As their names suggest, homelifts and passenger elevators are designed for the purpose of moving between floors quickly. However, these two types of elevators have significant differences in usage, configuration, and technical requirements. Let's explore more with Benelifts Asia through the following article!
1. Intended use
Glass homelifts
Homelifts:
Installed in houses, villas, or private residences.
Low usage frequency, serving a small number of people.
Passenger Elevators:
Installed in high-rise buildings, offices, shopping centers, hotels, restaurants, etc.
Serve a large number of people with high operating frequency.
2. Load capacity and size
Homelifts:
Small load capacity usually ranging from 200kg to 500kg, suitable for carrying 2-6 people at a time.
Compact size optimized for space efficiency.
Passenger Elevators:
Large load capacity ranging from 450kg to over 1600kg, capable of carrying 6-21 or more people in one trip.
Spacious cabin size to accommodate multiple passengers at once.
3. Design and aesthetics
Passenger elevator for office buildings
Homelifts:
Flexible design that can be customized to fit the space and preferences of the homeowner.
Emphasis on aesthetics, with interior cabin options such as wood, glass, stainless steel, etc., to match the home's style.
Passenger Elevators:
Less personalized and customizable compared to homelifts.
Simple design focused on convenience and durability, often using materials like stainless steel to reduce wear and tear.
4. Travel Speed
Homelifts:
Medium speed, typically moving at 0.5m/s -1m/s as they don't need to serve very high floors.
Passenger Elevators:
Higher travel speed, ranging from 1m/s to 1.5m/s or higher depending on the number of floors and usage requirements to optimize continuous operation time.
5. Technology and operating costs
Spacious installation requirement for passenger elevator
Homelifts:
Utilize modern technology with simple operation.
Lower operating and maintenance costs due to low usage frequency.
Passenger Elevators:
Incorporate advanced features such as access control, fire alarm systems, floor priority, etc.
Higher maintenance and operating costs due to high usage frequency.
6. Installation requirements
Homelifts:
Can be installed in spaces with limited room and small pit and overhead requirements.
Some models do not require a machine room or have a shallow pit (starting from 120mm for Homelifts).
Passenger Elevators:
Require larger space, deep pit, and high overhead to meet strict technical standards.
7. Elevator power supply
Homelifts can use single-phase power for smaller sizes and three-phase power for larger sizes.
Passenger elevators must use three-phase power.
8. Elevator prices
Homelifts:
Prices depend on whether they are domestically manufactured or imported, ranging from 250 million VND to tens of billion VND.
Passenger Elevators:
Relatively high prices due to larger sizes and complexity of installation, ranging from 600 million VND to tens of billion VND.
The choice between a homelift and a passenger elevator depends on usage needs, project scale, and budget. Benelifts Asia is proud to provide European elevator solutions for both homelifts and passenger elevators.
Benelifts S.r.l
Address: Via Augusto Anfossi, 13 20135 Milano (Mi) - Italy
Hotline: +39 344 739 1374
Email: Info@benelifts.com