PEOPLE TRANSPORT

"Pic du Midi" this aerial cableway at Chamonix is equipped with Stromag France SH6 disc brakes 		What do the Eiffel tower , Montmartre in Paris and hundreds of ski-lifts have in common ? Response: these cable transportation systems are  equipped with Stromag France disc brakes !
As tourism and urban transit rise, ropeways have developed continuously to meet the challenge; requirements are for more power and safety than ever... People-moving systems rely often on disc brakes for safety.
While passengers need safety, maintenance personnel - operating in especially difficult conditions in ski resorts - want braking equipments with high reliability and low maintenance rates; Stromag France meet the challenge and Hundreds of our brakes have been installed onto people transport equipments such as:
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Stromag France disc brakes equip the POMA-OTIS tracked hovercraft vehicle at Zurich airport since 2001.
Bullwheel of a detachable grip chairlift (Valmorel - France)
Equipped with 2xSH15 Stromag France calipers in 1999

indexo_1.gif (472 octets) Service brakes mounted on the high speed shafts of gearboxes, feature automatic wear compensation;

indexo_2.gif (472 octets) Emergency brakes Spring applied, they are mounted onto the low speed shafts of gearboxes or flange sides of winding drums and deliver on demand powerful torque to secure loads or safe parking brake;

A well known application: the Eiffel tower
Stromag France has developed an advanced solution adapted to people transportation equipment - the constant regulated deceleration CRD® system   which provides a reliable and performant solution to smoothly stop equipments and passengers with increased comfort and safety.

In 1995, Eiffel tower's North pillar lift was equipped with Stromag France CRD ® braking system
2 x 3T DC powered calipers are enclosed in a regulation loop, allowing a 2.3 sec. smooth braking of the cabin in case of emergency, whatever the number of passengers.