Design and Analysis of a Tool for Planning and Simulating Dynamic Vertical Transport

Nowadays, most of the main companies in the vertical transport industry are researching tools capable of providing support for the design process of elevator systems. Numerous decisions have to be taken to obtain an accurate, comfortable, and high-quality service. Effectively, the optimization algorithm is a key factor in the design process, but so are the number of cars being installed, their technical characteristics, the kinematics of the elevator group, and some other design parameters, which cause the selection task of the elevator system to be a complex one. In this context, the design of decision support tools is becoming a real necessity that most important companies are including as part of their strategic plans. In this article, the authors present a user-friendly planning and simulating tool for dynamic vertical traffic. The tool is conceptualized for giving support in the planning and design stage of the elevator system, in order to collaborate in the selection of the type of elevator (number, type of dynamic, capacity, etc.) and the optimization algorithm.