Product Of The Year 2023 Winners
EW’s third annual Product of the Year Award recognizes the outstanding development achievements of manufacturers whose products are considered particularly noteworthy or innovative. The product(s) should represent any of the following qualities:
- A significant advancement in a technology or its application
- An exceptionally innovative design
- A substantial achievement in price/performance
- Improvements in design performance
- A potential for new product designs/opportunities.
2023 PRODUCT OF THE YEAR WINNER
F1 Cab Shell by MAD Elevator Inc.
F1 CaB SHELL
Mad Elevator Inc.
Introducing the F1 Cab Shell – a breakthrough in elevator cab design that transforms installation efficiency and elevates aesthetics. With its Quick Connect System, installation becomes seamless, as non-access walls, fronts and canopies are effortlessly aligned and attached without the need for bolts. The innovative cage nut fastening simplifies the process further, requiring just one hand for installation and reducing fasteners by up to 75% compared to other designs.
An integral part of the F1 Cab Shell is its integrated car top railings, seamlessly blending functionality and style. This innovative integration enhances structural integrity while maintaining a sleek appearance. Installers benefit from a streamlined process, saving over 12 labor hours. Quick connect pins and numbered panels ensure swift assembly, needing only basic tools like a nut driver, screwdriver and square.
The F1 Cab Shell offers versatility with optional fully integrated car top kits and sound dampening solutions. Its reversible canopy design adapts to different installation needs, allowing reinforcing ribs to be positioned up or down. The universal car top ducting, customizable on-site without mechanical fastening, adds a tailored touch.
In summary, the F1 Cab Shell revolutionizes elevator cab installation with its Quick Connect System, minimal fasteners and integrated design. Experience efficiency, aesthetics and adaptability like never before. Get in the fast lane with the F1 Cab Shell.
sales@madelevator.com
1 (866) 967-8500
madelevator
2023 PRODUCT OF THE YEAR FINALIST
EOX
TK Elevator
EOX is TK Elevator’s (TKE) new eco-efficient and digitally native elevator platform. It is a future-proof fusion of the latest energy-saving and digital technologies. It spells out TKE’s commitment to add value to buildings: By contributing to energy efficiency [E] and reducing the carbon footprint. By putting our customers at the center and going full circle [O] on today’s and tomorrow’s needs of everyone who designs, constructs, manages or uses a building. And by digitally transforming [X] the everyday elevator.
EOX brings premium specs to the entry- level standard. It’s designed to be a natural extension of how we live and move in the world today: environmentally conscious, and always connected.
EOX comes with a regenerative drive (VVVF), Class A energy efficiency, energy-saving features such as a standby and unique eco-mode (dynamic adjustment of top speed and acceleration according to building traffic patterns), and is already enabled for future IoT and AI functionalities thanks to powerful computing hardware (on-board edge computing processor) and smart sensors (including optical sensor in the cabin ceiling and accelerometer in the door drive). In addition and as a standard, it offers a connected in-cabin display with infotainment features (news, weather) and smartphone connectivity to “swipe a ride” via your mobile device. 70% of the materials in EOX are recyclable at the end of its product life, and its reduced weight as compared to TKE’s previous offering results in a 10% reduction in its logistics carbon footprint, and up to 28% less energy needed to operate.
Jan Philipp Eschenbach
jan-philipp.eschenbach@tkelevator.com
+49 173 2866064
Cegard/Smart and SKYLER Elevate
relayr
cegard/Smart and SKYLER Elevate provides easy installation, use and elevator health monitoring that is completely universal irrespective of the make, model or age. No additional hardware is required to enable the health monitoring function since the necessary hardware is fully embedded as part of the light curtain.
The product’s power lies in the highly sophisticated door edge and cabin vibration sensing capabilities, with the data being captured directly at the source. By leveraging sensors, this solution provides insights into the most frequent callback issues – those associated with the elevator doors. The data is processed and presented in an easy-to-leverage interface for the frontline specialists.
At least seven out of 10 breakdowns are caused by malfunctioning door systems, and ride quality is often a proxy for perceived overall quality of service from a rider’s point of view. Zooming in on potential equipment health issues before they become significant problems gives elevator companies a crucial advantage in proactively catering to their customer’s needs.
Imagine the benefits of reducing or even eliminating repeated callbacks. The product helps service providers address this everyday challenge. It is a first in the industry, developed based on proven technologies that complement each other perfectly.
This product is a result of the partnership between CEDES and relayr – uniting leading sensor technology with state-of-the-art IoT and AI.
Stefania Guglielmetto
Head of Marketing, relayr
Bergmannstraße 102/103
Berlin/Germany/10961
+49 162 2589637
stefania.guglielmetto@relayr.io
New and Improved
Innovation is at the core of the elevator industry, and ELEVATOR WORLD is proud to again recognize the achievements of manufacturers whose products — brought to the vertical-transportation market between March 2022-July 1, 2023 — are considered particularly noteworthy or innovative for the third annual Product of the Year Award. The products featured represent advances in technology or application, innovative or improved design, price/performance improvements and potential for further development. This special section contains detailed listings of the eight products up for consideration this year, and you have the opportunity, along with an impartial panel of experienced industry experts and professionals, to help choose this year’s winner by voting online on October 9-13. The winner and two finalists will be announced in November with an email blast and news in ELENET, along with receiving a framable certificate, a digital awards decal to use in marketing and a feature in the 2024 Elevator World SOURCE Directory. The winner will also receive a Product of the Year trophy to keep and display in the office or at industry events.
