New planning tools for smoother movement

KONE is rolling out new tools to help its customers with planning better People Flow involving escalators and autowalks. “The architect toolbox we are launching builds on the success of a similar tool that has been in use for elevator planning. The customer can enter basic specification data into the tool on Kone.com, and it will generate drawings, as well as specification documents which the customer can download and utilize in tender invitations,” explains Sascha Klenke, vice president of escalator sales and product marketing for KONE.

Basically, he says, “the new tool saves time for customers. There’s definitely been demand for this, and the elevator toolbox has been very popular.”

In the beginning, the architect toolbox will be available for KONE’s volume escalator products, the KONE TravelMaster? 110 for commercial, and the KONE TransitMaster? 120 for infra-structure applications. Further extensions are already planned to also include KONE solutions for inclined and horizontal autowalks. Another significant recent development has been the creation of the KONE EcoPack, a new way of promoting KONE’s comprehensive range of energy efficient solutions for escalators and autowalks. It will consist of optional features to reduce energy consumption (stop & go and stand-by speed operation mode, regenerative technology and a reduced speed of 0.4 m/s) or features to improve ecoefficiency (LED lighting solutions and lubrication-free chains).

Klenke emphasizes that KONE is able to give its customers hard facts to backup its environmental promises.

“As an additional service, we will provide an environmental product declaration sheet that details the full life cycle of the product, including the carbon footprint of manufacturing it. Furthermore, KONE sales representatives are able to provide project specific energy consumption calculations for our own escalators and autowalks, using our calculation tool KONE EnerCal.”