Beijing's tallest skyscraper to introduce Schindler's fast-speed elevator
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-10-13 20:44
It will take elevator passengers just 30 seconds to be flung to the top of
new wing of the 73-story China World Trade Center, Beijing's tallest building
which is due to be completed in 2009.
The elevator will lift passengers at 10 meters per second and will be the
fastest in China, according to a contract signed between the China World Trade
Center Group and Schindler (China) Elevator and Escalator Co. Ltd. here on
Thursday.
The third phase of the China World Trade Center will be 330 meters tall,
doubling the height of the existing Beijing World Trade Center. The landmark
building is on the north side of the Chang'an Avenue, Beijing's main street just
inside the city's third ring road.
A manager with Schindler China, said that the elevator's acceleration will be
adjustable by computer so people won't get queasy stomachs. Currently the
world's fastest elevator rises at 16 meters per second.
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