HUMONGOUS KONE traction elevators at the Costco garage in Arlington VA

(📹 6/28/2024) These are the garage elevators for the Costco in Arlington VA. These are absolutely colossal at 18,700 lbs (8480 kgs), making these the largest traction elevators I've been on. These even need two door operators to move both panels telling by how wide the doors are. These also run on EcoDisc machines and are on 4:1 roping.
Filming equipment:
- Camera: Samsung Galaxy S24
- Resolution of original video: 2160p
- FPS: 60
Some elevator info:
Review of the elevator
- Cab: Decent
- Fixture/button choice: Decent
- Chimes/voice annunciator: Meh
- Ride quality: Fine
- Condition: Decent
- Speed choice: Decent
- Motor: none
- Fun factor: Awesome
- Overall: Awesome
Other notes:
- Improvements needed: nothing really
- Filming risk: low
- Additional notes: n/a
Elevator infrastructure:
- Manufactured by: KONE in 2016
- Modernization by: n/a
- Elevator model: custom?
- Propulsion: 4:1 overslung overhead gearless traction (ecodisc)
- Motor drive: Permanent magnet VVVF AC
- Capacity: 18,700 lbs (8480 kgs) HUGE!!!
- Speed: 200 fpm (1 m/s)
- Floors traveled: 7
- Opening count: 7
- Quantity of elevators: 2
- Elevator control type: Microprocessor CPU
- Elevator control brand: KONE
- Cars per controller group: 2
Elevator Fixtures (current):
- Buttons (hall): Innovation Universal PB-1
- Buttons (car): Innovation Universal PB-1
- Braille type/style: Square
- Fire key: FEO-K1
- Emergency phone: Built in
- Phone ADA compliant: Yes
- Position Indicators: KONE dot matrix
Elevator Doors:
- Door configuration: Two speed center opening
- Door operator: Dual operator setup using two GAL MOVFR-II harmonic operators on both cars
- Door sensors: Multi-beam
- Door closer type: Arm
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[@TechNerdNolan]

This elevator really contrasts with the size of the elevators at Costco in Norwalk, CT

[@dmvelevatorsandmore]

Nice, these were MASSIVE

[@harrisonaparin244]

I have a feeling that these elevators use the MX100 motor, because of the capacity and how fast they go, which i believe is 1-1.5 m/s, correct me if i'm wrong.

[@QEElevators]

Imagine if these were 7 floor hydros this big.. probably need 2 DT-221-TALL power units and 4 100HP motors. This is definitely more efficient, but not as cool as if it were hydraulic.

[@dmvelevatorsandmore]

That would be insane

[@QuarioQuario54321]

I wonder what they’d need an elevator this big for?

[@dmvelevatorsandmore]

to haul lots of shoppers back to their cars with all the stuff they bought

[@alternatehobbies]

you can't go into costco and leave empty handed