Item frame for cable car
Sightseeing on the Great Wall of China
Aluminum profiles from Item are not only widely used in the industrial sector, but are also finding their way into the leisure sector. Wiegand, for example, uses Item components for the construction of its Wie-Li transportation and adventure ride on the Great Wall of China.
A frame made of curved and straight profiles forms the basic structure for the modern funicular. Wiegand uses the Wie-Li on the Great Wall in China, where it transports up to 500 people per hour in 21 gondolas and overcomes a height difference of 113 meters. The aesthetically pleasing and high-quality construction meets all the requirements placed on it: It is stable, lightweight and corrosion-resistant.
Josef Wiegand, headquartered in Rasdorf (Hesse), is a manufacturer of summer toboggan runs, dry and water slides and transportation systems. Based on item components, the toboggan run specialist designed a frame for a cable car on rails consisting of several carriages. This is how the Wie-Li transport and adventure ride was created. Two ropes pull the new ropeway for transporting passengers up the Great Wall in two lift sections. The frames of the gondolas are made of lightweight Series 8 aluminum profiles and miter joint sets to connect the profiles at any angle from 30 to 90 degrees.
Flame-retardant aluminum composite panels are inserted into the groove of the aluminum profiles, as well as transparent polycarbonate panel elements that are weather-resistant and impact-resistant. Matching sealing profiles fix the panel elements in the groove. This results in surfaces that are closed on the outside. The front and back of the individual carriages are made of transparent polycarbonate panels; the sides of the gondolas are open from a height of one meter. There is a sliding door on one side of the gondola. The guide system for this door is based on C-rail systems from Item. The roof of the individual carriages can be opened and closed depending on the weather. pb
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