Schindler Mobile (stylized as SchindlerMobile, also known as Schindler Mobile 630) was a machine room less elevator produced by Schindler. It was Schindler's first machine room less elevator and was available in Europe and Japan.
Description[]
Schindler Mobile is a machine room less traction elevator. It was developed under collaboration with car manufacturer Porsche and Swiss aluminum manufacturer Alusuisse[1]. Unlike a conventional machine room less elevator, Schindler Mobile is a self-propelled elevator, with the motor installed under the cab and turns large friction wheels to raise or lower the elevator car. It needs no machine room, no suspension ropes, and no hoistway walls. It is only for low-rise buildings and mostly comes with center opening telescopic landing doors. It is also mostly comes in one-group control.
The elevator has fixtures and control that look very similar to Schindler Miconic 10. To call the elevator, passenger enter their desired floor destination on a telephone style keypad. There are no floor buttons inside the elevator car, instead, only door control and alarm buttons as well as destination indicator (often floor indicator) are present. The car interior was designed with the assistance of Zemp-Partner Design[1][2].
Schindler Mobile was only available in Europe and Japan. Production was done by SchindlerMobile AG in Schlatt, in the Canton of Thurgau, Switzerland.
History[]
Schindler Mobile was introduced on 15 April 1997 in Munich, Germany. It received the iF Design Award in 1998[3]. In 1999, Schindler Mobile became available in Japan. On 16 January 2001, Schindler announced that they would discontinue the production of Schindler Mobile and replace it with the new Schindler EuroLift, a new modular traction elevator model with or without machine room[4]. The factory in Schlatt was closed in September 2001.
Notable installations[]
Switzerland[]
- Tellstrasse 3, Gisikon, Lucerne
- Moncucco Clinic (Block C), Lugano
- Engadinstrasse 2, Chur
- Bahnhofstrasse 1, 1A and 1B, Landquart (elevator in building 1B has been modernized by Schindler)
- Rue Mercerie 12, Lausanne
- Bahnhof Ins (Ins railway station), Ins
Austria[]
- OK-Platz 1, 4020 Linz (1998)
- Landstraße 38, 4020 Linz (1999)
- Hauptplatz 1, 4240 Freistadt (1999)
- Maria-Theresie-Straße 5, Innsbruck
- Donau-City-Straße 4, 1220 Wien (1999)
Other countries[]
SchindlerMobile advertisement from the 1998 version of Schindler's homepage.
- Stadtteilbibliothek (District Library), Rheydt, Mönchengladbach, Germany
- Am Vögenteich 26, Rostock, Germany (1999)
- Parkhaus Zentrum Aeulestrasse, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
- Hotel Noordsee Nes, Ameland, Netherlands
- Race Planet, Delft, Netherlands.
- Boots, 16-17 Tottenham Court Road, London, United Kingdom (replaced with a Temple MRL traction elevator in 2015)
- Snow + Rock, 4 Mercer Street, Covent Garden, London, United Kingdom (currently being replaced)
- 5 Chome-9-9 Hiroo, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
Gallery[]
Video[]
A rare lift (1st anniversary)
SchindlerMobile elevator in Snow and Rock, 4 Mercer Street, Covent Garden, London, United Kingdom (video: NCHLT)
Lift Schindler @ block C of clinic "Moncucco", Lugano Switzerland
SchindlerMobile elevator in block C of clinic "Moncucco", Lugano, Switzerland (video: Misha Gianoli).
VERY RARE Schindler Direct Drive
SchindlerMobile elevator in Boots, 16-17 Tottenham Court Road, London, United Kingdom (video: benobve)
シンドラー製エレベーター Schindler mobile MRL traction elevator lift
Schindler Mobile elevator in Tokyo, Japan (video by: 和希須藤)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Re-engineering with Style - Schindler Group (Archived)
- ↑ History (German) - Zemp-Partner Design
- ↑ Schindlermobile 630 - iF WORLD DESIGN GUIDE
- ↑ SchindlerEuroLift replacing SchindlerMobile - Schindler Group (Archived)
External links[]
- Schindler Mobile - Schindler Group (Archived)
- Schindler Mobile (Japanese) - Schindler Japan (Archived)
| Schindler elevator models | |||||
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| In production |
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| Discontinued | 001 • 60, 70 and 80 • 100 (100 P) • 300 (300A • 300 P) • 310L • 321A • 400A • 500 (500A • 500 P) • 700 • 5300 • 5400 / 5400 AP • 5500 • design S • Deve 300H • Elegant • EuroLift • NeoLift • Schindler Mobile • Schindler Smart MRL • S100L • Other unnamed models in 80s-90s | ||||