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Mitsubishi Electric Delivers 51 Elevators and Escalators for Shanghai New World Daimaru Department Store in China
Mitsubishi
Electric Corporation (TOKYO:6503) announced today that it has
delivered 15 elevators and 36 escalators, including 12 of its unique
spiral escalators, to Shanghai New World Daimaru Department Store,
China's new 12-floor commercial facility whose full opening is scheduled
for May.
The 12 spiral escalators, the largest order for a single project to
date, serve six floors of the department store and are installed in the
central atrium. The highly sophisticated design and wide perspective
give passengers the astonishing feeling of gliding through the air in
graceful arcs.
Mitsubishi (News - Alert) Electric first developed the spiral escalator in 1985 and has
since delivered 103 units to customers in Japan and across the world.
Center Shift Method The
challenge to building a curved escalator is that horizontal speed
decreases as it moves along the slope, making circular designs impractical. Mitsubishi Electric's (News - Alert) engineers overcame this dilemma by
inventing the Center Shift Method, shifting the center of the circle
around which the escalator rotates in response to the degree of
gradient, realizing smooth rotational movement in perfect harmony with
vertical movement.
Unparalleled Creativity and Highly-accurate
Processing The escalators achieve smooth movement
through specially designed chains that can respond to various angles of
motion and rails and handrails made with proprietary processing
techniques for optimal flexibility, yet the increased range of motion
does not sacrifice precision, as the final processing accuracy is 0.1 mm.
The spiral escalators and see-through observation elevators for the
department store were manufactured by Inazawa Works of Mitsubishi
Electric, Japan. The other elevators and escalator units were locally
manufactured by Shanghai Mitsubishi Elevator Co., Ltd. in China.
About Mitsubishi Electric Corporation With
over 90 years of experience in providing reliable, high-quality
products, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) is a recognized
world leader in the manufacture, marketing and sales of electrical and
electronic equipment used in information processing and communications,
space development and satellite communications, consumer electronics,
industrial technology, energy, transportation and building equipment.
Embracing the spirit of its corporate statement, Changes for the Better,
and its environmental statement, Eco Changes, Mitsubishi Electric
endeavors to be a global, leading green company, enriching society with
technology. The company recorded consolidated group sales of 4,054.3
billion yen (US$ 39.3 billion*) in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014.
For more information visit http://www.MitsubishiElectric.com *At
an exchange rate of 103 yen to the US dollar, the rate given by the
Tokyo Foreign Exchange Market on March 31, 2014.
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