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A quantum leap
in elevator service
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Schindler Miconic 10® is the first system to Miconic 10’s unique set of benefits includes:
successfully resolve the two fundamental – Advance knowledge of every passenger’s
uncertainties of elevator group control. destination before they even reach the elevator,
When an elevator is called, providing real-time data for advance planning
– How many people are behind that call? of traffic
– What is each passenger’s destination? – Reduced passenger journey times during
up-peak traffic of up to 30% against
Miconic 10 resolves these questions through a conventional group control
revolutionary interface and an advanced algo- – Elimination of crowding during heavy traffic,
rithm. It represents a quantum leap forward in avoiding competition by passengers for the first
the way we use the elevator. available car
– Assurance of a dedicated service for people
with special needs — while still providing the
most efficient trip
– An interface with other building systems, such
as security, to create an integrated operating
environment
– Greater design flexibility for building core
configuration.
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The passenger perspective
Simplicity and reassurance
Immediately on keying her destination at the
lobby or landing, she is directed to a specially
assigned elevator. The journey from then is
completely automatic.
The passenger keys in She can walk without Once inside, the doors
her destination floor on hurrying to the assigned close and the car moves
a familiar telephone- elevator, confident that off to her destination
style keypad, which has her car, even if not yet without any further
replaced the customary there, is assuredly on action. She relaxes
Up and Down call its way and will not and enjoys the ride,
buttons. Immediately, depart before she steps noticing that the car
her destination is in. While entering, operating panel provides
confirmed, a car is she checks that her only special service
assigned and the car destination floor is lit on operations.
identity shown on the the indicator set in the
display. car entrance.
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At her destination, Meeting special needs
the floor number on Miconic 10 incorporates special features to
the stop indicator panel accommodate people with special needs, and can
confirms her arrival. be specified to meet or exceed the requirements of
She leaves the car, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
having experienced – Both visual and audible responses can be
an efficient and provided.
comfortable journey. – The elevator assigned will have fewer passengers
to allow extra room in the car. Where possible,
Miconic 10 will avoid assigning a car with exiting
passengers at the boarding floor.
– The doors remain open longer to allow the
passenger extra time to enter and exit the car.
– With the ADA-compliant version, mandatory in
the USA, the passenger is guided throughout
the journey by audible tones. These indicate car
assignment and location, as well as the status of
doors and arrival at the destination floor.
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A revolution in traffic management
Miconic 10 is a powerful and unique control floors and transporting as many as 2,000 people,
system based on a simple principle: to bring pas- Miconic 10 delivers a substantial payback in both
sengers to their destinations sooner, with less improved journey times and individual comfort.
crowding and more comfort than any conven- Managing efficiently the internal traffic in large,
tional elevator system. Miconic 10’s advanced complex buildings is the elevator industry’s most
software drives a powerful logic program that challenging task. Miconic 10’s concept of elevator
systematically rationalizes elevator traffic flow. operation more than meets that challe nge.
It employs a sophisticated variable algorithm to
manage the complexities of traffic patterns as Miconic 10 in low-rise buildings
they change through the day. In a 6-floor building such as the example used
here, passenger handling capability alone may
Miconic 10 in mid-and high-rise buildings not be a major issue for management. However,
Miconic 10’s remarkable passenger handling when the benefits of user-friendliness are added
effectiveness really comes into its own when to increased efficiency, the Miconic 10 package
applied to elevator groups serving multiple-floor becomes an attractive and viable proposition.
intensive traffic. In a corporate building, with,
for example, 6-car groups serving 15 or more
Conventional
Miconic 10
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How Miconic 10 rationalizes traffic
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Conventional Miconic 10
In this simplified example of a classic up-peak situ- Miconic 10, on the other hand, knows not only
ation, 24 people call elevators over a period of a that the comfortable car load is 6 persons, but
few seconds to travel from the lobby to a variety also that floors 4 and 5 have the highest call
of floors. density in up-peak traffic.
With the conventional control the first 10 arrivals It directs the 6 passengers traveling to each of the
cram themselves into the first available car. The two busy floors to individually assigned cars, and
next 8 fill up the second, and the few remaining rationally distributes the remainder.
occupy the other cars.
As a result, Miconic 10 ensures that all the passen-
This random behavior by passengers means that gers experience a speedy one- or two-stop ride,
every car has multiple destination stops, so jour- no one suffers overcrowding and time to destina-
ney times are slowed. And the majority of passen- tion is faster.
gers suffer overcrowding.
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The personalized elevator service
Controller
Controller
Controller
Controller
2
Car C 6
3 3
Car D 4
2 2
Car A Car B 3
0 0 0 0
1
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The early input of destination information is the
key to Miconic 10’s unique capability.
Miconic 10 in action
1 At the lobby, two passengers (red) key floor 2
and another (green) keys floor 5.
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Design freedom
In-line groups greater than 4 cars lack practicality Corner groups routinely suffer crowding at the Distances between car entrances in facing groups
when using conventional controllers. Miconic 10 apex. Pre-assignment of passengers eliminates this. would normally be minimized. Miconic 10 allows
now makes linear configurations totally viable. much greater creative use of elevator placement.
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Schindler
Reliable, moving, trailblazing
U.S. Headquarters
Schindler Elevator Corporation
20 Whippany Road, P.O. Box 1935
Morristown, New Jersey 07962-1935
Tel. 973.397.6500
A0710
Canada Headquarters
Schindler Elevator Corporation
40 Cowdray Court
BRN-1004