The new Hitachi elevator system won the 2024 Red Dot Design Award

On May 29, 2024, Hitachi’s new elevator system won the Red Dot Design Award 2024. According to Hitachi Elevator Company, this new system is called Urban Ace HF Plus standard elevator. The elevator also won the October 2023 Good Design Award organized by the Japan Design Development Institute, the second consecutive award for the elevator system in the past year.

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Features of Hitachi’s standard lift, Urban Ace HF Plus

The Urban Ace HF Plus standard elevator was launched in April 2023. This elevator is supervised by Naoto Fukasawa, a world famous product designer and representative of NAOTO FUKASAWA DESIGN LTD.

This is a new series of Urban Ace HF standard elevator released in 2021, which represents the development of Hitachi elevators and escalators products and services. The new Hitachi elevator system is equipped with the latest digital solutions. Some of these solutions include V2X systems. The V2X system allows the elevator to be used during a power outage.

In this system, there are special facilities for moving the elevator even during a power cut. Some of these facilities include power supply and special security services. This equipment allows entry from the entrance of the apartment to the residential floor with facial recognition as a door key.

In addition, compared to the former standard elevator, the maximum lifting height has increased from 40 meters to 100 meters, and the maximum capacity has increased from 750 kg to 1750 kg.

Translator: Naeeme Goli

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https://www.hitachi.com/New/cnews/month/2024/05/240529b.html