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bank of elevators [1 record]

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Record 1 2015-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Elevators
CONT

Service demands on a bank of elevators occur in waves rather than in a steady flow.

CONT

... in order to obtain rentable, peripheral office space in the upper floors, where the banks of elevators diminished, whole increments of office space had to be omitted.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ascenseurs et monte-charge
CONT

Le service est estimé satisfaisant si la batterie d'ascenseurs est capable de transporter en 5 min à la montée au minimum 7,5% de la population à prendre en compte, l'intervalle maximal probable d'attente étant de 130 secondes.

CONT

Dans certaines tours (...), le noyau central est en béton. Mais dans beaucoup de réalisations (...), la partie centrale abritant les batteries d'ascenseurs est une cage métallique.

Spanish

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