STEP | The Elevator Ecosystem Chain Officially Launched
2020-05-15
As the 5G era dawns and under the broader context of China's "Made in China 2025" initiative, STEP has proposed the scientific concept of building a safe and healthy elevator ecosystem. Relying on advanced component certification technologies, it enables rigorous scientific management of components, thereby integrating all stakeholders in the elevator industry into the elevator ecosystem and ultimately achieving a win-win situation for all parties involved.
Technologies such as elevator operation characteristic diagnosis, big data, and cloud computing will strengthen the various connection points in the elevator ecosystem, endowing it with robust resilience. A healthy elevator ecosystem enables every stakeholder in the elevator industry to continue growing steadily in favorable conditions and to overcome challenges bravely in difficult times.
Current Status of Elevators
Once the elevator is delivered and put into use, as soon as the warranty period expires, the elevator enters a complete break with the elevator manufacturer. On the one hand, the elevator manufacturer assumes unlimited liability for elevator safety; on the other hand, the elevator manufacturer no longer derives any economic revenue from the after-sales market for elevators.
Cause of occurrence
The market for elevator computer components has been flooded with a wide variety of counterfeit products. Counterfeit elevator computer components are rampant online.
Cause consequences
Today, elevator control systems have fully adopted computer-based serial communication technology. Like all computer systems, these systems rely on the seamless transmission of large volumes of data, and even the slightest programming error is unacceptable. The makers of counterfeit circuit boards are—first, unprofessional; second, their quality is highly inconsistent; and third, they are beyond regulatory oversight, making it virtually impossible to prevent erroneous programs from being introduced. Such programs can, at best, lead to frequent elevator malfunctions, causing inconvenience for passengers; at worst, they can result in elevator safety accidents.
Solution
Bind the elevator computer components to the original elevator manufacturer (i.e., designate the original elevator manufacturer as the sole supplier of these components). Utilizing blockchain encryption algorithms, ensure that all replaced elevator computer components come from a single, verified supply channel, thereby guaranteeing component quality and ensuring the safe operation of elevators.
Elevator Ecosystem Chain
Thanks to the various measures mentioned above, the reliability of elevator operation has been maximally ensured.
1) Passenger satisfaction;
2) Passengers are satisfied, making property management easier;
3) Increased enthusiasm for elevator maintenance;
4) Elevator manufacturers not only shoulder the safety assurance responsibilities under the state’s “Elevator Safety Law,” but also reap a well-deserved revenue stream from after-market elevator services.
5) Elevators have eliminated potential safety hazards, and the State Administration for Market Regulation has played an indispensable role.
Passengers, property management companies, maintenance and repair firms, elevator manufacturers, and quality supervision authorities—collectively, they form a safe and healthy elevator ecosystem!
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