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Mitsubishi Electric Achieves Three GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS Titles for Fastest and Tallest Elevators
Mitsubishi
Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) announced today that Mitsubishi (News - Alert)
Electric elevators have achieved three GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS®
titles for the following record categories: Fastest lift (elevator),
Tallest lift (elevator) in a building and Fastest double-deck lift
(elevator). All three models are operating in the 632-meter Shanghai
Tower, China's tallest building. Mitsubishi Electric (News - Alert) received the
GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS certificates during a ceremony in its head
office, Tokyo on December 8.
The Mitsubishi Electric elevators were certified by Guinness World
Records Ltd. as follows:
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Fastest lift (elevator): one unit that travels at 1,230 meters per
minute, or 73.8 kilometers per hour, directly from the second basement
level to the observation deck on the 119th floor in just about 53
seconds
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Tallest lift (elevator) in a building: two emergency-use units that
travel 578.55 meters between the third basement level and the 121st
floor
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Fastest double-deck lift (elevator): eight units that travel at 600
meters per minute, or 36.0 kilometers per hour, directly between the
ground floor and hotel lobby on the 101st floor
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Mitsubishi Electric Elevators Delivered
to Shanghai Tower (world records in bold)
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Delivered to
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Shanghai Tower (Shanghai Zhongxin Dasha)
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Owned by
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Shanghai Tower Construction and Development Co., Ltd.
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Elevators
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Total of 114 units:
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3 ultra-high-speed shuttle lifts (elevators) to observation
deck, including 1 traveling at up to 1,230 m/min (the
speed is controllable depending on the traffic conditions) and
2
at 1,080 m/min
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64 mid- to high-speed elevators traveling at 150 to 480 m/min,
including
2 emergency-use elevators traveling
total distances of 578.55 meters
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20 double-deck lifts (elevators), including 8
traveling at 600 m/min
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27 low-speed elevators traveling at up to 105 m/min
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Manufacturers
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Inazawa Works, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
Shanghai Mitsubishi Elevator Co., Ltd.
Mitsubishi Electric Shanghai Electric Elevator Co., Ltd.
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Installer
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Shanghai Mitsubishi Elevator Co., Ltd.
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