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[Whistler]

Allan, do you have any new pics of the Red Chair, or dose anyone else have any pics of Meuller Lifts?

[Allan]

Not really... Did you see these: Pictures of a detensioned lift Is there anything you'd like in particular? I can bring my camera with me to work :)

[Whistler]

No I didn't see those...Thanks!! I you ever get so free time, I love pics of Meuller towers, chairs, and terminals...thanks, I appreciate it!!

[Whistler]

Oh and a question for you, what company supplies Red with parts for the Red chair? Rowena?

This post has been edited by Whistler: 12 February 2005 - 08:54 PM

[Allan]

Hmm... I have some pics :)
#1 - Top of Red in a bit of a wind
#2 - down the line in some wind
#3 - Bottom terminal
#4 - Lift line
#5 - Tower 2

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[Allan]

Whistler, on Feb 12 2005, 08:54 PM, said:

Oh and a question for you, what company supplies Red with parts for the Red chair? Rowena?
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We get them from Mueller lifts in Vernon, where he gets them from - I don't know :)

[Kicking Horse]

how long of ride is it on that chair? and what powers it? what's the line speed? (full specs would be nice) :) plz if u have time...

[Allan]

Here goes...

Year Installed: 1973
Inclined Length: 1214m
Vertical Rise: 433m
Max Rope Speed: 504 fpm (2.56m/s)
Min Ride Duration: 8 minutes
Max Cap. @ Max Speed: 650 pph
Type of Prime Mover: ASEA 125hp 550VAC
Type of auxiliary mover: Wisconsin 60.5hp air cooled 4cyl
Location of drive station: Bottom
Type of Speed Reducer: Kissling VKS800s
Location of tensioning system: Bottom
Tension system weight: 5225kg
Ratio of speed reducer: 58.3:1 (1st reduction = belt)
Number of towers: 16
Number of line sheaves: 186

Anything else? :)

[Kicking Horse]

so on avg the lift has 6 sheaves per side?

[Allan]

Pretty much - some have 4, some have 8, some have 12, etc.

[liftmech]

Air-cooled aux, eh? How often does that overheat? I see that Mueller also used the Kissling VKS gearbox; I think we have one just like that on K-lift and several VKS1100 boxes on bigger lifts.

[Kicking Horse]

can we see some pics of the motor room? plz?

[Allan]

liftmech, on Feb 14 2005, 09:16 AM, said:

Air-cooled aux, eh? How often does that overheat? I see that Mueller also used the Kissling VKS gearbox; I think we have one just like that on K-lift and several VKS1100 boxes on bigger lifts.
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I doesn't overheat, amazingly enough! We also have a Kissling on the T-Bar (ST-550) I have some pics of the Red drive - it's hard to get an all-in-one shot though...
#1 - auxiliary
#2 - electric
#3 - Service brake

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[Zage]

That is one small engine. 60.5 hp :---: . How fast does the lift run on auxiliary?

[Allan]

Well the 8 minute ride turns into a 45 minute... I can't remember the exact # it's something like 0.45 m/s though (88 fpm)

This post has been edited by Allan: 14 February 2005 - 06:45 PM

[Zage]

Oh my 45 min. :eek:

This post has been edited by Zage: 14 February 2005 - 06:49 PM

[Allan]

Here, have some more :)
1. Granite drive (decommisioned state)
2. Granite return (decom)
3. Granite tower 17 (decom)
4. Granite tower 1 (decom)
5. Granite top
6. Granite tower 17
7. Granite tower 6
8. Granite tower 12
9. Granite high span

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[Zage]

Granite was an old lift at Red, am I right.

[Allan]

Yup... the decomissioned pics should have given that away ;)

[liftmech]

Any plans to remove Granite to your boneyard, or perhaps put it back up someplace (Red or otherwise)? It looks in pretty fair shape for not having been licenced since '96.