Introducing Pneumatic Vacuum Elevators
Imagine an elevator that’s visually stunning, super-quiet, and virtually incapable of free-falling or getting stuck between floors. While this might sound – and even look – like something from science fiction, it isn’t. Pneumatic vacuum technology is one of the most exciting developments in the world of home elevators, ever – and you can try it yourself at our Manassas, Virginia showroom.
A pneumatic vacuum elevator hardly resembles the familiar box, cables, and shaft that we think of when we say “elevator.” It consists of a long clear tube running through the floors of the house, with another shorter tube (the “car”) inside it. Quietly operating air pumps create or release pressure to elevate and lower the car, much like a giant version of the document transportation tubes still used in banks and office buildings.
The visual appeal of a pneumatic vacuum elevator is self-evident, but the safety benefits are just as important. Where mechanical elevators must have a system of locks, brakes, and releases to ensure that the car can’t freefall or get stuck, a vacuum elevator is safe from these hazards by its very nature. So instead of being protected by physical locks and springs, the riders are protected by physics itself.
You see, once the air is pressurized to raise the car, it will take a certain amount of time for that air to leak out even if something should go wrong. This means that, barring catastrophic damage to the tube, the car cannot fall; it can only descend slowly and gracefully to the first floor. By the same token, an air-borne elevator is hardly capable of getting “stuck” between floors. There’s no chain or cable to “stick” on!
When you ride a pneumatic vacuum elevator, you’re literally riding the future of this industry. We hope a “test drive” of this amazing technology won’t be too far in your future. Can we look to see you at ourManassas showroom soon?
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