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Whistler Village Gondola Gear Box Failure

Started by pcskibum, Jan 16 2011 01:24 PM

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#1 pcskibum

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Posted 16 January 2011 - 01:24 PM

Anyone know who made this lift?



Whistler Village Gondola to reopen Sunday
January 15, 2011
The Whistler Village Gondola is expected to reopen on Sunday morning (Jan. 16) after a six day closure due to mechanical failure.

Whistler Blackcomb officials announced on the company's Facebook page that the gondola will reopen at 8:30 a.m. Sunday. The Fresh Tracks program is set to resume on Tuesday (Jan. 18).

The Village Gondola has been out of commission since Monday (Jan. 10) when a mechanical failure caused the lift to break down with approximately 300 people onboard.

The problem was a bearing failure in the gondola's main gearbox. Replacement parts and a Swiss technician arrived in the resort late Wednesday (Jan. 12), but it's unknown how long the repair will take.

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Posted 16 January 2011 - 01:26 PM

1988 Poma 10-MGD. Two stages, capable of operating independently. Double TB-50 grips. Gearbox is most likely a PK (Poma-Kissling).
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Posted 17 January 2011 - 11:17 AM

Did it have to be evaced? 300 people on board when it broke...

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Posted 17 January 2011 - 01:14 PM

Lift line was cleared with evac drive, box is PK.
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Posted 17 January 2011 - 01:30 PM

Is this common equipment on newer lifts or just gondi's? It must have a complete seperate gearbox drive system then; correct?

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Posted 19 January 2011 - 08:25 PM

This lift has two ways of powering the evac. One is via an auxilliary input to the main gearbox. The second one(which was used in this case) uses a hydrostatic drive to power hydraulic motors that are meshed to a ring gear on the bullwheel. The main gearbox is disconnected. This photo shows a similar setup on the P2P.

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