Inside The Lab That Tests Elevator Free-Falls
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 มี.ค. 2023
- We sent Fred down the world's deepest elevator test shaft.
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We hope you find this UPLIFTING
It was an elevating experience.
I see what you did right there
Wow a punt what a punt haha
The comment is GOATED
I thought we'd risen above that kind of humor
Can we just appreciate how beautiful they made the underground visitor area!
It's amazing!!
Agreed! Gotta impress those potential customers I guess, but the lighting was so cool!
No
@@Didnt_ask69 Every party needs a pooper that's why they invited you 🎶
@@TheB1M whats the movies name you used in the part where you say about films? ❤😂
Fred goes to visit Kone in Finland.
"Is this The Hole?"
"Yes. We also have big industrial machinery, and a research sauna for materials testing."
"I may never leave."
Yeah, most of us have a background in engineering, we know the theory behind and and understand the used mechanics.
I would only use the shaft to compare the data i got running the model in the simulator.
@@lucasRem-ku6eb You sound like you could probably do with a big long shaft to calm yourself down a bit mate
@@bigdaddybulge4206 4.20, we will try again then. We love Science, skills ! Are you an engineer too ? no background, hobby guy only ?
Research saunas are important. I always take my laptop and phone to the sauna. They need to be able to work in 80°C and 100% humidity for at least an hour without breaking down.
@@bigdaddybulge4206 yeah that definitly doesnt sound wrong whatsoever 😏😏
Nobody at KONE realises it, but they're sitting on one hell of a Theme Park Ride if ever they fancied diversifying their Revenue Streams...
You should charge KONE an advisor fee for that business plan
@@jason8219 Turning a Limestone Mine into a Gold Mine!
Actually when I did my apprenticeship with Kone Australia we were very aware of how much fun it was to ride on top of a lift at full speed over 70 floors, but that was only 7.5m/s (27k/h). That was until it was banned for obvious safety reasons. I can't imagine what 17m/s would look like. Things are moving past you with millimetre precision very fast indeed. Amusement parks become boring.
If any theme park ride borrows tech from the industry then it sounds like the kind of thing people in the industry would know.
If I recall correctly, the tower of terror ride at disney was built with assistance from otis elevators
Finland has some crazy engineering companies. Glad you have covered KONE. Great video!
Hmm, yes, combine that with Swedish companies for other essentials and you have the perfect building.
Considering the size of the nation, the Finnish industry has always been quite remarkable!
Kone was one of the companies that was forced to up their game so Finland could pay its war reparations to the Soviet Union.
@@jattikuukunen For sure, in many ways, paying those war reparations was a blessing in disguise for the Finnish economy. They punch well above their weight, especially in heavy industry, mining and now in software.
Sweden beats them by far .
In the mid-1980s I was involved in an investigation and redesign of an elevator that "fell up" into the top of the elevator shaft. The elevator was fitted with a counterweight that balanced the weight of the car. This in turn made it possible to reduce the size of the motor and winch drum.
As shown in your video the governor and brakes stop an elevator car from falling. On most elevators, the same is not true of the counterweight. At the time of the incident counterweight brakes, according to US regulations, were required when flammable substances or people might be beneath the elevator. This might occur in a building with an underground parking lot or a below-ground shopping mall.
In the incident, the elevator car was called to the lowest level. As it reached the bottom the gearbox on the winch failed catastrophically allowing the counterweight to fall, pulling the elevator car into the top of the shaft. Luckily, no one was in the elevator car and there were no injuries.
The failure investigation showed the gearbox showed signs of fatigue cracking in the gearing, leading to a complete failure of the gear. Analysis showed the gearbox was grossly undersized for the intended service. It also showed the accident and damages could have been mitigated had a governor and counterweight brake been installed.
All of our elevators were removed from service. Designs were reviewed and gearboxes, motors, and winches were upgraded, as necessary. Counterweight governors and brakes were retrofitted on all elevators. We also upgraded our specifications for future installations.
Now that is an interesting comment.
Thank you.
Wow, expensive upgrades, but pretending it didn't happen is even more expensive. Must have been some industrial sized insurance plan.
Crazy that the friction drum didn't have breaks on it
That’s why I stay on the ground!. Lol I hate highs.
For a little bit more context, usually a lift car is balance at 50% rated load with the counterweight. So if a car is rated at 2000kg, 1000kg would have to be in the car to be balanced with the counterweight. Anything less than that you will have a CWT heavy situation and lift car will go up. Most emergency brakes are on the car only and only work in the down direction.
the content, the information, the animation, the graphic, the shot, the delivery, and of course the host himself (😜)....everything is excellent.
Thank you so much!! 🙌
Cringe
@@Didnt_ask69 crunge
Cool.
except he keeps mis-pronouncing lift
my dad works for kone in NZ and its weirdly exciting seeing the company he works for on a big TH-cam channel. i love that my dad manages elevators for the countries tallest buildings, im super proud of him for it and it makes me super happy seeing the same company on one of my favorite channels. its the same kinda pride i feel when im in a kone elevator, probably doesnt make much sense to anyone but me but still.
Amen.
I get you man, I understand, it must be a good feeling to know your dad is part of great process contributing to society
It does make sense :)
I went directly to the careers section of their website after watching this if at least just to check it out. update: shame for positions in my field they pay half what I earn now but for senior responsibilities, ah well.
That's a really nice thing to say about your Dad: I'll bet he's proud of you also.
Kia ora my fellow kiwi. Does kone have any elevators in Christchurch?
It's reassuring to know elevators (at least this brand) are tested in real conditions (not just computer models). As a person with engineering experience, it really is the best way to find and test problems. Great video.
As a person with computer modelling experience, I completely agree.
As a person with autism, I agree.
This felt like something Tom Scott would like to make a video on hahahha great content as always!
I agree.
But Tom would show them actually dropping an elevator!
Right!
Only a matter of time until B1M collabs with Tom Scott
as someone who's been inside a malfunctioning elevator before, i can safely say that was one of the most terrifying experiences of my life. props to the guys who keep our elevators safe
As someone From Finland and used to KONE elevators it's not scary at all. They are 100% safe even if something doesn't work. In China on the other hand, I would never even set my foot inside an elevator. Those are scary even if nothing is wrong with them. Now I have an OTIS elevator from the 90s and it doesn't seem as reliable as an KONE. Even pushing the stop button when you accidentally press the wrong floor button makes the elevator reboot and stop for a long time until it restarts and goes to the first floor. KONE from the 90s, would just stop and continue immediately after you choose a new floor.
Wow! So the doors took longer than usual to open. I hope it all worked out for you.
11:22 I like that the floor buttons are actually depth in meteres.
This video is indeed uplifting, but what raised my spirits to new heights was seeing Adam Savage as the producer.
Savage saves everything and everybody.
I didn't notice that, thank you for pointing it out. It was a pleasant surprise.
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Still blows me away even after being a long time subscriber of how amazing the editing, narrating, quality, sounds, etc. are in these videos. Truly top notch mate! Much love and respect from Stockholm, Sweden...love my Finnish neighbors!! :)
That means so much to us! Huge thanks for watching and supporting 🙏
Life has got me down at the minute so i was very happy when i saw your video post. I has really lifted me up ......
I really enjoy tours in highly specialized facilities like this one. I would love to see videos from other unique places as well.
happy you enjoyed Finland. We have a lot of different tech being developed here.
My favorite elevator is the Gateway Arch elevator tram in St. Louis because of how unique it is. A guy named Virgil Bowser developed with his father elevator equipment that could travel horizontally, diagonally, and normal vertical. During a drive between Des Moines and DC, he stopped in Moline, IL and it was there where an associate named John Martin told him Eero Saarinen (Finnish-born architect of the Arch who also designed Dulles and the TWA Flight Center at JFK) was looking for someone to design a transportation system for the Arch. Eero returned the call and gave Bowser two weeks to design and present in front of the team. He knew a normal system wouldn't do, so for the Arch he combined elevator and Ferris wheel elements to create a unique system where a tram of eight elevator pods that by rotating, allows the visitors inside to remain leveled the entire way.
can we just appreciate how nice the finnish accent is for a sec
Due to their neighbor, Finns actually have a long history of building successfully underground. Please make a video about their shelters.
And everythhing else that is under our cities. I have heard that Helsinki has the largest amount of underground tunnels in the world compared to it's size. Sadly most of it is a secret.
Dont forget Sandvik mining and constructions. They build very good mining machines. And dont forget another lifting macinery manufacturer Konecranes. So Finns are successful ones both above and below ground.
Is that the place that had enough underground shelters for the entire population during the cold war? I think I saw a doc on that.
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great video! Love Finland and to see how technology is being made
It's rather a pattern. Provide terrible weather which forces people to sit at home or other confined spaces, they come up with ideas and innovations, assuming they survive the depression and melancholia.
@@SonnyDarvishzadeh bad weather is good for concentration and work, but its an insignificant factor compared to sociopolitical institutions
I ❤ only God and my family.
The B1m is the my favourite you tube channel
"Cold dark London to colder darker finland"
You need a vacation somewhere warm man. 😁
Go to Hell. There is very hot.
Dad joke game was really on point in this video. Big thumbs up
Haha, you're welcome!
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I have no hands.
This is, by far, one of the most informative and well put together videos I’ve seen on TH-cam.
I really appreciate the time and effort you put into this video. As well the hard work, and patience. I enjoyed watching thanks.
Our Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang deserves to have fast elevators. This is cooler than ice. Makes me want to go to Finland just to visit the KONE underground visitor cave. Here's some Finland fun facts: Not only is Finland the sauna capital of the world (estimated over 3 million of them which is more than one sauna per household), but the word “Sauna” is also Finnish! It's the only Finnish word making it into everyday English language as well! Even their parliament has its own sauna, and Finns abroad also have the luxury of saunas inside their diplomatic buildings.
More than 75 percent of their area is covered with forest! One of the most endangered seal populations in the world makes their residence in one of Finland’s lakes (Lake Saimaa). Only about 320 of the Saimaa Ringed Seals are estimated to remain. They're one of the few living freshwater seals left, alongside the Baikal and Ladoga seals.
DPRK elevators are the best elevators.
This really Elevated my confidence for the safety of lifts.
Timo sounds like the Hydraulic Press Channel guy. "We must deal with it"
That's the Finnish accent.
You all come up with some of the most interesting/different topics to show. It makes me want to watch the video intently instead of just listening to the information.
Great work as always!
Cool! Thanks for the video and thanks to KONE
Stuff of nightmares but still super fascinating!
Another fascinating video from Fred and crew!
Thank you.
When i saw the logo "KONE" i instantly recognized it. Many buildings i go to have them installed.
KONE is one of the funniest company names. "Kone" is a basic Finnish word, in English it means simply "machine." Just like in English, it appears in a lot of compound words as well, for example a sewing machine is "ompelukone" in Finnish ("ompelu" being sewing and "kone" machine). A washing machine is "pesukone", with "pesu" meaning washing. An airplane is actually "lentokone" in Finnish, meaning a flight machine. So, when people who know Finnish language see the company name, it simply reads as MACHINE in our eyes. A fitting name for a company that makes and maintains machines.
Yeah one of the biggest elevator companies so not unusual :)
You guys have come along way and I love it. Keep it up chaps 😄
Now that is pretty awesome...
A little disappointed we didn't got to see the actual testing...
this was a superb video! who knew elevators and the development of them could be so intriguing!
This is truly a one-of-a-kind video that you have shared.
Thanks for visiting Finland! Very cool video!
Not just for tall and large. KONE lifts are installed in, for example, London's DLR light train system stations, where they go up only 3-4 storeys or so. Some escalators are too, though don't quote me on that.
Sure, most of the elevators and escalators in Finland are by Kone, for example the one in the six-storey building I live in, installed in 1952. They make those horizontal things they have at airports as well.
Yeah they make all kinds of shit that moves objects and people, like at my work we have KONE lift for forklifts, no idea what is the max weight limit, but I guess alot.
3:34 I see the new jacket they gave you 😂👌🏽
Well spotted :D
The quality of the videos has greatly improved. And the integrated adds are far less commercial and much more real. Look forward to more.
Great to see you taking your videos to the next level!
The B1M team is just too good. This is a masterclass on how to develop and maintain great content. I’ll always be a follower, such great videos
Super surprised to see Brisbane here but I love it. The one is such a cool building and it's great to know it uses such cool tech.
AWESOME topic and content here. Great work. Although not your typical video, this was very interesting and I loved it. Thanks again for sharing and please keep em coming.
well done loading all the puns in the last two minutes. Great video, love the channel
Great company Kone 😁. In every high rise building I helped building they where there also. Loved working with them on the jubi towers The Hague, amazing brass elevators. Testing and crontol checks we did on top of the elevators, great experience going up and down the shafts on top op it. 🎉
1:27 In the Singapore Marina Bay Sands hotel there’s an express lift up to the bar/swimming pool on the ‘boat’ deck - floor 60 IIRC. It’s so fast - quicker than the lift in my apartment building to get to the sixth floor!!
Thanks, of the few channels I've subscribers to on TH-cam, yours is by far the best and I always watch the whole video.
Good to know we are developing tech for Coruscant.
Fred really pulled of every pun that even remotely fits
I love it
I ❤ only God and my family.
Have been an enthusiast in the space for years but it's great to hear Fred make a this Kone test facility more of a widely known thing. Very cool!
Has to best one of the best B1M videos that I’ve watched! Thanks
Thank you for this information and video, amazing
The production quality of this channel keep going up and up and up! Love it!
I am just happy this young Britt knows how to say elevator!
I find what KONE does extremely inspiring, thanks for creating this brilliant video!
My stepdad is an engineer for KONE. He fixes escalators and lifts.
I have never wanted to jump into a nice warm Finnish sauna, but I think you’ve convinced me
Trust me, Hot Tub in California is better
@@lucasRem-ku6eb Trust me, Finnish sauna in California is even better.
@@NearCry91 It needs to be very cold to enjoy a sauna ...Remote fjord is not my thing, lol
@@lucasRem-ku6eb no it doesn’t. We go sauna in the summer as well
Truly amazing, I love this channel!
Fantastic and awesome video, B1M!
On the road to having a Space Elevator eventually!
HEAVEN
This is the first time in seeing the guy who usually just narrates. Dude your presentation abilities are awesome! Great job in front of the camera too. 😁👍
He’s also very photogenic.
Thnx KONE for making this video possible!
Another great ep. Well done!
Fun fact: The first Double Decker Elevator in Indonesia is supply & installed by KONE. I’m proud it’s in Building that I used to involed when still work in Construction Contractors
The NatWest tower which is now called tower 42 in London had double decker elevators installed by the Express lift Co when it was built in the early 70s
I love that Brissy gets way more airtime than it deserves on this channel :)
Fascinating, thx a lot for the video!
Fantastic review of an amazing operation. Thanks!
You definitely need to go to the Thyssen elevator/lift :-) test tower in southern Germany! It looks amazing and is like a skyscraper in middle of nowhere.
Well, they are one of the big 4 elevator manufacturers (Kone, Otis, ThyssenKrupp, Schindler)
Given that we don't call them elevators in the UK, Schindler sometimes causes a chuckle (Clue: Liam Neeson film)
@@MarkUKInsects got it. Ironically the Schindler Lift company also started with munition production. But during WWI and I cannot say whether they supplied Germany or only Switzerland.
Ah, explains why I never heard of them before.
Probably 99% ThyssenKrupp here in Germany. :D
Schindler's list.
@@Yora21 Thyssen is number 4, Kone is actually the biggest. But they are all beyond 10% market share. But I am sure there is a state owned Chinese company stealing from all of them right now.
I'm really loving this deep and meaningful content.
So, so unique & interesting! Great job, mate!
The video was a elevating experience for sure.
And it goes down too. Ups and downs.
Very interesting video, thanks Fred!
Yes.
One of the coolest things about this video is the KONE puffer jacket you got to wear. I hope you got to keep it!
Your Videos end up on my Main Page a lot lately and im thankful for it because i just found another channel to watch the whole night because why would i need sleep, right? Top tier content!
I‘m a braking engineer and that was super interesting for me to see 👍
Love you bro
Best luck with ultra rope, very interesting. Thank you
Mind blowing, a must watch, even if you’re NOT an engineering enthusiast! Thanks!
This job certainly has it's ups and downs 😂
its
i really appreciate that you focus on the viewer when you chose to say it in the british or in the worlds standart. with one word it doesnt really matter but there are soo many british and US channels on youtube that are watched all over the world but for some patriotic reason keep talking only in miles, inches, pounds and all these other special units that the majority of viewers arent used to and cant picture without stopping the video and using a calculator. so thank you for choosing this cosmopolitan perspektive for your audience.
epic video as always guys
Awesome video. Thank you so much for sharing it with us.. it was very interesting and amazing to see something that I never knew existed..
Thanks for this video B1M, This really teaches us more when it comes to technogically advanced solutions and everything.
A real case of using MX100 motor in India but NOT in a Skyscraper is Jio World Convention Centre, it's merely 5 floors, but why such a massive motor? Well, that one is designed to carry over 200 passengers and such weight can make it difficult with simple motors like MX06, MX10 or even MX40. So MX100 was the most feasable idea and also using 9 ropes and 18 pulleys to allow it to run smoothly without problems.
This is an example of how to also make huge elevators which can accomodate a lot more people at once, like Japan usually does in a lot of buildings. Thanks again for this video!
The MX range have synchronous ac gearless motors controlled by VVVF drive, so another advanced technology for a machine of this size (not really mentioned in the video).
That Annabelle elevator scene though 👀
Subscribed long ago; brilliant work Fred, keep it going - John - Perth, Australia
In Croatia we say "lift" in every day jargon, but the standard word is in fact "dizalo" - literally translated, "elevator."
In Finnish, we say "hissi". Oh, and "kone" means "machine".
2:33 Next step is to build Umbrella's Hive and rename Espoo to Raccoon City.
You will be in our tests.
This video elevated my knowledge about lifts.
When you go so deep underground, does it get warmer (as I are close to earth core) or colder?
In this case it seemed to get colder!
Finland isn't very geologically active place, so you'd have to go to about 1km deep before it gets warmer.
Wow!!! Very interesting video! Thanks Fred!!
Ultrarope is super-cool! Great video as always... thanks!
Watched this from Australia, where we call elevators lifts! Keep up the good work. I love this channel.
Same, the odd thing is both lifts and elevators are nonsensical names as they spend half the time going both up and down.
What an uplifting video. Truly elevating the content on TH-cam.
Minion.
@@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536 Why you gotta be going down like that? I bet you're the kind of person that presses "door close" as someone is running to get in.
@@darkwoodmovies As you do?
@@darkwoodmovies Minion.
I am a robor or bot and not a person, human being.
@@darkwoodmovies I am like you. I will press your head against the wall. It is better.
Beautiful documentary...it's nice to put a face to the voice. Cheers!
Such a cool video and what an amazing facility. Definitely sold me lol
Very good as usual 👍
Thank you so much!!
Minion as usual.