Tower car parking system: smart solution for parking congestion

As per the Smart Cities Council India, "Over the past decade, Mumbai has grown rapidly and has been witnessing a dearth of parking space, leading to road congestion due to the unorganized parking structure in the city. A bench of judges from the high court recently raised a concern with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on the city running out of pedestrian space in the next five years. That said, to tackle this, studies from the experts of infrastructure development wings in developed countries have suggested tower parking as the most-effective solution in de-congestion of densely populated cities.

Tower parking systems are the most common answer to the parking problems bringing in a plethora of advantages like optimal utilization of space, lower maintenance and operational costs, centralized operation and management, computerized tracking of cars, lower construction costs for builders by saving height and depth and comfortable for drivers. The layout of system is more compact and ensures better usage of parking area and replaces other systems with complete automatic operations and quick retrieval of the cars parked. No manual intervention means lesser breakdowns and thereby, hassle-free parking." (https://rg.smartcitiescouncil.com/article/tower-parking-system-decongest-parking-menace)

The article further enumerates the highlights and advantages of tower car parking solutions. These include:

High automaticity: Quick operation, getting in or out

High efficiency: With the help of PLC systems, human error is eliminated

Computerized recording: Computerized recording of requests helps fetching cars in a short span of time

Fits 10 to 100 cars: Can meet the demand of large parking needs

Quick parking & retrieval: Parking or fetching a car is quick and there is no need to reverse/turn car. With an automatic turntable, the car comes out facing the exit

Closed completely: Parking or fetching cars is 100 per cent safe as all movement of the equipment is in the enclosed structure

Saves space: Space saving, design flexibility, diverse modeling helps provide the right model to suit the available space and also meet the car parking requirements

Less investment: Steel structure has better resale value compared to RCC at the end hour

Lower maintenance cost and easy operation: The system handles many cars in a small space

Centralized management or operating by clients are optional

Green environment protection: Doesn’t need gas or any other fuel for running

For huge cars: The weight of every car can be from 1.8 t to 2.8 t – meets the demand for parking big and luxurious cars

Wohr Tower Car Parking systems

Wohr is a global leader in automated car parking systems. Wohr offers the widest product range in the world, from simple two car stackers through to fully automatic, computerised systems capable of storing hundreds of cars.

Essentially, each system uses technology to move cars closer together – and in doing so, provides significantly greater parking spatial densities compared to conventional car parks, reducing both the floor area and/or volume of space required for any given number of vehicles.

How tower parking systems work

• The user selects his allocated parking place with an inductive chip at the operating terminal.
• The entrance door to the car transfer area opens and an empty pallet is ready for entry.
• When the car is correctly parked, the user leaves the transfer area and confirms the parking procedure.
• The door is closed; a vertical lift automatically transfers the car to the allocated parking level and moves the pallet on rollers into its place.

Slimparker 557 Tower

The new Automatic parking system for up to 23 cars

• Carrying capacity per platform / per car available with 2000kg and 2600kg
• Narrow gaps are perfectly closed
• Very small ground plan and very slim construction
• No space-intensive ramps and driveways
• Slim installation width of only 280 cm, can be extended up to 310 cm in 10 cm steps
• Different car heights from 150 cm to 200 cm can be accommodated
• Individual façade can be done by the developer - max. weight of approx. 50 kg per m²
• Following the idea of "Green-Parking"

Crossparker 558

The Crossparker 558 offers an extension to the Slimparker 557 as far as width is concerned. Two further grids can be arranged on each side left and right next to the central lift. In this way, the amount of parking spaces can be as much as doubled on the available ground surface.

Highlights

• Carrying capacity per platform / per car available with 2000kg and 2600kg.
• For various car height and length
• Automatic tower parking system for up to 22 cars
• Very small floor plan area and very slim construction
• Installation width at the entrance area only 2.60 m
• No space-intensive ramps or driveways
• Below grade arrangement especially designed for the area between the set- back line and building
• Can be driven over when entrance is lowered
• 2- to 4- row arrangement behind each other
• For multi-row arrangement an empty space is required
• Top platform can be covered individually to suit to the surrounding

Conclusion

The elevator type of car parking system, also called the Parking Tower or tower car parking system, is the ideal choice for medium or large buildings. It can also be used as a stand-alone tower for public parking garages.

Since it is controlled by an integrated computer system, overall operation can be viewed on a single screen and operation is user-friendly.

Wohr's tower parking systems incorporate the latest German technology, with motors and componentsmanufactured to the highest international standards.

Contact Wohr for your requirements of car parking systems today.

Established in 1902, Wohr has been Designing, Innovating & Installing Various Parking Systems and Solutions since 1959. Wohr is one of the leading manufacturers of car parking systems worldwide. For more than 55 years now.