Prepare For Elevators That Move Sideways, Spiral Escalators And Robots Riding Lifts

Multiple companies are working on new technology that will make escalators and elevators more space-efficient and cost-effective.

Among the most eye-popping is Thyssenkrupp Elevator’s testing of cableless, multidirectional cars that move both vertically and horizontally through elevator shafts.

Thyssenkrupp`s MULTI product is the world`s first rope-free elevator that moves horizontally and vertically through and between buildings.

While traditional elevator systems rely on hanging cables or hydraulic systems underneath to gain lift, MULTI moves through the power of magnetic levitation much like train technology, Thyssenkrupp Elevator Head of Digital Services Jon Clarine told Bisnow...