KONE Jump Lifts Installed in the Shard

摘要

In August 2010, KONE announced that its first Jump Lift in the U.K. was installed in the Shard London Bridge (ELEVATOR WORLD, July 2009). Developed by KONE as a self-climbing elevator system, the Jump Lift provides an alternative to exterior hoists. The lift functions by using the building's permanent shaft during the construction phase and moves higher or "jumps" in the shaft as the building gets taller. It allows shaft construction and lift installations to continue at the higher levels while the lift is operating in the same shaft at the lower levels, below a protection deck.