3].
PM-4
Thyssen's PM-4 buttons look a bit similar to the North American ThyssenKrupp Signa4 buttons, but have a second halo in the shape of a rounded square that does not light up. They were made by Ceham, a Spanish company which specializes in elevator fixtures. The button's halo light up either red or blue. The call button plates are just like a regular rectangle call plate but are rounded on the corners. In addition, the braille and tactile markings are removable from the button plates[4]. These fixtures are mainly found in Spain, certain South American countries and possibly Portugal.
PM-5
Another button that Thyssen made in the 1990s, was the PM-5 series button[5]. It is a linear push button, with the exception of the call button, which is tactile. They are square stainless steel buttons with a red illuminating strip on the top and a metal button plate next to them. The name of these buttons is unknown, and appears to be only found in Spain and American Latin countries. Further the emergency call button is a gray button with rounded corners, a small lamp and small red dot.
Unknown square buttons
This was another type of push buttons Thyssen used in the 1990s. They were grey square buttons with rounded corners, braille marks, tactile and a small red dot lamp next to the buttons. The name of these buttons is unknown, but it is suspected that they might have been made by Ceham, a Spanish manufacturer of elevator fixtures. These buttons are only found in Spain, Portugal and certain South American countries.
Green LED floor indicators and hall lanterns
These are rectangle shaped floor indicators on the car stations with either a green LED digital segments or dot-matrix display. There was also an analogue display version, with printed numbers and red dot lamps on the display[6]. The hall lanterns are black squares with green LED triangle shaped arrows, often comes with a floor indicator. Some elevators also have Thyssen's 1980s white triangle hall lanterns. There was also in-car lanterns with red LED dot matrix display which are only found in Thyssen elevators installed in Spain and certain Latin American countries.
Blue LCD floor indicators (Spain)
Some late model Thyssen elevators installed in the early 2000s in Spain use blue LCD floor indicators with a white segmented character. These indicators are usually used along with the PM-4 series buttons. After the Thyssen name was discontinued, ThyssenKrupp reused these indicators to be used on their Spanish elevators with Millenium series cab interior.
Segmented floor indicators
Thyssen often use digital segmented floor indicators on some elevators from the late 1990s to 2000, usually when Schaefer's MT 42 series buttons are used. A lot of 1990s and early 2000s Thyssen elevators in Hong Kong, China use 16-segments display which look very similar to Toshiba.
U.S. Soft-Touch fixtures
A few Thyssen elevators in Canada use U.S. Soft-Touch fixtures. It is unknown if any of them use the U.S. vandal resistant fixtures.
Top Line
Top Line (also known as "Frequencedyne" and sometimes "Discovery") was a fixtures line first developed by a defunct Brazilian elevator company Elevadores Sûr in the 1990s. These fixtures consists of small, black plastic buttons with grey number/braille plates and digital segments floor indicator displays[7]. Thyssen continued on the production of these fixtures when they acquired the company in 1999. The design remained largely the same like it was except that the logo was changed from Elevadores Sûr to Thyssen. They were later re-produced by ThyssenKrupp during the 2000s for the Central and South American market.
Generic/third-party fixtures
Besides their own fixtures, Thyssen also used fixtures made by third-party or non-proprietary elevator component companies. For example, some 1990s Thyssen elevators found in England and Hong Kong use Dewhurst buttons. There are also a few Thyssen elevators in the United States that uses Innovation Universal fixtures.
In South Korea, a lot of 1990s HANYANG-THYSSEN elevators have had their original black STEPMODUL buttons replaced with generic Korean buttons. These generic buttons are stainless steel with red illuminating number.
대전광역시 서구 탄방동 한양산호아파트 한양공영(티센 제휴) 엘리베이터 3차 탑사 (With 김무종-Youtube Account Hashimoto Kanna)
1990s Hanyang-Thyssen elevators with generic Korean buttons in South Korea (video by: Channel LXVF1)
See also
- List of thyssenkrupp elevator fixtures - for fixtures found in thyssenkrupp elevators (after the merger) in countries other than the United States and Canada.
Notes and references
- ↑ Pulsador Thyssen Cenia B12 Flecha Subir (Archived) - Multilifts
- ↑ Pulsador Cenia Braille Enchufable FLC Sub/Baj (Archived) - Multilifts
- ↑ PUSH BUTTON THYSSEN PM-1 ILLUM (Archived) - multilifts
- ↑ PULSADOR THYSSEN PM-4 LED AZUL 1 CONTACTO (Archived) - multilifts
- ↑ PULSADOR THYSSEN PM-5 LED 24 Vdc, SIN BRAILLE 10066633 (Archived) - multilifts
- ↑ 1996 amazing Thyssen elevator at the Theatre in Mülheim, Germany
- ↑ Cabine Skyline - Museu da Casa Brasileira
External links
- The ThyssenKrupp Aufzüge Design Collection: Operating and Indicating Elements (all 1990s fixtures mentioned above are from this document)