Hi everyone! I was just wondering how exactly detachable leitner-poma gondolas work. I am building a model one and I need this information. P.S. If you can tell me how I can access a lift maintenance shop @ copper it would be much appreciated.
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How does a high speed gondola work?
Started by Boeinglover, Feb 14 2005 07:55 AM
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Posted 14 February 2005 - 07:55 AM
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Posted 14 February 2005 - 08:04 AM
Well there are two answers for this question. Leitner bought POMA and over in Europe, I think everything is now Leitner stuff, while L-P of America is still using POMA stuff.
Are you just wanting to know how the grip works or what?
Are you just wanting to know how the grip works or what?
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Posted 14 February 2005 - 08:30 AM
The grip works just like any other Leitner-Poma grip, even the double grips, it just has a modified detach and attach ramp. As for the doors, they are opened by a wheel on the cabin that is moved by a different ramp. I'm not sure exactly how it works, but that is all I've got. I can explain the grip itself to you.
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Posted 14 February 2005 - 09:02 AM
How bad do you need to access our shop? You would need a guide, we don't let random individuals wander around any of our facilities. that said, I may be able to show you around sometime.
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Posted 14 February 2005 - 09:04 AM
The doors are opened and closed by that little wheel you mentioned; it is in turn pressed down or lifted up by an adjustable ramp hanging underneath the main grip compression rail. The wheel is the actuation part of a lever that moves a cable connected to the doors themselves.
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Posted 14 February 2005 - 11:30 AM
I need to access it for the cable (fishing wire won't work) and an operation station.
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Posted 14 February 2005 - 11:39 AM
Imagine a stiff (but flexible) rod within a sheath. That's the same idea. If you're familiar with it, LEGO's Flex system for Technic, that was used a fair bit in the late 90's, is the same thing.
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Posted 14 February 2005 - 12:45 PM
Ok, uhh what do you mean by this, are you going to take cable from the shop at copper?
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Posted 14 February 2005 - 02:57 PM
I am going partially 
when I ask how the clamshell doors work at Aspen. They have a defferent design than a typical gondi.
when I ask how the clamshell doors work at Aspen. They have a defferent design than a typical gondi.
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Posted 14 February 2005 - 03:02 PM
It apears that there is a lever on the roof that opens and closes the door allong with a door activation rail.
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Posted 14 February 2005 - 04:11 PM
So they work about the same way as the other gondis, just modified for the different cabins.
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Posted 14 February 2005 - 04:20 PM
I probably don't need cables (what was I thinking) but I do need an operation station. I don't seem to have very many good ideas for a station.
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Posted 14 February 2005 - 05:07 PM
For the haul rope use a cable, like the ones fount on some fence. I use them good, strong and just the right size in diamaiter.
Here it is the cable, not the eyelet.
Here it is the cable, not the eyelet.
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Posted 14 February 2005 - 07:13 PM
I'm not sure if Boeinglover will be using that kind of cable, but it would be nice to see.
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Posted 14 February 2005 - 07:15 PM
No, I'll be using copper wire courtesy of Home Depot. It will be plastic coated and will be probably white, red or blue.
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Posted 15 February 2005 - 04:03 PM
Lift Controls.
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Posted 15 February 2005 - 06:09 PM
You're asking a lot, Boeinglover. I'd start by just getting a quick tour of a lift, then keep going up. But I wouldn't know. I'd ask someone that gives tours or has been on a tour. (neither of which I qualify for.)
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Posted 15 February 2005 - 06:44 PM
What type of controls do you want to see? If you're are wanting to see a lift's controls, there are pictures on this site if you look around. Check out the lift gallery of Hoodoo, OR. There should be a new Riblet control system and one of Garaventa CTEC system.
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