日本日立公司日前表示,將在中國南部城市廣州的一座新摩天大樓里安裝“火箭”電梯,電梯最高速度達(dá)每小時(shí)72公里(45英里)。
The lift, the fastest in the world, would take 43 seconds to go from the first to 95th floor in the Guangzhou CTF Financial Centre, the company said.
該公司表示,這部世界上最快速的電梯將被安裝在廣州CTF財(cái)務(wù)中心,只需43秒就可從1層直達(dá)95層。
The Guangzhou CTF Financial Centre will house office, hotel and residential space. The skyscraper is scheduled to be completed in 2016.
廣州CTF財(cái)務(wù)中心將集辦公、賓館和住宅等功能于一體,該大樓預(yù)計(jì)將于2016年完工。
The 111-storey building will have in total 95 lifts, two of which will be operate at the ultra-high speed.
大樓為111層,建成后將有95部電梯,其中只有2部是這樣的超高速電梯。
Currently, the Taipei 101 building in Taiwan holds the record for fastest lift - it can travel up to 60.6km/h.
目前中國臺(tái)灣臺(tái)北101大廈里的電梯保持著世界最快的記錄:最快速度達(dá)每小時(shí)60.6公里。
Hitachi promised a "comfortable ride" even at high speeds in the new lift. The lifts would prevent ear blockages, Hitachi said, by artificially altering air pressure in the car.
日立公司承諾,即使是如此高速,也將為搭乘此電梯的乘客提供“舒適的體驗(yàn)”。該電梯將通過人為調(diào)整升降室里的氣壓來防止耳阻塞感。