- For fixtures found in the United States and Canada, please refer to List of thyssenkrupp elevator fixtures (North America).
This is a list of some notable thyssenkrupp elevator fixtures that are found in different countries, excluding the United States and Canada.
2001 to present
Fixtures used in Europe
After Thyssen merged with Krupp and became thyssenkrupp, the company continued on making the following fixtures.
STEP Basic buttons
thyssenkrupp continued making Thyssen's STEPMODUL buttons, which had been rebranded as STEP Basic. These are dark grey square push buttons made of plastic polycarbonate with a green lettering and a red LED illuminating dot.
STEP Classic buttons
This is a grey/silver colored square button with a chromed plastic and an illuminating halo which light up red (and sometimes blue) when pressed. An option for the button is a tactile, or both a tactile and braille marks.
STEP Solid buttons
This is a vandal resistant button with a silver concave button, engraved lettering and a red LED illuminating dot above the button.
MT 42 buttons
This is a square stainless steel button with illuminating halo made by Schaefer.
Series 44 buttons
This is a round stainless steel button with an illuminating halo and engraved lettering.
Floor indicators and hall lanterns
thyssenkrupp use either LED dot matrix display, segmented display, or a custom LCD display for the floor indicators. Hall lanterns, if present, are usually illuminating triangles. Some elevators may also have an external floor indicator combined with hall lanterns.
Fixtures used in Asia Pacific
These fixtures are found and used in thyssenkrupp elevators installed in Asia Pacific.
STEP Module/Module Classic buttons
- Not to be confused with Shanghai STEP Electric Corporation.
These buttons are based on the European STEPMODUL/STEP Classic buttons. Unlike the European version, the buttons have both illuminating numbers and halo. These buttons usually light up red when pressed, although some of them light up blue, orange or even green as an option, but this is very rare. Sometimes, Shanghai STEP PB28 buttons are also used on these fixtures, and due to their similarity with thyssenkrupp's buttons, some elevator enthusiasts in Asia often mistaken these third-party buttons as thyssenkrupp's buttons. These buttons are also known as STEP-C Ultrathin in the Asian market.
MT 42 buttons
These fixtures are made by Schaefer and provided by thyssenkrupp. They are square stainless steel buttons with both illuminating halo and number. Some buttons also have braille marks as an option, to make the elevators more accessible for disabled people.
AN170 buttons
These are diamond-shaped buttons which resembles Hyundai's Type 40 buttons. They have both illuminating number/symbol and halo.
AN180 buttons
These are round silver buttons which resembles KONE's KDS 50/300 surface mounted round buttons They have both illuminating number/symbol and halo.
BA21G buttons
These are round buttons with both illuminating number/symbol and halo.
BE 200 buttons
These are large sized stainless steel square buttons that are flushed into the panel. They have illuminating halo and lettering.
CB 36
These are round stainless steel buttons with illuminating halo and lettering.
Floor indicators
thyssenkrupp elevators in Asia Pacific use either LED Segment,LED dot matrix or LCD indicators. There are three variants of interior floor indicator displays. The first one, which is the earliest variant used from the early until late 2000s, is either a rectangular or parallelogram shaped display. The second, which was used from the late 2000s until the mid 2010s (probably 2013 or 2014), is either an octagon or rounded rectangle shaped display. The third, which is the latest variant used since 2014, is a rectangular display with either LED or blue LCD display.
Focus
Focus fixtures are made by ThyssenKrupp Elevator France and were widely used in France and United Kingdom, rarely in the other countries. They were used in ThyssenKrupp Univers and ISIS MRL elevators. Introduced sometime in the early 2000s, these fixtures have stainless steel buttons with either yellow or blue illuminating lamp on the top left corner of the button, and emits a beep when pressed. The main floor button inside have large green star pressel and a green lamp. Button arrangement can be a conventional or rarely, keypad style layout. Floor indicators use monochrome display; an option was a blue LCD display. Focus fixtures complies with EN 81-70.
ThyssenKrupp Synergy fixtures
The fixtures used in the older model of thyssenkrupp Synergy MRL elevators in Europe consist of blue illuminating STEP Classic buttons and blue LCD floor indicators with segmented numbers. Sometimes, a blue LED dot matrix display is also used but this is normally for the landing fixtures[1].
ThyssenKrupp synergy blue and EVOLUTION BLUE fixtures
These are the fixtures used in ThyssenKrupp synergy blue and EVOLUTION BLUE elevators. They were introduced sometime in the 2010s. The design of the landing and car stations can be curved or just straight.
BLUETON buttons
These are round silver polished buttons with a blue illuminating halo and tactile legend.
STEP Classic buttons
These buttons are identical to the STEP Classic buttons used in the older Synergy elevators. These buttons appears to be exclusive to EVOLUTION BLUE[2].
Schaefer buttons
- Further information: List of Schaefer elevator fixtures.
ThyssenKrupp synergyBLUE and EVOLUTION BLUE can use either Schaefer's MT 42, RT 42 or VB 42 series buttons.
Floor indicators
Normally both the synergyBLUE and EVOLUTION BLUE elevators use LCD floor indicators with segmented numbers. Some elevators may also using LED dot matrix indicators outside, often comes with triangular hall lanterns.
UK fixtures
These fixtures are found in the United Kingdom which consists of round buttons with tactile and illuminating halo, and floor indicator with LED dot matrix display.
Spanish fixtures
These fixtures are used in the Spanish ThyssenKrupp elevators manufactured by ThyssenKrupp Elevator Manufacturing Spain in Spain. They are mainly used in Synergy MRL elevators, although they could also be used in other models. There are at least four known variations of these fixtures:
STEP Classic
These fixtures consist of STEPMODUL/STEP Classic push buttons with braille, tactile and blue illuminating halo, and a blue LCD floor indicator.
Fixtures used in "Millenium" design Synergy elevators
These fixtures are used in Spanish ThyssenKrupp Synergy elevators and other models with the Millenium series interior design. It has a horizontal car operating panel designed to meet EN81-70 requirements. The buttons, known as the PM-6 series and made by Ceham, are square-ish, with a braille plate above them and a blue illuminating arc-shaped lamp[3]. The floor indicator inside is positioned close to the ceiling and door (if the elevator has only one entrance), and is inclined facing downward; it uses LCD display with a blue background and white characters. There are two variants of these indicators; one is the LIP4 series which comes with a black frame, and the other one is LIP6 series which comes with a stainless steel frame[3]. The former was originally Thyssen's creation for its late Spanish models in the early 2000s.
In 2011, ThyssenKrupp replaced the PM-6 buttons with the STEPMODUL push buttons as the standard buttons[4]. In addition, generic Ceham SQ series buttons[5] were made available as an option for counter vandalism measure. The floor indicators remained the same as before.
Fixtures used in "S1" design Synergy elevators
These fixtures are used in Spanish ThyssenKrupp Synergy MRL, e-flex MMR and fenix MMR elevators with the S1 series interior design, which was launched in 2011. It has a completely different look as opposed to the Millenium design series. The panel is made of white colored glass, with a stainless steel base for the buttons placement. It can be normal vertical, inverted T-shaped or L-shaped. The buttons are square with both a tactile and braille and white illumination, also made by Ceham. Floor indicator is a small LCD display with a black background and white characters[4].
Modernizations
Some ThyssenKrupp modernizations in Spain use PM-6 buttons just like those used in the Millenium design elevators, but on a vertical panel instead.
Brazilian fixtures
These are the fixtures which are and have been made by thyssenkrupp Elevadores Brazil in Brazil. They are mainly used in Central and South America.
Top Line
Top Line (also known as Frequence Dyne or Discovery) is a fixture line that was first developed by defunct Brazilian elevator company Elevadores Sûr in the 1990s, before Thyssen acquired it. After the buyout, Thyssen brought over the production of these fixtures before they were rebranded as ThyssenKrupp. This fixture line has round stainless steel buttons with blue illuminating halo. Floor indicators are either LED dot-matrix or LCD display.[6] Top Line fixture is divided into two series; Inox (hall/call stations) and St Steel (car operating panels). One very unique feature is the weight indicator that lights up as more weight is in the car, just below the speaker portion. Some options are the capacitive/touch sensitive buttons for car stations and a 7-segment display; the latter one one being remarkably similar to Schindler's HT fixtures used on the Schindler 400A elevators in North America. Top Line fixtures might have been discontinued.
Micro-movimento
This is an older Brazilian ThyssenKrupp fixtures lineup which has a similar appearance with Top Line. Originated from Elevadores Sûr, it has small, black plastic buttons and grey number and braille plates[7]. The floor indicator is the same type as Top Line, featuring a 7-segment display.[8] These fixtures have been discontinued.
High Protection
High Protection is a vandal resistant fixture line. It has lozenge shaped button plate which contains a grey braille plate on the left and a silver round concave button on the right with a small illuminating lamp on the top left. Floor indicators are either LED dot-matrix or LCD screen.[9]
Soft Press
Soft Press uses square STEP Module/STEPMODUL buttons with illuminating halo (either red or blue) and grey braille plate. Floor indicators are either LED dot-matrix or LCD display.[10]
Light Press
Light Press shares the same appearance with Soft Press, except that the buttons are Schaefer MT 42.[11]
TK Series hall position indicators
ThyssenKrupp Elevadores Brazil made four types of hall position indicators. The first one is TK-99 which is a simple 7-segments display. The second is TK-99 Plus which is an LED dot matrix display. The third is TK-921 which is a 7-segments display with Top Line-style faceplate (the LED dot matrix version is called TK-921 Plus). The fourth is TK-300 which is a tridimentional (curved) display with two LED dot matrix displays, a speaker (for the chimes) in the middle, and two triangle lanterns.[8]
Destination Selection Control
The fixtures used in the Destination Selection Control (destination dispatch) are mostly LCD touchscreen. Sometimes a special wheelchair button is provided next to the screen to activate handicap mode. There is also a conventional keypad with Schaefer MT 42 buttons and a small LCD display.
AGILE Terminals
These are LCD touch screen terminals for the thyssenkrupp AGILE destination dispatch elevators. There are two types of terminals; one is a 12" size (wider) and the other one is a 7" size (slimmer). These terminals can be black or white[12].
Fixtures used in South Korea
- Main article: List of Korean thyssenkrupp elevator fixtures
Third-party fixtures
ThyssenKrupp elevators in Australia, United Kingdom and Hong Kong often uses buttons made by Dewhurst or sometimes Switching Components (Dewhurst's subsidiary). Also as the mention above, Schaefer MT 42 buttons can be provided for some installation, often for STEP Module fixtures, the new synergyBLUE and EVOLUTION BLUE elevators in Europe as an option. The Schaefer BudgetLine fixtures package can also be used for modernizations in Germany and some Scandinavian countries (example: Norway). In Asia, there are also ThyssenKrupp elevators using fixtures made by STEP, and they even provide a counterpart version of their STEP Module, the Shanghai STEP EB210 push buttons series.
In the 2000s, some ThyssenKrupp elevators in Hong Kong's Public Housing Estate blocks and Home Ownership Scheme blocks are still using Dewhurst fixtures. All of them are US90-15 buttons and UL16 floor indicators (floor indicator standard continued until early-2010s, floor indicator were provided by their own company). Sometimes, they may use Everbright buttons.
Everbright
Dewhurst
Shanghai STEP
Other/custom fixtures
See also
- List of thyssenkrupp elevator fixtures (North America) - for fixtures found in the United States and Canada.
- List of Korean thyssenkrupp elevator fixtures - for Korean-made thyssenkrupp fixtures found in South Korea and other Asian countries.
- List of Thyssen elevator fixtures - for fixtures used in Thyssen elevators (prior to the merger)
Notes and references
- ↑ ThyssenKrupp Synergy brochure
- ↑ EVOLUTION BLUE Fact Sheet BC 61 F 00 - 40 (PDF)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Millenium Cabin brochure
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 ThyssenKrupp Synergy brochure - ThyssenKrupp Elevator Manufacturing Spain
- ↑ Pulsador Serie "SQ" - Ceham (Spanish)
- ↑ Botoeira Top Line (PDF) (Portuguese)
- ↑ Cabine Skyline (Archived picture) - Museu da Casa Brasileira (Archived)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Modernização ThyssenKrupp Elevadores – Revestimentos e Opcionais de Cabinas Sinalização (PDF) (Portuguese)
- ↑ Botoeira High Protection (PDF) (Portuguese)
- ↑ Botoeira Soft Press (PDF) (Portuguese)
- ↑ Botoeira Light Press (PDF) (Portuguese)
- ↑ AGILE: Intelligence going up - thyssenkrupp Elevator
External links
- Focus Pushes & Indicators brochure
- The ThyssenKrupp Aufzuge Design Collection - Operating and Indicating Elements brochure