World's Tallest Elevators

The elevator in the world's tallest building.
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[@NeilPrasad_1905]

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 )

[@MrSpasticdancer]

dunno why im getting so excited about elevators, but they're beautifully engineered machines

[@thecooldude9999]

you know, if the cables broke, the elevator would stop. Otis himself invented a safety lock to market the first elevators.

[@jb0177]

Highly unlikely even one cable would break.

[@thecooldude9999]

jb0177 Correct, they are very strong.

[@CombraStudios]

Elisha Grave Otis even showed in asterix cleopatra movie

[@ronroos9071]

wow

[@scoobydoo7104]

No the elevator would fall to the ground hard and that is dangerous

[@TheLeetCast]

Why the fuck am I sitting here at 2:44 am watching a documentary about tall ass elevators.

[@JeanMichelBreizh]

4:12 am for me, need to sleep

[@jdaniel3068]

Thanks for sharing! John Lithgow is amazing orator.

[@BlueBetaPro]

57 elevators!! In one building!

[@scratchpad7954]

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.

[@campeãodomundo2137]

Aperture Science: *XD*

[@blueguest222]

Yeah, pretty cool.

[@firesurfer]

@@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.

[@PikaMatt07]

The sears tower has 108 elevators.

[@caylebsrandomvideos3749]

I counted the cables on the elevator machine and I noticed that there were 20 of them. That’s a lot of cables!

[@caroleast9636]

I would guess that this lift has double wrap traction. You will see 20 ropes on the sheave but each rope passes around a secondary sheave and then back to a second pass. That’s really only 10 ropes. Still quite a lot compared to most “ordinary” lifts.

[@charelevation]

OTIS is a good choice. Thyssenkrupp also has experience in high rise elevators from the Freedom Tower and KONE modernized the elevators at the Sky Tower.

[@teresatan8155]

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!!!!!!

[@LukeL007]

Is that John Lithgow?

[@chipmunktubetop]

THANK YOU!!!!!

[@zatiazlan]

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

[@yongamir93]

Haha, luck di negara sendiri tu.

[@bandguymichael]

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.

[@Avidiy]

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 is VERY tricky to do that! Edit: fixed grammatical issues as well as spellings

[@caroleast9636]

Remember lifts are direct drive and a high speed lift will have a motor that is not even geared to the traction sheave. These machines are essentially just a very big powerful motor. They need to have the torque to drive a load away from a standstill and are designed to do just that. If you’re used to seeing electric motors running at thousands of rpm, you have to realise that these are very very different

[@Avidiy]

@@caroleast9636 I totally agree these motors have VERY high torque, but what I meant is it is like driving a car that is in 5th gear and wanting to go 1mph, you just can’t do that very easily. If you see I said “Example: suppose…” that means it is an example

[@ph11p3540]

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

[@yahnsolo]

Nice set of elevators!! Now just think about the antenna-guys on top of the whole thing hahaha

[@TheDylanJoyce]

0:51...............my........worst.......nightmare (besides playing against Princess Daisy in Mario Kart)

[@EarlFaulk]

Hope there is never a big fire on that sky scraper.....ppl couodnt escape if the stairs were cut off from them.

[@peterlustig2048]

EarlFaulk i dont think, that it can catch fire... but i get your point. An evacuation would be hell!

[@lewishamos9402]

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-ei4xf]

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.

[@inactivechannel7029]

EarlFaulk There are fireproof safe rooms in the skyscraper.

[@GerthuyaRana]

9/11

[@ericzeller42069]

This is definitely john Lithgow talking.

[@DisneyworldRon]

Amazing technology. Elevators are awesome machines

[@jonathangarcia9617]

Nice video of the day.❤🎉. 0:38 .

[@WakaHonored]

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

[@jayd7259]

DominusZak yep, this video gives me anxiety

[@QEElevators]

Stupid

[@WakaHonored]

QE Elevators o

[@taxxxevasion]

i have actual nightmares about being in high speed elevators, thinking about tall buildings makes my skin crawl.

[@louiewright8503]

Same id just take the stairs I don’t care how long it takes lol.

[@NoName-vz7qk]

As tall as that building is the rooms inside of it must be tiny

[@fgpalm]

anyone else see the slight roll back when the 100 ton guy first started moving?

[@CliffordFL]

elevators are just classic elegant engineering, so cool

[@BIGHEADBOY115]

Tom cruise don't need no elevator, he just run down the side :)

[@elevatorsbyliftfilmer1247]

2:23 Oh, dear. Hope nobody was in that elevator...

[@qeelevators2960]

That is a animation

[@Seppen552]

Those are HUGE elevator motors, with more cables than conventional elevators!

[@toddcraig8202]

The narrator has got to be John Lithgow.

[@Macintoshiba]

I would hate to do Maintenance on that thing. Check every door. Every Single Door

[@CantEscape1.4M]

it's not too much if a stress if the elvator doesn't serve every floor but rather only the entrance/exit and observatory floors

[@mynmhsnvwls1124]

Don't let this give you a fear of elivators

[@lexuses3942]

Is the narrator John Lithgow? Lol 😂

[@ViktorL2000]

As I understand it, long elevators are more like a skip in a mine headframe than an elevator in an ordinary house.

[@vikingvic]

another thing with fast decline it makes you feel like youre free falling and any second you will crash with the floor.

[@mynmhsnvwls1124]

2:23 that is terrifying to even watch

[@beng6319]

Glad I wasn't the only one to think that.

[@ronch550]

1:01 - how appropriate is that name for someone who works for an elevator company!! 😁

[@tylerjacome6384]

lmaoo your right it was ment to be

[@ronch550]

@@tylerjacome6384 haha I can't even remember making my comment above 3 years ago!! 😁

[@estack925]

we are called elevator mechanics, i work for Otis.

[@tantockpeng1814]

This Video is Great!

[@danielconant3155]

Who is the narrator for this it feels like I hear him every where

[@johnnyg383]

John Lithgow

[@CombraStudios]

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

[@NeilPrasad_1905]

That 100-ton gearless traction machine is for the freight elevator that serves from the Concourse to 138 Fl.

[@bagelboi66]

Is it John Lithgow narrating?

[@20GuitarZero07]

+bagelboi66 yup

[@BAttard]

THANK YOU!!! I've been trying to think who it was...

[@c0t0d0s7]

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.

[@cplai]

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.

[@Goobagoo]

Rip

[@QuarioQuario54321]

We can make the elevator go faster if we make them uncomfortable.

[@radnerd17]

anyone know the music that starts playing at 4:11?

[@TheDylanJoyce]

"The urge to go tall, relies on the Burj"

[@YouSaidDooDoo]

Well, that escalated quickly.

[@NickyMitchell85]

Those elevators should've used KONE UltraRope instead of conventional steel rope!!

[@iannickCZ]

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.

[@jayd7259]

iannickCZ It would need a long cable for power supply though

[@yamahonkawazuki]

@youoyyoyou It is required on qa construction site or in service occupations. such as that elevator person.

[@CombraStudios]

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

[@johnnyg383]

It is John Lithgow.

[@michaelsaintjude]

Bro, I should of scrolled down the comment section because I just posted that question, and it was driving me crazy, John Lithgow.

[@angelperez5857]

I have an insane fear of heights, and I don’t even think I can get past the 4th floor frfr

[@prankerganster3985]

I am a engineer so here's a few ideas: - Piston Elevator - Boat elevator - Water elevator - Trapdoor elevator - Minecarts - Command blocks - TNT - Firework

[@Jorythebest98]

I’m about to faint just by watching this 😩😭 my biggest fear

[@seminolegonzalezairlines7757]

SOMEBODY CALL 911!!!

[@klaasweerstand1677]

That building have already newer elevator that elevator on the video are the old ones

[@iambehindthemirror]

Vanity, vanity, vanity.

[@bearb1asting]

Fabulous.

[@Amathanio]

An ecodisc would die after a year with that performance, believe me, i work with ecodiscs. And btw, its otis...

[@LachieVidsTransportVlogs]

And if this was a Generic, It would pretty much break the second it starts moving

[@LachieVidsTransportVlogs]

3:49 that sounded like a Ecodisc Clunk?

[@Powlay2020]

Yea the governor will stop it or if that snaps there breaks on the elevator cart

[@haireepothead5001]

good idea.

[@ryanbittman6468]

Get dem KONEs, No machine room required.

[@cplai]

@youoyyoyou This building is in the Arabic world. It is very unlikely that the Muslim extremists would attack another Muslim country. If they do, they will lose support among all other Muslims in the world. Unless the Christian extremists launch the next Crusade against the Muslims, the building would not become a target. Timothy McVeigh was a Christian and he attacked his own country. So anything is possible. Unlikely but not impossible.

[@CantEscape1.4M]

why the comment is not at the top?

[@cplai]

@ it only received 1 like in 13 years. So it will never rise to the top.

[@Awesome_Aasim]

The "elevator[s] of tomorrow" may be ThyssenKrupp Multi elevators: they do not require any cables, and just have magnetic rails.

[@ph11p3540]

Real Star Trek Turbolift technology

[@rai.shraavan]

I agree

[@firesurfer]

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[@PraisingWithFriends]

John Lithgow is the GOAT!

[@haireepothead5001]

The do that in both the fastest Taipei 101/ Burj Khalifa express elevators to the observation deck.

[@zimbabweekonelevatorcompan3819]

KONE Elevators have developed the Ultrarope....buildings up to 1000m. That's why they are the number 1 innovative elevator company!

[@samsmith3025]

Would an electro magnetic elevator with no cable work?

[@soldtobediers]

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

[@haireepothead5001]

They need to make elevator's have on board Linear Induction motors like Maglev trains while climbing up on a worm gear and rack system and getting it's power from a 3rd rail or Pantograph/electric wire similar to subway train. There would be a back up battery with computer that locks the brakes once power loss in the main electrical system is detected thus preventing an elevator from falling. That will get rid of heavy cables and motors at the top of the building.

[@Moln0015]

I can see a horror movie. The 800 + meter elevator ride of death

[@QiuyuanChenRyan916]

Elevator cable is excess design theory, where the cable is designed to hold more weight than the car can possibly generate by itself.

[@doit4thefun803]

What would happen if there was a fire in this building?

[@kys-m5y]

1:37 BULLSHIT MACHINE ROOM HAHAHA

[@cattut6968]

That's what I said

[@carljohnsoncj6896]

Lol

[@SaturnAstronaut]

I was thinking the same thing

[@jagboy69]

And to think our tax dollars were pissed away on this?

[@thatyummytofu]

Why dont they just install KONE? It uses the UltraRope, the first carbon fiber rope, if it rise higher, the cables will get lighter and been tested under the most extreme conditions.

[@elevator_satellite]

KONE UltraRope wasn't even invented yet.

[@stereopolice]

00:19 Sheik Yerbouti.

[@1891nharas]

I was like no way I'm going in that LOL

[@Goono123]

Trinity is alive!

[@edtrexler5021]

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

[@tylerjacome6384]

I'm surprised they used 1 to 1 roping systems

[@schweizerd6303]

ThyssenKrupp has a solution by using magnet technology instead of ropes

[@252Scooby]

So what's it's top speed

[@QuarioQuario54321]

40 mph

[@QuarioQuario54321]

+QuarioQuario54321 6 floors per second at full speed

[@carultch]

@@QuarioQuario54321 How long does it take to get from rest to its top speed?

[@QuarioQuario54321]

@@carultch I'm not sure but the whole trip is 1 min

[@pacaroundtheworld3333]

The cable turn too much ....... This affect the tensionning of the main ropes :)

[@troybingham6426]

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_satellite]

thyssenkrupp are doing it.

[@wdowa94]

How to go higher? STAIRS! :D

[@balajimanokaran8535]

Gloves ?

[@kanden12]

Or they could just use stairs and have World famous quads

[@a4andrei]

is Arthur Mitchell narrating?

[@carultch]

No, it's Dick Solomon.

[@heilcheesecakes6230]

Welcome to Dubai.

[@firecat4x466]

Heil Cheesecakes! OMG HELLO, I SAW YOU FROM MIRRORS EDGE!! I CANT BREATHE AFTER SHOUTING!

[@wess3842]

1:49 , rollback haha

[@Fartmaster200]

ooh yes. poorly adjusted drive or badly balanced car.

[@couldntthinkofagoodnamesoi8357]

Barely any at all. The weight of the car side is always changing. It can't be perfectly balanced all the time.

[@borntoclimb7116]

Wirklich interessant

[@cjaden]

I wonder if the elevator plays wii shop music

[@LiftEnthusiast2020OFFTOPIC]

But one of the elevators only goes up to G to 127

[@LiftEnthusiast2020OFFTOPIC]

Did you know that in the USA they wanted a building with 1001 floors and the numbers on this elevator are G to 1000 and it has space for 602 elevators that is a brand new building and the name of this building is The USA Building. It's the new tallest building in the world!

[@HungryGuyStories]

Nah. The UAE isn't a terrorist nation. The west has no reason to attack Dubai.

[@anuradhasharma4869]

I went there in 2014 the construction was finished

[@plushiez_show8827]

cause this was in 2010

[@ALANSWEETIES99]

Like a hell elevator force action!

[@ramsaybolton7464]

Trinity killer?

[@AshleyTogepi]

Dude, Jon Lithgow must get around. He did the voice over for the birthing sex ed documentary I watched in high school.

[@Mikimaki7267]

Welp now we have the burg kahliefa

[@TheMellowmonkey]

Sounds like a KONE EcoDisc.