This detachable platter from France was installed in 2018 by the Rio Tinto mining company.Monopod drive terminal with platters stored.Poma platter system.The lift runs alongside a Skytrac quad installed the same year.Tower 1.Half tower 4.The top tension station at Coach’s Corner.Upper station overview.Side view of the top terminal.View down at tower 5.Lift overview.
The ‘grip’ is not a traditional grip. Rather, it’s a piece of pipe (the ‘button’), with a slot cut out and notches at the top front and bottom rear. The slot is meant to accommodate the ‘button support’ which attaches to the button. The button support is angled forwards away from the button. The two-piece construction allows for removal and installation, because the rope rides inside the button. The storage rack at the bottom holds the button assembly horizontal and the rope runs through it. When the platter is released from the rack, the angled design of the button support (of which the stick is attached to the forward end) allows the weight of the stick to tip the button at an angle to the rope, and the notches grab on. It works purely on friction. There is no spring or attach/detach mechanism like a detachable chairlift grip.
The carriers are stored into the bottom terminal, when a skier arrives the operator puts the platter on the skier or rider, then they pull a triger in the bottom station that launches the platter onto the haul rope, at the top terminal it works just like a traditionnal platter and it does not detach, when the carrier return in the bottom terminal, it automaticly detaches onto a rail and the operator readys it for the next rider.
As someone who has done more that my fair share of work on a detachable POMA Platter, I am a big fan of the addition of a work platform and lifting arm on the tower arms.
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So how exactly does a detachable platter lift work?
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The ‘grip’ is not a traditional grip. Rather, it’s a piece of pipe (the ‘button’), with a slot cut out and notches at the top front and bottom rear. The slot is meant to accommodate the ‘button support’ which attaches to the button. The button support is angled forwards away from the button. The two-piece construction allows for removal and installation, because the rope rides inside the button. The storage rack at the bottom holds the button assembly horizontal and the rope runs through it. When the platter is released from the rack, the angled design of the button support (of which the stick is attached to the forward end) allows the weight of the stick to tip the button at an angle to the rope, and the notches grab on. It works purely on friction. There is no spring or attach/detach mechanism like a detachable chairlift grip.
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The carriers are stored into the bottom terminal, when a skier arrives the operator puts the platter on the skier or rider, then they pull a triger in the bottom station that launches the platter onto the haul rope, at the top terminal it works just like a traditionnal platter and it does not detach, when the carrier return in the bottom terminal, it automaticly detaches onto a rail and the operator readys it for the next rider.
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As someone who has done more that my fair share of work on a detachable POMA Platter, I am a big fan of the addition of a work platform and lifting arm on the tower arms.
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Most definitely.
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