Tornado technology sends Mercedes-Benz flying into record books
The Mercedes-Benz Museum is home to the strongest man-made tornado in the world demonstrating the engineering and architectural brilliance of the company.
The tornado’s record attempt was confirmed as a success by Olaf Kuchenbecker, a representative of the Guinness Book of Records.
Built to eliminate smoke from the museum in the event of a fire, the central atrium has a fan at the top and stretches 34.4 metres high.
Fire protection regulations require all areas outside the fire level to be smoke-free but due to the open plan of the museum architects and engineers needed a way to remove smoke from the building.
If a fire occurs, 144 outlets along the core walls inject air to the building, this then generates an artificial tornado and the smoke is then discharged to the outside of the building.
Michael Bock, manager of Mercedes-Benz Museum GmbH, was delighted to have made a place in the record book.
"By successfully achieving the world record as ’strongest artificially generated tornado in the world’, the Mercedes-Benz Museum has once again underlined its outstanding position in the world of museums also in terms of architecture," he added.
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