A machine-room-less lift, or MRL (Machine Room Less), is a lift that can run without the machine room lifts once needed — no speed governor, no motor room and so on. A machine-room-less lift usually means a screw-driven lift or a vacuum lift.
In a world that is growing fast and where technology keeps pushing past its limits, improving our surroundings in every dimension has become a top priority. From an economic and technological point of view, using space efficiently is also a key factor in getting the most out of our resources. Space planning therefore matters enormously — and a conventional home lift may no longer answer the needs of today’s businesses or modern living. It also forces you to plan the space around a machine room, which usually swallows a great deal of floor area that could be used for other activities. A machine-room-less lift is therefore an excellent and highly popular alternative for a home lift installation.
Machine-room-less lift (MR : Machine Room Less) Cibes V80i Aurora
Defining a “machine-room-less lift”
A machine-room-less lift, or MRL (Machine Room Less), is the name given to a lift that takes up very little space and draws its power mainly from a compact drive unit — a lift system designed without a machine room. A machine room normally holds the motor, the speed governor, the control cabinet and the various control panels, but with today’s new technology, such as the screw-driven lift that moves on the principle of a screw and nut, a lift no longer needs a machine room at all.
A machine-room-less system is a small lift used inside buildings or installed in homes, and it should serve no more than 6 floors. It generally relies on technology that lets the car travel freely up and down without the machine room we are used to seeing on conventional lifts. Shrinking or removing the machine room saves space and makes the building far more usable, and in some cases it also lowers energy consumption and the lift’s travel speed.
Machine-room-less passenger lift (MRL : Machine Room Less) Cibes V90 Galaxy is a cabin lift much like the ordinary lifts used in high-rise buildings, so riding it feels entirely familiar, and it comes with modern safety systems.
Who is a machine-room-less lift for?
A machine-room-less lift (MRL : Machine Room Less) suits both outdoor and indoor installation in a home or building of no more than 6 floors with limited space, because it is a small lift — unlike a commercial lift, which is mostly cable-driven and belongs in a high-rise.
Today the one machine-room-less type that really stands out is the Screw Driven System Lift , the popular choice for homes and buildings.
Machine-room-less lift (MR : Machine Room Less) Cibes V90 Galaxy installed inside a home
1. Ideal for homes
- Small lifts installed inside the home are popular for making everyday life easier for the family, cutting the risk of accidents on the stairs and carrying goods between floors.
- Elderly lifts (Elder) are lifts used inside the home so that older family members can carry on with normal daily life as fully as possible. Cibes Lift designs its lifts for the elderly in line with the EU 81-41 safety standard.
- Lifts for people with disabilities have their roots in Sweden during the Second World War, when home lifts were built and designed so that veterans with disabilities could return to a normal life. Sweden takes this matter very seriously and passed legislation for buildings and homes. In Thailand there is also the regulation “ Prescribing Building Facilities for Persons with Disabilities and the Elderly ”, issued in B.E. 2548 and amended in 2564 to add provisions on “small lifts” — a sign that Thailand has only fairly recently begun paying real attention to accessibility for this group.
2. Ideal for hotels
A hotel lift makes the stay easier for guests, and some hotels also have a Rooftop Bar. This type of lift comes with no requirement to dig a lift pit and no need to build a machine room on the top floor of the building, so visitors can reach the rooftop level without climbing the stairs as they would with other lift types.
3. Ideal for healthcare facilities
Hospitals serve wheelchair users and even bedridden patients, so the hospital lift plays an important practical role — moving bedridden patients between buildings, for example. Cibes Lift offers a large lift with a capacity of 1,000 kilograms and above. Even aesthetic and dental clinics with limited space that want a premium lift to strengthen their brand image will find Cibes a good fit, because the design can be tailored to a High-End look that matches the clinic’s theme.
4. Ideal for penthouses
Most penthouses sit on the top floor of a condominium, and some units have two levels, with the lower one given over to a living and guest area and the second to private space or bedrooms. Space is tight and a machine room is hard to build, so this type of lift answers the needs of penthouse owners and developers alike.
Key strengths of a machine-room-less lift
1. Takes up little space
A machine-room-less lift is designed to be slim and compact, made for use inside a home or building, so it needs very little space to install and to run. On top of that, a machine-room-less lift can be installed without digging a lift pit, and you never have to give up the top floor of the building for a drive room the way a cable-driven lift demands.
2. Saves energy
This type of lift draws little power while running — up to 40% less. Building management technology today helps bring operating costs down, and plenty of homes and buildings worry about what the machinery costs to run, which is exactly where a machine-room-less lift shines. The system also gives off less heat, leaving the surroundings cooler. Cibes Lift’s own EcoSilent 2.0 technology cuts energy use further still.
A screw-driven machine-room-less lift takes up little space, needs no machine room and no lift pit, leaves the structure of the house untouched, and can be installed in 3-5 days
3. Low maintenance
This type of lift costs less to maintain, because the machinery needs no oil at all to operate — you can forget about oil leaks entirely. Lifts from Cibes Lift need servicing only 1-2 times a year, and the newer the model, the less often it needs attention, so homeowners and building owners lose no time to it.
4. Safe and dependable
Passenger safety comes first. Experts confirm that the MRL Lift is safe and dependable, and that it runs smoothly too. Whether you are a homeowner, an engineer, an architect or a contractor, you can be confident this system delivers every bit of the comfort of a traditional lift. Cibes Lift holds the EU Safety Standard 81-41 certification, and you can see the other certificates Cibes Lift has earned in the article 3 home lift quality certificates you must know before you buy!
5. Design the lift yourself
Only a handful of suppliers have built the capability to deliver a custom design. If you have specific requirements, these options are open to you: our team of expert engineers and technicians will design a lift that suits your business and meets your specifications. With Cibes Lift you can design your lift straight from the website right away.
