近日，蒂森克虏伯在阿塞拜疆的巴库地铁安装了4台德国造出的最长的自动扶梯，长100米，高48.7米，这4台电梯属于同一个为当地地铁提供25台自动扶梯的订单。这些设备将提高地铁50%的客流量，每年服务的客流量超过2.31亿人次。根据蒂森克虏伯的说法，这4台“钢铁巨梯”的电机和传动装置是安装在自动扶梯的前面而不是里边的，也比其他的自动扶梯要窄一些，但给乘客带来的舒适度和空间感是一样的。除了这几台庞然大物，订单里还有8台为Sahil和Khatai站设计的大高度自动扶梯，17台为另一个新站准备的自动扶梯。

　　STEEL GIANTS: INDUSTRY-FIRST ESCALATORS BY THYSSENKRUPP

　　thyssenkrupp recently installed the longest escalators ever produced in Germany, four 100-m-long, 48.7-m-high units that are part of a 25-escalator order for the Baku Metro in Azerbaijan. The escalators will help increase capacity of the metro stations by 50% and facilitate the flow of more than 231 million passengers annually. With motors and gears installed on the floor in front of the units rather than inside, the four "steel giants" are, according to thyssenkrupp, narrower than any other escalators yet offer the same level of comfort and space as traditional units. Besides the ultra-deep escalators, the contract included eight high-rise escalators for the Sahil and Khatai stations, and 17 escalators for a new station.