TK Elevator - ThyssenKrupp Elevator

With over 30 million passengers per year, Lester B. Pearson
International Airport is Canada’s biggest airport. So it was the
ideal place to install a completely new transportation system like the
TurboTrack. However, construction work on Terminal 1 started before
the product was launched. As soon as the high-speed installation
was available on the market, it was retrofi tted at the airport and now
operates parallel to a line of three conventional moving walks. The
juxtaposition of the two systems clearly highlights the advantages
of the TurboTrack. While the trip on the three moving walks takes
over six minutes, the TurboTrack covers the distance in less than
one and a half minutes.
The system was fi tted by an international installation team.
The combined expertise of ThyssenKrupp Elevator employees
— 45 —
from Spain and Canada was needed to meet this special challenge.
The terminal was already in operation when the installation
took place. The neighboring moving walks had also already been
installed. A whole range of specifi c technical solutions had to be
found to cope with the cramped conditions and the fact that the
terminal was already in operation. For example, a mobile gantry
was specially developed to lift the 440 ton systems into position
piece by piece.
The TurboTrack’s appearance is as impressive as its technology.
Made of steel, glass and Corian, a tough composite material, it
matches the airport’s architecture. The innovative systems have a
modern and elegant look. The understated and functional design
refl ects the forward-looking nature of TurboTrack technology.