SHORT MEI Hydraulic Elevators @ The Hotel Chicago - Chicago, IL

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(7-30-19) Outside of this hotel in downtown, I noticed these two MEI elevators. My first assumption was they served more floors than the 9 steps next to it... nope. These two elevators literally serve 9 steps on each side, making them the shortest elevators I've seen so far. These will hold up a lot more than a wheelchair lift that's for sure!
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@ProspectElevators 4 года назад

MEI just wanted to showcase it's epic motors again

@NWIndianaElevators 4 года назад

Hey, at least it's faster than a wheelchair lift!

@MrEngineer20051 4 года назад

Can you please unblock me? You literally said you would NOT block me

@vancouverelevators_transit 4 года назад

Totally faster

@AlecRoth-id8fp 4 года назад

🤔These are quite interesting!! At least they run better then an ordinary savaria wheelchair lift

@stlelevators 4 года назад

The wheelchair lifts would probably be broken 60% of the time.

@jonathancreveling5658 2 года назад

@@stlelevators especially the outdoor ones that are exposed to weather and the elements

@ElevationStationProductions 4 года назад

This is why we have ramps

@stlelevators 4 года назад

Exactly.

@bostonelevatorsaviation 4 года назад

Rather interesting setup

@stlelevators 4 года назад

Yeah, for sure.

@NewEnglandElevators 4 года назад

Definitely seems overkill, especially two on each adjacent side...but you're right, these seem like they would hold up better than a wheelchair lift. They sure look cool though.

@SamSitar 4 года назад

hotels are also high traffic areas.

@SamSitar 4 года назад

levels so quickly for the distance.

@stlelevators 4 года назад

Could be faster with the reflex.

@EC_3276 Месяц назад

Epic motors !!!

@elevliamyt 2 года назад

Well, that elevated quickly.

@DJSpinSter2004 Год назад

Good one.

@SG118P 4 года назад

Interesting Mei elevators for a short distance from upper to lower

@Meliodas1999 4 года назад

Interesting elevators.

@Dana_Danarosana 4 года назад

They wouldn't even have to add a ramp... just paint a stripe on the adjacent driving ramps. That being said, I'm glad they put these in. They fit in perfectly with the rest of Marina City's odd (yet very pleasing) mix of googie, modernist, and brutalist styles throughout the buildings. They actually kinda look like they could've been put there in the 60s while the buildings were going up...

@stlelevators 4 года назад

Yeah I love Marina City. Such an interesting complex.

@ZZ9ProductionsOFFICIAL 3 года назад

imagine the pun potential if these were installed by Long

@stlelevators 3 года назад

Wow....

@ZZ9ProductionsOFFICIAL 3 года назад

😂

@DJSpinSter2004 Год назад

lmao

@westinghouse14 Год назад

lol. Long? More like Short.

@lenaa2003 4 года назад

very interesting

@NyxKemo Год назад

At least they didn’t install a painfully slow wheelchair lift

@DylanR99 3 года назад

Huh... now I do wonder what the guest elevators are branded? Probably the same as this... or something different.

@stlelevators 3 года назад

I don't know. I didn't go in there.

@jonathancreveling5658 2 года назад

Reminds me of the one they have at their test tower.

@stlelevators 2 года назад

I think they put in a new one since.

@matthewlindstrom8732 Год назад

how are the elevators so short

@over.4262 4 года назад

Very interesting..

@noxious_nights 4 года назад

Seriously though, why didn't they just put in a ramp? Would've been way easier and more cost-effective.

@stlelevators 4 года назад

Yeah exactly....

@iloveclocks3988 4 года назад

Well, there is a Futuristic ThyssenKrupp elevator in France that only go 1 foot

@any123-og 4 года назад

They should add the reflex (intellegent leveling for hydraulic elevators) to this

@stlelevators 4 года назад

They might already be equipped with it, and don't use it. I've seen that in many places.

@JordanLoweElevaToursCanada 4 года назад

Interesting how MEI put in these elevators for such a short distance of travel. But I’ll take an epic motor any day.

@tkefan29 4 года назад

Same

@asphaltandtacos 3 года назад

Schindler would go at leveling speed.

@stlelevators 3 года назад

That would be a giant fail if it went levelling speed the whole time.

@icecolespears Месяц назад

They should have made them wheelchair lifts.

@statecollegewx4060 4 года назад

Is MEI for MN elevator

@stlelevators 4 года назад

Minnesota Elevator, yep.

@ElevatorsofMiami 4 года назад

Wow this thing have to go fast

@matthewlindstrom8732 Год назад

this looks like new york city is it

@stlelevators Год назад

Read the title

@nicodo123 3 года назад

The one thing I hate about mei's is that annoying floor passing chime. THEY NEED TO GET RID OF IT! Other than than, mei's are great EDIT: Completely unrelated to the original comment, but imagine if these were traction.

@stlelevators 3 года назад

Yeah the beep is a bit annoying. That would involve changing the controller programming.

@bryanschlippjr4894 3 года назад

In my opinion the east elevator has a better motor.

@westinghouse14 Год назад

At least it’s better then some crappy wheelchair lift

@tkefan29 4 года назад

for an MEI, it takes too *long* to level

@Jamestube8439 4 года назад

They probably don't have the reflex system.

@stlelevators 4 года назад

It could have it, but be disabled. I've seen it on other elevators before.

@Jamestube8439 4 года назад

@@stlelevators That's what I was thinking but I wasn't 100% sure if they could enable or disable it.

@SPS8elevatorsoflakecounty 3 года назад

Not sure why these exist. Excess funds perhaps. I much prefer the elevators inside Marina City haha

@stlelevators 3 года назад

That must be the case. These are REALLY short.

@elevating_western_washington 4 года назад

I bet they put in the elevators to show off how much money the hotel probably has, lmao

@stlelevators 4 года назад

Haha, that's always a theory.

@lucasgelevatorsandmore7722 Год назад

They could have easily put it platform Lifta

@stlelevators Год назад

Those are so junky though.

@ee4u 4 года назад

These should've had the reflex put in.

@stlelevators 4 года назад

It might already have it, but not be enabled.

@Thecaliforniaelevatorchannel Месяц назад

what a waste of money but still it will hold up as a long term investment. this is like the only time id say what a f ing waste of 20k to install this. couldn't have they just put a ramp?

@VOLTRONDEFENDER4440 4 года назад

That floor passing beep is loud and annoying

@stlelevators 4 года назад

It’s the chime that most MEI elevators use.

@ostkkfmhtsh012345678 3 года назад

@@stlelevators I prefer the old floor passing microwave-type beep which is more gentle yet still clear.

@SeattleElevators 4 года назад

Im surprised that elevator is there. I am not sure if an elevator tech would be able to get on top of it lol. And they spent the money to get two elevators instead of a ramp. And I am not sure if it is on but it could use the reflex.

@stlelevators 4 года назад

They may have the reflex, but don't use it. That's a super common thing to see.