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Cibes offers a wide range of high-quality passenger lifts, from platform lifts, and cabin lifts to goods lifts accessible to passengers. Whether you’re looking for a lift that fits all regulations or if you’re looking for a lift that enhances the beauty of a building, we have a lift model for every need.
A Cibes passenger elevator helps increase independence, comfort and safety in any building. Our solutions come in a wide range of sizes suitable for wheelchair users, walkers and other types of mobility devices.
Unlike conventional elevators, our lifts are incredibly space efficient thanks to the innovative drive system that makes them machine room less and pitless with a top height low enough to fit under any ceiling. This makes Cibes lifts just as suitable for new as for existing buildings, as well as for commercial and private use.
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Minimal Construction Work
We like to keep things simple. Our lifts can be installed without extensive preparations and construction work. Our screw-driven, machine room-less solutions don’t need a pit and have a low top height compared to conventional lifts, making them the ideal space-efficient solution to minimise construction costs.
Scandinavian Design
When it comes to design and quality, we let our roots lead us. Since Cibes was founded in 1947, our lifts have been designed and manufactured in Sweden. Cibes lift design is the ideal blend between beauty and functionality.
Safety comes first
Safety is a top priority; all of our lifts go through extensive testing and meet the high requirements of European Safety Standards. All of our lifts come with numerous safety features to ensure passenger safety at all times.
Accessibility Everywhere
We believe that all buildings should be accessible to everyone. Our wide range of passenger lifts and numerous platform sizes make our lifts the right solution for almost any environment. Our passenger lifts can be found anywhere, from private villas to schools and airports.
Which lift type to choose
Choosing which passenger lift is best for you depends entirely on your specific needs and available space. It can’t go wrong with a Cibes lift; all of our lifts are highly customisable, space-efficient and easily integrated into any building.
Platform lifts, the most commonly used solution
Cibes platform lifts are suitable for indoor and outdoor use and are ideal for any kind of public and private building. We offer a wide range of platform lifts for every need. From simple, timeless platform lifts for accessibility needs, to premium platform lifts that enhance your environment. Lifts of this type can service up to 6 floors and travel up to 20 metres. Our platform lifts have a load capacity from 300kg to 1000kg and come in a large range of sizes to fit any building.
In Europe, platform lifts require a ‘hold-to-run’ function, which means you have to hold the button of the floor you want to travel to until you’ve reached the floor.
Cabin lifts, for automatic control
The main difference between our platform and cabin lifts is the enclosed cabin and the advantages this feature brings. One of the main advantages is that the lift is equipped with automatic control, so the ‘hold-to-run’ function doesn’t apply. This gives you the benefit of feeling like you’re in a traditional lift without the extensive construction work and space required to install one. Our cabin lifts are often installed in public buildings and residential buildings.
Goods lifts, for heavy-duty transport
Our goods lifts are designed to carry more weight (1000kg) and withstand more rough handling from transporting heavy products. The Cibes Goods Lift is often installed in public buildings like warehouses, care homes and train stations. Unlike many other Goods Lifts in the market, our Goods Lift can also be used by people.
Seamless integration
We take pride in offering adaptable lift designs suitable for all kinds of buildings. The wide range of lift models and highly-customisable lift design allows you to easily create a lift that blends perfectly with your interior.
Wheelchair accessible solutions
We understand the need to improve accessibility in buildings. Our extensive range of products is designed with wheelchair users in mind. Cibes lifts offer the highest comfort level and are designed to make it easy to make a building more accessible to everyone.
What our customers say
Watch the video to discover how Gustavelund hotel found the perfect accessibility solution for customers and staff in a Cibes platform lift with bespoke design. Installation by Cibes Lift Finland.
Frequently asked questions
Do you need planning permission to install a lift?
The short answer is yes, in most countries you need to get planning permission to install a lift, but you should always check your national regulations. If you need help or guidance, we advise you to contact your lift supplier or builder or check with the local authority that grants planning permissions in your country.
How much energy does a lift consume?
Our lifts carry an energy label A in standby and energy label B in use, and are therefore very energy-efficient.
How much energy your lift uses depends on a number of factors, such as the travel height, the number of stops you have to make and the number of lift movements you make per day.
Example:
A lift with a standard drive and two stops, a 3.6 metre travel height and 20 lift movements per day consumes 481KWH per year.If energy efficiency is one of your main concerns, a lift with the EcoSilent Drive System is an great solution. The EcoSilent drive system acts like a built-in eco setting and makes your home lift run in eco mode all the time. A lift equipped with the EcoSilent drive system runs with 45% less energy than a lift without.
How much noise does a lift make?
The amount of noise that a lift makes, depends on the lift type but also on the acoustic environment surrounding the lift. No lift is completely soundless but just like the humming of a fridge, the noise of a lift will generally blend in with the sounds of everyday life. Our lifts equipped with the EcoSilent drive system only generate 40dB*, which is comparable to the sound level inside a library.
- Quiet suburb: 55 dB
- Lift with EcoSilent drive: 40 dB
- Quiet rural area: 30 dB
*Sound measurement performed 2 m from a lift with a 150 kg load travelling at a constant speed.
What are the different types of lifts?
There are many different types of lifts and technologies to choose from; traction lifts, hydraulic lifts, belt-driven lifts, vacuum lifts, or screw-driven lifts.
All lift types have their pros and cons and there are many more different kinds of lifts than can be mentioned here. However, to take a few examples, conventional hydraulic and traction lifts can travel fast, from 0.6 m/s to several metres per second, but they also take up a lot of room, given that they require a deep lift pit, a lot of headroom, and a separate machine room and/or control room. Hydraulic lifts also often need a large hydraulic tank. Vacuum lifts, on the other hand, are space-efficient, but the technology is expensive and their lifting capacity is limited. To learn more about different types of lifts, click here.
Our screw-driven lifts travel at a speed of 0.15 m/s, but take up a lot less room than hydraulic lifts and traction lifts, given that our lifts can be installed without a pit and have a top height of only 2250 mm (top height is the height of the lift on the top floor). The machine and control room are fitted inside the lift shaft, which also makes the whole construction very compact and space-efficient compared to conventional lifts.
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