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tugela: Performance you can rely on

Highly versatile

tugela gets the job done, indoors or outdoors, extreme heat or extreme cold, during the highest traffic volumes.

Superbly streamlined

tugela’s compact dimensions enable you to achieve the optimal space-saving installation.

Extremely reliable

Best-in-class critical components ensure your tugela keeps the crowds moving, safely and comfortably.

The higher the passenger volumes, the happier our tugela escalator. tugela safely moves people in high-traffic areas and all types of climates around the globe. Dependable technology and components, such as our certified brake system, make this escalator an exceptionally reliable partner.

tugela. Ruggedly reliable.

72' (22 m)

Max rise
27.3 | 30

Inclination (degrees)
24″ (600 mm) | 32″ (800 mm) | 40″ (1000 mm)

Step width

Perfect for the following applications

Key benefits

Sustainable investment
Incredibly versatile
Maximum planning freedom
Highly customizable

tugela escalator - Sustainable investment

Sustainable investment

A traffic escalator is an investment in your infrastructure. With its high-quality critical components, including the step chain and drive unit, tugela is the investment that lasts. It’s part of the solution to sustaining your infrastructure for decades to come.

tugela escalator - Weatherproof technology

Incredibly versatile

tugela holds steady in any climate, from high humidity to salty environments to ice-cold temperatures. Technical options like stepband and complete heating, automated chain lubrication, along with product features such as a galvanized supporting structure, make tugela totally weatherproof.

tugela - escalator with compact dimensions

Maximum planning freedom

Space, across all three dimensions, is a critical resource in any modern urban environment. That’s why tugela uses it wisely. tugela is one of the segment’s most compact escalators with the highest possible rise for maximum freedom during project planning.

tugela escalator - Tailor-made solutions

Highly customizable

Some projects are more complex than others and need tailored solutions. tugela’s scalable technologies, such as its highly adjustable controller, ensure you get an escalator perfectly tailored to your needs.

Stunningly tough

tugela is designed to meet the demands of traffic applications. It scores high on durability and long-lasting looks. A wide range of customizable design options, including various outer claddings and handrail colors, let you take the appearance of your installation to new heights.

Unique front skirt
Distinctive balustrades
Striking lights
Highly customizable

tugela’s two front skirt options – one made out of scratch-resistant black synthetic material and another out of highly resilient stainless steel – give you different looks while standing up to the abuse of trolleys and carts. A streamlined two-way flap handrail inlet eliminates the need for unsightly brushes or rubbers and improves availability thanks to a kick-resistant safety contact.

tugela - Escalator with unique front skirt

Balustrade — Robust balustrade

This 10-millimetre tempered safety glass balustrade comes with a robust decking profile attached to the top of the glass panes. Available in several glass colors, it’s a perfect fit for an open design concept.

Metal Balustrade — Metal balustrade

This angle-fitted closed balustrade is made from beveled stainless steel plates. Available in different finishes and colors, the sturdy-looking balustrade is well suited to industrial urban designs.

sandwich balustrade — Sandwich balustrade

Featuring a sandwich construction with a stainless steel cover, this sleek, vandal-resistant balustrade is ideal for modern traffic applications.

In traffic applications, lighting is key for efficiently guiding passengers, increasing their safety and optimizing your system’s capacity. An important consideration in modern architecture, lighting also influences our mood and enhances urban environments.

Tugela escalator - Safety lights: Step gap or comb plates — Safety lights: Step gap or comb plates

Blue or green step gap lighting, along with comb plate lights at the entrance and exit, ensures passenger safety and adds to your escalator’s visual appeal.

Tugela escalator - Aesthetic lights: Skirt band or balustrade — Aesthetic lights: Skirt band or balustrade

LEDs in light-diffusing channels, the full range of RGB color-changing light and different modes of operation create stunning effects above the skirt band or under the handrail.

Tugela escalator - Aesthetic lights: Truss — Aesthetic lights: Truss

Truss lighting in the full range of RGB color-changing light and different modes of operation let you showcase Tugela’s structural sophistication.

Tugela escalator - Aesthetical lights: Soffit cladding — Aesthetic lights: Soffit cladding

Spots, light strips or fully illuminated claddings light up the area below the escalator and accentuate your entire building. You can also integrate patterns to put a unique finishing touch on your building’s lighting concept.

Tugela escalator - Traffic lights: Column — Traffic lights: Column

In crowded traffic applications, a traffic light column improves visibility even from far away and helps ensure the smooth flow of people.

Tugela escalator - Traffic lights: Floor plate — Traffic lights: Floor plate

This eye-catching, self-adjusting, robust floor plate light improves visibility, especially for people with impaired vision.

Tugela escalator - Traffic lights: Decking or newel — Traffic lights: Decking or newel

On the Robust balustrade, the standard traffic light is located in the inner decking and, on the Metal balustrade, it’s integrated into the newel. Both locations ensure the highest visibility and eliminate the need for a traffic light column.

Choose from a broad selection of additional features or work with our experts to make your unique vision a reality.

Tugela escalator - Exclusive claddings — Exclusive claddings

From powder coated and stainless steel to different kinds of glass and other claddings, we make sure you get what you want.

Tugela escalator - Striking handrails — Striking handrails

Whether you prefer rubber or synthetic materials, you’ll find the perfect handrail in a wide range of RAL colors. We’ll even help you brand your handrail.

Tugela escalator - Stunning steps — Stunning steps

As standard options, you can choose between black or silver steps with or without yellow demarcation lines. If you want something more extravagant, we’ll make sure you get that too.

Tugela escalator - Eye-catching comb and cover plates — Eye-catching comb and cover plates

A variety of patterns and colors for combs and cover plates, in combination with accentuating comb segments, enhance passenger safety while ensuring a distinctive look.

Peerless quality, great performance

tugela’s stellar performance is the result of best-in-class engineering, advanced manufacturing systems and premium components such as our controller system and our efficient ETA drive.

Controller: Performance on command

Whether you go with our programmable controller or our certified controller design, you’re sure to get the performance you need.

Controller Flexibility

Adapted to your needs

Whether a microprocessor GEC controller is used for a more conventional applications or an engineered PLC controller that can be programmed according to your individual needs, TK Elevator escalators are equipped with the best controller solution for your needs capable to integrate seamless with your other controllers allowing remote monitoring capabilities by Ethernet.

TK Elevator design

Adapted to your tugela

We adapt our certified TK Elevator controllers to each product, leveraging our decades of escalator experience to deliver a reliable performance.

Step fastening: Engineered to perform

Our unique fastening concept uses hollow bridges that connect the steps and chain using solid bolts. The result? Easier installation, operation and maintenance.

Step bolts

Convenient and fail-safe

Connecting the steps and chain with bolts makes assembly fool proof and disassembly a snap for maintenance.

No step chain bridge

Easier maintenance

The hollow bridge eliminates the need for a step chain bridge, providing easy access to the inside of the escalator for maintenance.

Oil caps

Clean and safe steps

Oil caps at the end of the hollow axle prevent oil from leaking and polluting the step tread or riser, keeping steps clean and safe.

Sustainable performance, day in, day out

While an escalator consumes minimal energy, the more you use it, the greater the impact. We strive to continuously improve our escalators’ performance and sustainability.

Energy efficiency class

Highest energy efficiency Class A+++

Based on the ISO 25745-3 standard and depending on your final configuration, tugela delivers the highest energy efficiency.

Energy-saving options

Up to 90% reduction in energy consumption

tugela’s LED lighting cuts energy consumption by up to 90%. You can further reduce the escalator’s CO₂ footprint by opting for energy-saving sleep mode operation.

Latest motor technology

Premium efficiency motors

Our state-of-the-art premium efficiency motors reduce power consumption, have longer lifespans and minimize maintenance.

ETA drive option

Increased efficiency, reduced maintenance

With its 96% efficiency and lubrication lasting 40,000 hours, our ETA drive is good option for both you and the environment.

Take no risks in high-traffic areas

High-traffic areas require an even greater focus on safety. With tugela, you’re in safe hands thanks to our best-in-class components and more than 50 safety features and options that exceed code requirements.

TK Elevator steps

Certified design exceeding code requirements for static loads and slip properties: Delivers reliability and durability in any environment.

Brake wear monitoring

Automatically switches off the drive when worn brake linings are detected: Helps prevent malfunctioning and flags maintenance requirements.

Skirt monitoring

Stops the unit if users are trapped. This safety device mitigates the risk of injuries and also reduces any downtime caused by nuisance stops.

Specifications	tugela
Rise	Up to 72'-2" (22 m)
Max capacity (people/hour)	6,000
Step load	Rated for 265 lbs/step
Inclination	27.3° or 30°
Application	High traffic, heavy duty
Step chain roller	Inside
Location handrail drive	Truss
Handrail shape	U-shape \| V-shape
Climate conditions	Indoor \| Outdoor
Nominal step width	24" (600 mm) \| 32" (800 mm) \| 40" (1000 mm)
Speed	100 fpm (0.5 m/s)
Flat steps	2 (minimum per code) or 3 (optional upon request)
Balustrade	Robust \| Metal
Aesthetic lights	Balustrade \| Skirt \| Truss \| Ambient cladding \| Soffit cladding
Traffic lights	Floor plate \| Decking \| Newel \| Column
Safety lights	Step gap \| Comb plate
Drive unit	Chain drive \| Direct drive
Usage factor	20–24 hours/day
Average life span	25 years
We reserve the right to make technical modifications to our products at any time and exclude all liability. Shown thresholds depend on configuration details and may vary in individual cases. Availability of options and features also depends on individual configurations. Illustrations aid the general understanding and may differ from the actual design.

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