The elevator in the world's tallest building. Copyrights belong to NOVA and PBS. Please support PBS by donating to your local PBS stations.
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@NeilPrasad_19053 жыл бұрын
To avoid confusion, you have to know: 8 meters per second is the speed of the highest rising elevator in this building serving from floors C to 138 10 meters per second is applied in both directions for the observation deck/sky lobby elevators. Service floors:- C and 123 ( Lower deck ) and G and 124 ( Upper deck )
@BlueBetaPro9 жыл бұрын
57 elevators!! In one building!
@scratchpad79545 жыл бұрын
I heard somewhere that the main buildings of the World Trade Center in New York City had almost 100 elevators each before they were destroyed that fateful Tuesday morning on September 11, 2001.
@nightcrawler54093 жыл бұрын
Aperture Science: *XD*
@blueguest2223 жыл бұрын
Yeah, pretty cool.
@firesurfer3 жыл бұрын
@@scratchpad7954 99 passenger 106 including freight. sites.google.com/site/911stories/wtcelevatorshafts#:~:text=WTC%20Elevators%20and%20Shafts&text=Actually%2C%20each%20tower%20had%20106%20elevators.&text=Elevator%20plans%20for%20both%20towers,service%20cores%20were%20oriented%20differently.
@PikaMatt073 жыл бұрын
The sears tower has 108 elevators.
@thecooldude999910 жыл бұрын
you know, if the cables broke, the elevator would stop. Otis himself invented a safety lock to market the first elevators.
@jb01779 жыл бұрын
Highly unlikely even one cable would break.
@thecooldude99999 жыл бұрын
jb0177 Correct, they are very strong.
@CombraStudios7 жыл бұрын
Elisha Grave Otis even showed in asterix cleopatra movie
@ronroos90717 жыл бұрын
wow
@scoobydoo71046 жыл бұрын
No the elevator would fall to the ground hard and that is dangerous
@MrSpasticdancer3 жыл бұрын
dunno why im getting so excited about elevators, but they're beautifully engineered machines
@TheLeetCast10 жыл бұрын
Why the fuck am I sitting here at 2:44 am watching a documentary about tall ass elevators.
@JeanMichelBreizh4 жыл бұрын
4:12 am for me, need to sleep
@zatiazlan10 жыл бұрын
I once got stuck in the elavator at Beijing! And then on december 2013, I got stuck in the elavator at Paris! Make it two! Never wanted to ride it again but sometimes it's a must. Sigh. I am a malaysian and i never got stuck in any elavator in malaysia before
@yongamir933 жыл бұрын
Haha, luck di negara sendiri tu.
@jdaniel30682 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing! John Lithgow is amazing orator.
@EarlFaulk9 жыл бұрын
Hope there is never a big fire on that sky scraper.....ppl couodnt escape if the stairs were cut off from them.
@peterlustig20487 жыл бұрын
EarlFaulk i dont think, that it can catch fire... but i get your point. An evacuation would be hell!
@lewishamos94026 жыл бұрын
The burj khalifa has top of the line safety features, the concrete has a fire resistant coating as well as a sprinkler system throughout the building, no fire could bring this building down as it is a rock solid concrete structure. In the unlikely event all the stairwells were blocked there are refuge rooms and balconys where people could get airlifted to safety.
@Justme-ei4xf5 жыл бұрын
Actually, except for other towers, Burj khalifa the world's tallest structure is equipped with 38 fire resistant emergency evacuation lifts that operate during incidents of fire. People needn't use stairs to evaluate. The building planning is the best of this century.
@inactivechannel70295 жыл бұрын
EarlFaulk There are fireproof safe rooms in the skyscraper.
@GerthuyaRana5 жыл бұрын
9/11
@yahnsolo10 жыл бұрын
Nice set of elevators!! Now just think about the antenna-guys on top of the whole thing hahaha
@Avidiy8 күн бұрын
3:41 CRAZY! They go so fast, yet can go so slow! The motor must be spining so slow. Example: suppose you have a motor that spins 10,000 rpm. When you want to spin it slow say 10rpm you run into problems, the motor would not have enough torque at so little voltage or frequency (deciding on motor type; DC or AC), you need a closed loop feedback, if the speed is going below what we want it would speed up and if it is too fast it will slow down, but still opt is VERY tricky to do that! Edit: fixed grammatical issues as well as spellings
@bandguymichael2 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this video 6 or 8 (possibly up to 10) years ago. It's still impressive, but as several other buildings have reached 2,000 feet in height, it doesn't wow me quite as much as it did years ago.
@TheDylanJoyce8 жыл бұрын
0:51...............my........worst.......nightmare (besides playing against Princess Daisy in Mario Kart)
@DisneyworldRon9 жыл бұрын
Amazing technology. Elevators are awesome machines
@NoName-vz7qk9 жыл бұрын
As tall as that building is the rooms inside of it must be tiny
@CliffordFLАй бұрын
elevators are just classic elegant engineering, so cool
@Kurukism5 жыл бұрын
I’m so terrified of heights you won’t see me step foot on a elevator that goes that high or not even on the first floor
@jayd72595 жыл бұрын
DominusZak yep, this video gives me anxiety
@QEElevators4 жыл бұрын
Stupid
@Kurukism4 жыл бұрын
QE Elevators o
@taxxxevasion4 жыл бұрын
i have actual nightmares about being in high speed elevators, thinking about tall buildings makes my skin crawl.
@louiewright85033 жыл бұрын
Same id just take the stairs I don’t care how long it takes lol.
@tantockpeng18144 жыл бұрын
This Video is Great!
@ph11p35405 жыл бұрын
Was lucky enough to ride the Toronto CN tower observation elevator. my mother kept freaking out while I was too busy with my face up against the transparent elevator glass. Almost as awsome as riding the Jasper Sky Tram in the Rocky Mountains. Always loved being up high and my dream home is a penthouse on to of a tall building or high on the side of a ravine
@elevatorsbyliftfilmer12475 жыл бұрын
2:23 Oh, dear. Hope nobody was in that elevator...
@qeelevators29604 жыл бұрын
That is a animation
@YouSaidDooDoo11 жыл бұрын
Well, that escalated quickly.
@bagelboi6610 жыл бұрын
Is it John Lithgow narrating?
@20GuitarZero078 жыл бұрын
+bagelboi66 yup
@BAttard5 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU!!! I've been trying to think who it was...
@c0t0d0s73 жыл бұрын
Shaw, it's 20 years now I've been a minister's wife. And I've been quiet, supportive, unobtrusive and after 20 years I still think you're a wonderful, a wonderful preacher. You can lift a congregation up so high they have to look down to see heaven. But it's the one to one where you need a little work.
@BIGHEADBOY11511 жыл бұрын
Tom cruise don't need no elevator, he just run down the side :)
@Macintoshiba5 жыл бұрын
I would hate to do Maintenance on that thing. Check every door. Every Single Door
@mynmhsnvwls11243 жыл бұрын
2:23 that is terrifying to even watch
@beng6319 Жыл бұрын
Glad I wasn't the only one to think that.
@QuarioQuario543213 жыл бұрын
We can make the elevator go faster if we make them uncomfortable.
@Seppen5524 жыл бұрын
Those are HUGE elevator motors, with more cables than conventional elevators!
@bearb1asting5 жыл бұрын
Fabulous.
@ronch5506 жыл бұрын
1:01 - how appropriate is that name for someone who works for an elevator company!! 😁
@tylerjacome63842 жыл бұрын
lmaoo your right it was ment to be
@ronch5502 жыл бұрын
@@tylerjacome6384 haha I can't even remember making my comment above 3 years ago!! 😁
@vikingvic9 жыл бұрын
another thing with fast decline it makes you feel like youre free falling and any second you will crash with the floor.
@iambehindthemirror12 жыл бұрын
Vanity, vanity, vanity.
@fgpalm Жыл бұрын
anyone else see the slight roll back when the 100 ton guy first started moving?
@NeilPrasad_19054 жыл бұрын
That 100-ton gearless traction machine is for the freight elevator that serves from the Concourse to 138 Fl.
@ericzeller420692 ай бұрын
This is definitely john Lithgow talking.
@caylebsrandomvideos37495 ай бұрын
I counted the cables on the elevator machine and I noticed that there were 20 of them. That’s a lot of cables!
@LukeL007 Жыл бұрын
Is that John Lithgow?
@cplai10 жыл бұрын
I guess if more viewers give it a thumbup, youtube will recommend it to other viewers. Also sharing it on facebook and twitter will bring up its rating too.
@Goobagoo4 жыл бұрын
Rip
@yamahonkawazuki12 жыл бұрын
@youoyyoyou It is required on qa construction site or in service occupations. such as that elevator person.
@teresatan8155 Жыл бұрын
2:18 Not yet snapped: Floor 99 1 cable snapped: Floor 97 2 cables snapped: Floor 94 3 cables snapped: Floor 90 All the cables snapped: Dropping to the first floor Everyone: Aahhh!!!!!!
@Techzd111 ай бұрын
If you jump when that thang is going down don’t think your leaving alive💀💀
@danielconant31554 жыл бұрын
Who is the narrator for this it feels like I hear him every where
@johnnyg3833 жыл бұрын
John Lithgow
@samsmith30255 жыл бұрын
Would an electro magnetic elevator with no cable work?
@haireepothead500111 жыл бұрын
good idea.
@TheDylanJoyce12 жыл бұрын
"The urge to go tall, relies on the Burj"
@ViktorL2000 Жыл бұрын
As I understand it, long elevators are more like a skip in a mine headframe than an elevator in an ordinary house.
@mynmhsnvwls11243 жыл бұрын
Don't let this give you a fear of elivators
@Jorythebest986 жыл бұрын
I’m about to faint just by watching this 😩😭 my biggest fear
@seminolegonzalezairlines77575 жыл бұрын
SOMEBODY CALL 911!!!
@CombraStudios5 жыл бұрын
The animation was wrong because the cable is tensed the highest at the pulley and therefore would break close to the pulley, the smallest tension is at the point of a cabin connection since it's the only of two points of the cable with zero weight added by the cable, other being the counterweight connection
@iannickCZ6 жыл бұрын
I was thinking can elevator be made without cables...so the engine will be on the top of cabin and powering is by side track...like we know in metro.
@jayd72595 жыл бұрын
iannickCZ It would need a long cable for power supply though
@toddcraig82022 жыл бұрын
The narrator has got to be John Lithgow.
@angelperez58572 жыл бұрын
I have an insane fear of heights, and I don’t even think I can get past the 4th floor frfr
@klaasweerstand16773 жыл бұрын
That building have already newer elevator that elevator on the video are the old ones
@1891nharas7 жыл бұрын
I was like no way I'm going in that LOL
@ALANSWEETIES9912 жыл бұрын
Like a hell elevator force action!
@txcgaming24922 жыл бұрын
anyone know the music that starts playing at 4:11?
@CombraStudios5 жыл бұрын
The animation was wrong because the cable is tensed the highest at the pulley and therefore would break close to the pulley. The smallest tension is at the point of a cabin connection since it's the only point of the cable with zero weight added by the cable
@johnnyg38310 жыл бұрын
It is John Lithgow.
@michaelsaintjude3 жыл бұрын
Bro, I should of scrolled down the comment section because I just posted that question, and it was driving me crazy, John Lithgow.
@NickyMitchell857 жыл бұрын
Those elevators should've used KONE UltraRope instead of conventional steel rope!!
@borntoclimb7116 Жыл бұрын
Wirklich interessant
@edtrexler50215 жыл бұрын
Yo real quick, how would u describe how an elevator closes in dialogue form? Need it for my momma not me. Ps. Reword is 20 coupons to a bouncy house in Nantucket. Biggest bouncy house in the northwest. lol
@lexuses39422 жыл бұрын
Is the narrator John Lithgow? Lol 😂
@haireepothead500111 жыл бұрын
The do that in both the fastest Taipei 101/ Burj Khalifa express elevators to the observation deck.
@balajimanokaran85355 жыл бұрын
Gloves ?
@ryanbittman64686 жыл бұрын
Get dem KONEs, No machine room required.
@liftsadventurevideosinfran79665 жыл бұрын
AviaRyanA330 Kone Minispace high rise lifts use also machine-room , you can't set an machine-room less lift in an skyscraper like that...
@doit4thefun8034 жыл бұрын
What would happen if there was a fire in this building?
@Aaronleek12 жыл бұрын
2:18 And thats why im not riding elavtors anymore
@LiftEnthusiast2020OFFTOPIC10 жыл бұрын
But one of the elevators only goes up to G to 127
@Goono12310 жыл бұрын
Trinity is alive!
@donthitmeimwoozy6 жыл бұрын
run, run, run as fast as you can... you cant catch me im the gingerbread man.
@Amathanio11 жыл бұрын
An ecodisc would die after a year with that performance, believe me, i work with ecodiscs. And btw, its otis...
@LachieVidsTransportVlogs4 жыл бұрын
And if this was a Generic, It would pretty much break the second it starts moving
@LachieVidsTransportVlogs4 жыл бұрын
3:49 that sounded like a Ecodisc Clunk?
@jagboy69 Жыл бұрын
And to think our tax dollars were pissed away on this?
@Moln00155 жыл бұрын
I can see a horror movie. The 800 + meter elevator ride of death
@a4andrei6 жыл бұрын
is Arthur Mitchell narrating?
@carultch2 жыл бұрын
No, it's Dick Solomon.
@tylerjacome63842 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised they used 1 to 1 roping systems
@wdowa9412 жыл бұрын
How to go higher? STAIRS! :D
@kirbyfrost469510 жыл бұрын
Eurghh... I hate elevators... o.o
@Awesome_Aasim6 жыл бұрын
The "elevator[s] of tomorrow" may be ThyssenKrupp Multi elevators: they do not require any cables, and just have magnetic rails.
@ph11p35405 жыл бұрын
Real Star Trek Turbolift technology
@rai.shraavan4 жыл бұрын
I agree
@firesurfer3 жыл бұрын
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@Mikimaki72677 жыл бұрын
Welp now we have the burg kahliefa
@user-sr3he3iy9k9 жыл бұрын
1:37 BULLSHIT MACHINE ROOM HAHAHA
@cattut69689 жыл бұрын
That's what I said
@carljohnsoncj68968 жыл бұрын
Lol
@user-wo1mn8yg5i Жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same thing
@Powlay20203 жыл бұрын
Yea the governor will stop it or if that snaps there breaks on the elevator cart
@PraisingWithFriends4 ай бұрын
John Lithgow is the GOAT!
@stereopolice9 жыл бұрын
00:19 Sheik Yerbouti.
@pacaroundtheworld33338 жыл бұрын
The cable turn too much ....... This affect the tensionning of the main ropes :)
@troybingham64263 жыл бұрын
I don't know why they don't/won't/can't make an elevator to run on magnetic rails, like they have for high speed trains.
@elevator_satellite3 жыл бұрын
thyssenkrupp are doing it.
@schweizerd63035 жыл бұрын
ThyssenKrupp has a solution by using magnet technology instead of ropes
@kanden124 ай бұрын
Or they could just use stairs and have World famous quads
@TheKitty_Roblox. Жыл бұрын
WOW
@252Scooby8 жыл бұрын
So what's it's top speed
@QuarioQuario543217 жыл бұрын
40 mph
@QuarioQuario543217 жыл бұрын
+QuarioQuario54321 6 floors per second at full speed
@carultch2 жыл бұрын
@@QuarioQuario54321 How long does it take to get from rest to its top speed?
@QuarioQuario543212 жыл бұрын
@@carultch I'm not sure but the whole trip is 1 min
@heilcheesecakes62309 жыл бұрын
Welcome to Dubai.
@firecat4x4667 жыл бұрын
Heil Cheesecakes! OMG HELLO, I SAW YOU FROM MIRRORS EDGE!! I CANT BREATHE AFTER SHOUTING!
@soldtobediers5 жыл бұрын
They just can't get that ''Tower Of Babel'' shape, desiore, & design out of their nature can they? This too shall one day fall. -former sgt. 82nd abn. 92618
@wess38428 жыл бұрын
1:49 , rollback haha
@davidhorner56558 жыл бұрын
ooh yes. poorly adjusted drive or badly balanced car.
@couldntthinkofagoodnamesoi83576 жыл бұрын
Barely any at all. The weight of the car side is always changing. It can't be perfectly balanced all the time.
@cjaden4 жыл бұрын
I wonder if the elevator plays wii shop music
@anuradhasharma48696 жыл бұрын
I went there in 2014 the construction was finished
@plushiez_show88276 жыл бұрын
cause this was in 2010
@Dragonk1165 жыл бұрын
Lamo everyone knows the tallest elevator is the orbital elevator from gundam 00
@TheMellowmonkey11 жыл бұрын
Sounds like a KONE EcoDisc.
@richieasian13 жыл бұрын
@metskidproductions elevator enthusiasts?
@ElevatingArizonaByGageWilliams4 жыл бұрын
Me
@AshleyTogepi6 жыл бұрын
Dude, Jon Lithgow must get around. He did the voice over for the birthing sex ed documentary I watched in high school.
@markofexcellence52095 жыл бұрын
Is this Lord Farquad????
@carultch2 жыл бұрын
I think it is Dick Solomon.
@anecior999 жыл бұрын
....IM SCARED OF ELEVATORS XD
@kokotajebka9 жыл бұрын
A linear motor is future here.
@jb01779 жыл бұрын
There would not be enough sheer power to efficiently power the elevator. The motor would burn out.