Can two types of terminal styles be used on one lift?
#22
Posted 22 July 2010 - 07:04 PM
SkiBachelor, on 13 March 2009 - 07:24 PM, said:
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_YEZhZdUsD5w/RsBQN1pS...ugust+4+009.jpg
http://www.flickr.co...ya_6/2891124438
I think the reasoning for this is that the lift was built in 1994. While the United States offered only the UNI in 1994, Doppelmayr began constructing UNI-Ms in other countries, such as Canada. However, I don't think Doppelmayr had released the DT grip yet in 1994, so that would be the reason for the UNI-M terminal with DS grips.
This post has been edited by Skier123: 23 July 2010 - 08:23 AM
#23
Posted 23 July 2010 - 04:17 PM
LiftTech, on 08 September 2009 - 09:55 AM, said:
Wasn't there talk a couple years ago about putting top on the lower terminal? Not sure if that would have been purely for cosmetic reasons.
#24
Posted 23 July 2010 - 05:47 PM
jaytrem, on 23 July 2010 - 04:17 PM, said:
I read an article about that too. I believe it was simply to make maintenance easier,.
#25
Posted 23 July 2010 - 08:09 PM
Skier123, on 22 July 2010 - 07:04 PM, said:
Actually the DT grip and UNI-M series were introduced to Austria in 1993.
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#26
Posted 26 July 2010 - 05:04 PM
#27
Posted 31 July 2010 - 08:20 AM
Skier123, on 26 July 2010 - 05:04 PM, said:
Doppelmayr did introduce its UNI stations for the DT grip to North America in 1995. The construction survey lists 10 detachable lift with DT grips in New Hampshire, Vermont, Colorado, California and British Columbia. The UNI stations for DTs had the letter designations S for short, M for medium or L for long depending on the terminal length. UNI-M must have been the most common because that is the name most people use for all the 1995-2002 UNIs. The '95 UNI I work on at Loon Mt is a UNI-M drive, UNI-S return.
This post has been edited by SuperRat: 31 July 2010 - 08:21 AM
#28
Posted 04 August 2010 - 11:20 AM
SuperRat, on 31 July 2010 - 08:20 AM, said:
How would one go about distinguishing the 1995-2002 UNIs from the earlier version then? Because I'm pretty sure that the earlier UNIs were available in multiple lengths too, correct?
#29
Posted 05 August 2010 - 04:55 PM
Skier123, on 04 August 2010 - 11:20 AM, said:
It doesn't surprise me if the UNI terminals for the DS grip came in different lengths. The enclosure design changed when the UNI went DT although it was a natural progression. The Doppelmayr CTEC Identification Page has some good pictures: http://www.skilifts....iftid_dctec.htm
#30
Posted 05 August 2010 - 08:40 PM
SuperRat, on 05 August 2010 - 04:55 PM, said:
I mean how would one go about distingusihing the two in terms of model numbers? I always used to differentiate the two by reffering to them as UNI and UNI-M, but I now realize that that's not correct. And sorry to be asking so many questions, but does anyone have a picture of a UNI-L?
#31
Posted 06 August 2010 - 02:07 PM
Skier123, on 05 August 2010 - 08:40 PM, said:
As far as I know referring to the 89-94 terminals simply as UNI is accurate regardless of length. I'm sure those who care about these sort of things will know what you're talking about. Using UNI-M for the 95-02 terminals should also suffice because it has become the common name for all the early DT grip terminals. To be more accurate you'd have to learn to distinguish the different terminal lengths by sight. Count windows maybe? I don't know of a picture of a UNI-L, they're probably the least common length. Here are some pictures of the Kancamagus Quad at Loon: http://www.skilifts..../kanc/kanc.html The difference between the Medium drive and Short return isn't much.
I hope this helped.
This post has been edited by SuperRat: 06 August 2010 - 02:11 PM
#32
Posted 06 August 2010 - 04:25 PM
SuperRat, on 06 August 2010 - 02:07 PM, said:
I hope this helped.
Okay, thank you for the clarification.
#35
Posted 27 January 2014 - 09:05 PM
Skier123, on 05 August 2010 - 08:40 PM, said:
I have no idea if either actually is a UNI-L, they both could very well be UNI-M, but the Summit Six at Alpine Meadows and American Express at Stratton both appear to have longer terminals than most of the UNIs from that generation. Could someone clarify if these 2 are UNI-m or UNI-L?
#36
Posted 28 January 2014 - 12:18 PM
Skier123, on 07 September 2009 - 12:52 PM, said:
Here's the bottom:
GrandSummitExpressBottom.jpg
And here's the top:
GrandSummitExpressTop.jpg
When this lift was modified by Poma, they put a glass top on the drive terminal to protect the drive components. The top is the same as the bottom, except that it did not have the glass top. They put a glass top on it in 2012, so now the top looks just like the bottom. The glass top on the drive terminal looks like a Poma Challenger terminal because that was the design used when that lift was modified. The bottom terminal got the challenger glass top and not the Omega because they wanted the terminals to look the same.
#37
Posted 28 January 2014 - 12:33 PM
UNI-S drive on the South Peak Express.
UNI-M returns on the South Peak Express and the Bear Peak Express.
This is the Cabriolet's return/tension terminal.
#38
Posted 25 July 2014 - 12:11 PM
skiersage, on 14 March 2009 - 02:57 PM, said:
also the modonna 1 lift at smugglers notch vermont has a old hall bottom drive with some existing hall towers some modern ctec towers and a ctec return station...it was a 2001 retro fit to up the number of operating days due to wind
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