Mitsubishi AXIEZ

Mitsubishi AXIEZ is an elevator model currently produced by Mitsubishi Electric and only sold in Japan.

Description

AXIEZ is Mitsubishi's current model of gearless machine room less elevator which is exclusively designed and sold for the Japanese market. It is not sold elsewhere outside Japan because the Mitsubishi NEXIEZ, a series of passenger elevator models based on the AXIEZ, is sold instead. AXIEZ is a successor of the Mitsubishi ELEPAQ-i (known as Elenessa for markets other than Japan) machine room less elevator, which was also exclusive for the Japanese market.

There are three different types of this model. One is the AXIEZ P type which is a passenger elevator for office buildings, commercial buildings, high end residential buildings, hotels, department stores/shopping centers, elderly homes, hospitals, train stations, airports, schools/universities and industrial buildings. It can also be a panoramic or glass elevator as an option. The second is AXIEZ R type which is a slightly smaller passenger elevator primarily for residential buildings and elderly homes as well. The third is AXIEZ B type which is a bed elevator for hospitals, medical centers and elderly homes. Mitsubishi also makes AXIEZ smart-R which is a variant of AXIEZ designed for residential buildings with up to 10 floors and has a capacity range of 450-850 kilograms.

Its main competitors are Hitachi UrbanAce, Toshiba SPACEL, Fujitec XIOR, and Otis Gen2 Premier.

History

AXIEZ was launched in 2005 as a successor of ELEPAQ-i which had been on sale since 2001. In August 2009, Mitsubishi announced the release of AXIEZ smart-R which is designed for smaller residential buildings. By 2013, the capacity range of AXIEZ P type has been extended to 17-16 persons capacities. On 29 September 2020, Mitsubishi announce a new series of AXIEZ known as AXIEZ LINKs. It was officially released nine days later.

Specs

• Machine room less, Gearless traction machine located at the bottom floor (top floor option provided, for the elevator used as a fireman's elevator)
• Capacities:
  • AXIEZ P type: 450-1750 kilograms (or 6-26 persons)
  • AXIEZ R type: 450/600/850 kilograms (or 6/9/13 persons)
  • AXIEZ B type: 750/1000/1150/1300 kilograms (or 11/15/17/20 persons)
• 45/60/90/105 meters per minute speeds
• One or two entrances
• Door types:
  • Single speed center opening door (2 panels) for AXIEZ P type
  • Two speed telescoping sliding door (2 panels) for AXIEZ P, R and B type
  • Two speed center opening telescoping door (4 panels) for AXIEZ P type
• Can be equipped with ELE-NAVI destination dispatch as an option (only applicable for AXIEZ P)

AXIEZ smart-R

AXIEZ smart-R is a variant of AXIEZ that is specifically designed for smaller residential buildings with up to 10 floors. This model has been made since August 2009 as the "new" series of AXIEZ. In this model, the gearless machine is installed at the lowest floor near the shaft pit rather than on the top of the shaft.

Known specs:

• Gearless machine room less traction
• 450/600/850 kilograms (or 6/9/13 persons) capacities
• 45/60/90/105 meters per second speeds
• Serves up to 10 floors
• Two speed telescopic sliding opening doors (2 panels)
• Can only have one entrance

AXIEZ LINKs

On 29 September 2020, Mitsubishi Electric announced that it would release a new series of AXIEZ known as AXIEZ LINKs, due to be released on 8 October 2020. The AXIEZ LINKs was designed with the concept of "connecting an elevator with the people, building and city" through a could based platform, similar to the Kone DX Class elevator. The cloud based platform, known as BuilUnity, allows the administrator to monitor and control multiple elevators in a buildig at once using a smartphone or tablet. It also allows elevator management to be done through a web based service; elevator settings can be changed remotely through the web using a smartphone or tablet even if the administrator is not on the site. Furthermore, work reports can be viewed and stored on the web, reducing the trouble of managing reports. These services requires a contract between Mitsubishi and building owner.

Other key features:

• Earthquake countermeasures: Automatically diagnoses and confirms the presence or absence of abnormalities in elevators that have stopped due to control operation during an earthquake and resumes operation.
• Multi power supply: Emergency elevator power supply in case of power failure is supplied by multiple power sources from the solar power generation system and electric vehicle (V2H), not just emergency batteries.
• Health Air air and deodorizing filter to make air in the elevator car clean and fresh.
• Robot cooperation: Allows an elevator to be linked with robots in the building.
• Smartphone service: Allows a passenger to call the elevator remotely using a dedicated smartphone app, similar to Schindler's myPORT, Kone's RemoteCall and Otis's OneCall apps.
• Maisart elevator group control management with Artificial Intelligence (AI).

In addition, AXIEZ LINKs is equipped with multilingual automated voice announcement and indicator displays in four languages; Japanese, English, Chinese and Korean (similar to Fujitec's New XIOR model). Only Japanese and English are used under normal circumstances, and all four languages are used in case of emergency or alert. For special/emergency messages in the floor indicator, all four messages will be shown in turns every 3 seconds.

Specs:

• Gearless machine room less
• Capacities:
  • AXIEZ P type: 500/600/750/900/1000 kilograms (or 7/9/11/13/15 persons) for single entrance, 750/900/1000 kilograms for double entrances
  • AXIEZ R type: 450/600/850 kilograms (or 6/9/13 persons) for single entrance, 600 or 850 kilograms for double entrances
  • AXIEZ B type: 750 or 1000 kilograms (or 11 or 15 persons) for single or double entrances
• 45/60/90/105 meters per minute speeds
• One or two entrances
• Door types:
  • Single speed center opening door (2 panels) for AXIEZ P type
  • Two speed telescoping sliding door (2 panels) for AXIEZ P, R and B type
• Can be equipped with ELE-NAVI destination dispatch as an option (only applicable for AXIEZ P)

Notable installations in Japan

Kanto Region

Tokyo

• CUTE CUBE Harajuku
• Harajuku Ashe Building
• Kiddy Land Harajuku Store

Kanagawa

• Shonan Monorail Enoshima Station, Kamakura

Chubu Region

Aichi

• JR Gate Tower, Nagoya

Trivia

• The car interior design of AXIEZ received the Good Design Award (award number 11G10007) in 2011, and again in 2020 for the AXIEZ LINKs.

See also

• Mitsubishi NEXIEZ - a series of passenger elevator models made by Mitsubishi for markets other than Japan, based on AXIEZ.

External links

• AXIEZ - Mitsubishi Electric (Japanese)
  • AXIEZ brochure (Japanese)
• AXIEZ smart-R - Mitsubishi Electric (Japanese)
  • AXIEZ smart-R brochure (Japanese)
• AXIEZ LINKs - Mitsubishi Electric (Japanese)
  • AXIEZ LINKs brochure (Japanese)