Willy Wonka-style lift is a reality

Written By Unknown on Selasa, 02 Desember 2014 | 22.10

Lamiat Sabin, The Independent | Nov 29, 2014, 07.11AM IST

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.

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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.

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