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Hydraulic Drive System for Las Vegas Observation Wheel

Customer

Caesars Entertainment

Location

Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A.

Challenge

Erecting the Las Vegas High Roller Observation Wheel included installing the 28 passenger cabins. To ensure accurate and safe installation, a hydraulic drive system was needed to turn the wheel for correct positioning and placement. The drive system would also be critical in the overall rotation of the wheel, which would serve as the permanent operating system. Enerpac and Schwager Davis Inc., a specialty contractor, worked together to supply a reliable system solution.

Solution

Enerpac and Schwager Davis provided the Mechanization System, a hydraulic drive system that provides the propulsion and normal braking force for the system in normal use, to rotate the wheel. The system consists of a total of eight drive units, each of which has four large tires that provide the traction force to rotate the wheel. One full revolution of the wheel takes approximately 30 minutes. The system is capable of rotating the wheel in both directions.

In addition to rotating the wheel, the drive system was also used for several weeks during construction to rotate the wheel in order to install the large 25 ton passenger cabins.

Products

Sistema di azionamento idraulico personalizzato