KONE, one of the global leaders in the elevator and
escalator industry, has unveiled its renewed high-rise elevator testing
facility in Tytyri, Finland, after extensive renovations. Unique in the world,
the test lab reaches a depth of 350 meters, and is an integral part of a
working limestone mine. It hosts the world's deepest elevator test shaft,
meaning KONE can develop and test the ultimate in high-rise innovations and
technologies
With KONE's unique free-fall tests, speeds of up to 90
km/hour, or 26 meters per second, can be reached. In total, the transformed site at Tytyri comprises of 11 elevator shafts with a
combined length of 1.6 kilometers. Seven shafts are dedicated for super-tall
and mega-tall testing, with the remaining four shafts available for mid- and
low-rise testing.
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| Visitor Lobby at Kone Test Facility |
