To say that we are passionate about our products and services is an understatement. It’s because elevators are much more than metal boxes that transport people and things up and down. There’s a collection of interesting facts that surround elevators, and maybe it’s time you stop taking these wonderful machines for granted.

[b]Safety Merits[/b]

Would you believe it if we tell you that elevators are much safer than escalators, even cars? The concept of a metal box that hangs from a wire might sound unsafe, but elevators are actually 20 times safer than escalators. There are more elevators than escalators in existence, but only 1/3 more accidents. And compared to cars, about 26 people die in elevators every year. Twenty-six car deaths occur every five hours.

[b]The Oldest Working Elevators[/b]

The Otis Elevator Company is currently the world’s foremost company of its kind. Named after one of the modern elevator’s pioneers, Elisha Otis, the company’s name is on several of the oldest working elevators in existence. One such example is the 99-year-old lift that’s still operational in a bookstore in Utica, New York.
Said elevator was first installed in 1917, and the bookstore’s current owners claim that the machine is still in tip-top condition. Today, the machine sports modern components to at least keep it on-par with modern standards. Before, it used hemp rope as a hoisting cable. Now, it uses a much sturdier metal cable to keep the passengers safe.

[b]The Fastest Elevators in the World[/b]

Picture the world’s tallest building: Dubai’s Burj Khalifa. Boasting 163 floors in an 830-metre frame that spans its root to tip, the skyscraper must take forever to ascend even with an elevator, right? Somehow, but “forever” is obviously an exaggeration. The Burj’s elevator travels upward at a blistering 64 kilometres per hour. At that rate, its’s possible to reach the tower’s top floor in 35 seconds.
But, when it comes to the actual speed of ascent, Burj Khalifa’s elevator falls behind to the Taipei 101 tower’s lift in Taiwan. Costing more than $2 million each, the elevators take a mere 30 seconds to reach the tower’s top floor. For reference, Taipei 101 features 101 floors above ground.
Elevators are deceptively simple machines, but incredibly invaluable—especially with our penchant for building higher. As long as the trend continues, we at Electra Lift will be there making life easier.

More information about Electra Lift: [b]http://www.electralift.com.au/[/b]