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KONE Elevators India, a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, has unveiled the world’s largest passenger elevator at Mumbai’s Jio World Centre.
This 16-ton, 5-stop elevator was carefully designed, built, and tested from the most optimum people flow analysis, with high quality and safety aspects built-in, over a floor area of 25.78 sq metre.
“What’s next?” said Amit Gossain, MD of KONE Elevators India. How can we improve the intelligence, smoothness, safety, and intuitiveness of our elevators and escalators? These are the questions we ask ourselves all the time. And it is this curiosity that drives us to innovate and offer sustainable products and breakthrough innovations that take building safety, smartness, and intelligence to the next level.”
The elevator, which serves as the focal point of the collaborative design, gives visitors a glimpse into the expansive world of Jio World Centre, BKC, India’s new landmark business and cultural destination in the heart of Mumbai.
- Energy-efficient building solutions, such as regenerative drive, standby solutions, and the revolutionary KONE UltraRope® high-rise hoisting technology, which can reduce the energy consumption of a 500-meter elevator ride by up to 15%.
- Smart Building Experience Advanced People Flow Solutions: Touchless signalling, a Car Operating Panel & Landing Call Station, and a QR Code-based elevator call station are all available features.
- KONE 24/7 Connected Services for intelligent predictive maintenance: connects elevators and escalators to the KONE cloud and uses artificial intelligence-based analytics to detect potential issues before they become a problem.
- Elevator-integrated service robots for smart facility management: KONE was the first elevator manufacturer to make its digital platform and APIs available to the public. This collaboration opens up a world of possibilities, including touchless elevator calls, service robots, equipment status APIs, and service information APIs, among others.
- KONE DX Class Series: the world’s first Digitally Connected Elevator Series, which adds smart building solutions and services to make life easier and more convenient for users, creating a completely new kind of user experience.
