orinoco - TK Elevator | US's most versatile moving walk

Highly versatile

orinoco is one of the most versatile moving walks on the market today with an impressive array of design options, features and applications.

Extremely reliable

Proven high-quality components, such as the code-certified welded truss, ensure your orinoco keeps people moving, safely, efficiently and comfortably.

Greater safety

With more than 50 safety features and options, orinoco puts your passengers’ safety first.

With its impressive versatility, you can count on our orinoco moving walk to meet your every need. Its versatility includes an extended travel distance, convenient pallet width, inclined and horizontal configurations as well as indoor and outdoor traffic and commercial applications. With orinoco, you’ll always find just the right configuration for your project.

orinoco. Count on it.

19'-8 1/4" (6 m) | 656' (200 m)'

Max Rise | Length
0 to 6 | 10 | 12°

Inclination
32" (800 mm) | 40" (1000 mm) | 48" (1200 mm) | 55" (1400 mm) | 63" (1600 mm)

Pallet width

Key benefits

Increased connectivity
Greater comfort and more capacity
Seamless safety
Spatially efficient

orinoco moving walk - Extended travel distances

Increased connectivity

With orinoco, you cover longer distances. Traveling up to 656' (200 m), orinoco improves mobility and connections in airports and metro stations worldwide.

Greater comfort and more capacity.

At airports and other crowded public spaces, orinoco’s unique 63 inches (1600 mm)-wide pallets raise the bar on safety, comfort and capacity

orinoco moving walk - Lengthened pallets

Seamless safety

Its 16 inch (405 mm)-long pallets reduce pallet gaps, enhancing safety and providing a seamless look.

orinoco moving walk - Spatially efficient

Spatially efficient

Combining upper and lower horizontal runs creates the perfect configuration to maximize both comfort and the use of space. orinoco’s compact truss also saves space.

Designed for versatility

Whether it’s enhancing the architecture of airports, metro stations or retail environments, orinoco blends seamlessly into your building design. Its numerous design features and options enable it to fit in perfectly. orinoco creates an inviting atmosphere while leaving a lasting impression.

Unique front skirt

With its two-way flap system and additional skirt protector, orinoco’s unique handrail inlet stands up to the daily abuse of trolleys and carts. Available in black synthetic or stainless steel, it eliminates unsightly brushes or rubbers and provides lasting good looks. Even better yet, a kick-resistant safety contact reduces stops, increasing orinoco’s availability.

Distinctive balustrades

orinoco features four different balustrades: a slim glass version for a lighter, sophisticated look, a robust decking option for a solid impression, a metal balustrade for a more industrial appearance and a sandwich construction that’s ideal for modern traffic applications. Several colors, finishes and LED lighting options increase the design possibilities.

Aesthetic skirt lighting

Located above the skirt band, LEDs in light-diffusing channels, the full range of RGB colors and different modes of operation create attractive effects throughout your installation. Light barriers for automatic restart modes can also be seamlessly integrated into your moving walk.

Stunning pallets and pallet gap lighting

We provide black or silver pallets with the option of yellow demarcation lines. If you want something more extravagant, we’ll make sure you get that too. Optional blue or green pallet gap lighting ensures passenger safety and adds to orinoco’s visual appeal.

Comb plate safety light

Located at orinoco’s entrance and exit, this comb plate light enhances passenger safety. Available in white or in green and red, it can also be used as a traffic light.

Additional customisable features

To create an even more unique ride experience, you can choose from additional features such as exclusive claddings, striking handrail colors and other lighting options. Traffic lights can be placed in a column, newel, decking or in front of the floor plate. For a finishing touch on inclined units, you may want to add a truss light combined with glass claddings or different kinds of soffit lighting.

Handrail color options

To create an even more unique ride experience, you can choose from additional features such as striking handrail colors and materials (plastic or rubber). In combination with our handrail lighting options and colors, the design option are endless.

Ingenious engineering, exceptional quality

orinoco’s versatile performance and exceptional quality are the result of our best-in-class engineering, advanced production systems and selected energy-efficiency features.

Guiding system: Fit to purpose

Precise engineering and flawless manufacturing are key to ensuring the highest ride quality. With orinoco’s superior guiding system, we ensure exceptional passenger comfort certified to ISO 18738-2.

Precise guide rails

Even pallet run

The guide rails are precisely aligned using best-in-class adjustment jigs to achieve a perfectly even pallet run for the highest ride comfort.

Guiding rollers

Reliable pallet run

The pallet tracks have vertical and horizontal guidance provisions to reduce wear and tear, noise levels and maintenance.

Smooth run rails

Jerk free pallet run

The rails enable a smooth transition of the pallet chain rollers from the guide rails to the pallet chain sprocket, eliminating the polygon effect throughout the moving walk and enhancing ride quality.

Pallet fastening: Engineered to perform

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

Pallet bolts

Convenient and failsafe

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

No pallet chain bridge

Easier maintenance

The hollow bridge eliminates the need for a pallet chain axis, providing easy access to the inside of orinoco for maintenance.

Oil caps

Clean and safe pallets

Oil caps at the end of the hollow axle prevent oil from leaking and polluting the pallet tread, keeping pallets clean and safe.

Operation: A focus on sustainability

While a moving walk consumes minimal energy in a building, we strive to continuously improve our moving walks’ performance and sustainability.

Energy efficiency class

Highest energy efficiency Class A+++

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

Energy-saving options

Up to 90% reduction in energy consumption

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

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.

Strengthen your safety commitment

Whether you’re planning a commercial building or infrastructure project, orinoco is the perfect partner for ensuring passenger safety. Proven product configurations and more than 50 safety features and options, including motion safety devices, protect both your investment and your passengers’ wellbeing.

Balustrade options

Choose between balustrade options, including glass (slim/robust) and solid (metal/sandwich). All options enhance your design flexibility and blend in to your building aesthetics.

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	orinoco
Max length \| Rise	Up to 656'-2" (200 m)
Max capacity (people/hour)	8200
Configuration	Pit
Inclination	0° – 6° \| 10° \| 12°
Application	Commercial \| Traffic
Step chain roller	Inside
Location handrail drive	Truss
Handrail shape	U-shape \| V-shape
Climate conditions	Indoor \| Outdoor
Nominal step width	32" (800 mm) \| 40" (1000 mm) \| 48" (1200 mm) \| 55" (1400 mm) \| 63" (1600 mm)
Speed	100 fpm (0.5 m/s) \| 120 fpm (0.65 m/s) \| 150 fpm (0.75 m/s)
Balustrade	Slim \| Robust \| Metal \| Sandwich
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	18 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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