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the ground bike parking space, which can accommodate over eight hundred vehicles
it opened in april this year
it's easy and fast to park
and all you have to do to pick up your bike is place an IC card on scanner
and all you have to do to pick up your bike is place an IC card on scanner
the transporter goes down while rotating to the exact spot the target bicycle is parked
the transporter goes down while rotating to the exact spot the targeted bicycle is parked
it clutches the front wheel and then swiftly returns the bike to ground level
this takes only seventeen seconds on average for a bike to be delivered to its owner
this takes only seventeen seconds on average for a bike to be delivered to its owner
i like it because it's easy to use and it's also very quick
i like it because it's easy to use and it's also very quick
even when its rainy the bike never gets wet , its very user friendly
even when its rainy the bike never gets wet , its very user friendly
this type of underground parking was developed by a piling machine maker called
giken sei saku sho
the firm is placed in kouchi prefecture western japan
the firm developed a unique method
of driving pillars into the ground using pressure some thirty years ago
this attracted a lot of attention
as it generated almost no noise or vibration in contrast to the then
conventional techniques
now the firm boasts annual sales of more than 80 million dollars
the firm has applied this technology for building parking spaces
pillars are first driven into the ground in a circular shape
the earth within the circle is then dug out while the pillars remain to form
an outer wall
a parking facility then build into the underground space
using this new method the firm can substantially shorten the construction period
using this new method the firm can substantially shorten the construction period
and reduce cost
the most challenging task
was to figure out a way to shorten the time required to put in and take out bicycles
was to figure out a way to shorten the time required to put in and take out bicycles
the developers set their sights on servo motors apart of industrial robots
servo motors can move objects to designated locations swiftly
this technology was applied to building a parking mechanism
lifting and circulating servo motors transport the bikes from the bottom
level to the surface
in a mere twenty one seconds
furthermore the developers did a lot of research to devise a way to accommodate
as many bikes as possible
in a limited space
conventionally bikes are placed in vertical layers each measuring about
1.3 meters high (4.2 feet)
this requires an uphold horizontal space to avoid the handles from hitting each other
this requires an uphold horizontal space to avoid the handles from hitting each other
so the developers decided to make a drastic change to the layout by aligning
them in a zigzag pattern
in this manner the horizontal space could be effectevly used so that more
vehicles could be parked
but when they actually tried up the zigzag layout
they ran into a new problem
the handles brushing against the baskets for the pedals against the handles
this lead the developers to examine nearly three thousand bikes
in search of the optimal layout
after one year of research
they've finally succeeded in boosting the parking capacity
by 40% from 144 units to over 200
really any one could have thought of the zigzag alignment
really any one could have thought of the zigzag alignment
but we had to spend a considerable amount of time putting the idea
into practice ,because there is wide variation in size and shape of bicycles
into practice ,because there is wide variation in size and shape of bicycles
the firm has so far undertaken the construction of 34 bike parking
facilities at eleven locations nationwide
it aims to introduce this innovative facility to overseas markets
especially in metropolitan areas where a solution is sought for a limited
parking areas captions by Technigeek