VERLINDE hoists chosen to handle the hydraulic system of the Eiffel Tower elevators

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12th June 2009

Source: VERLINDE

VERLINDE hoists chosen to handle the hydraulic system of the Eiffel Tower elevators

SETE, the company licensed to operate the Eiffel Tower, has entrusted the firm Baudin Châteauneuf with the replacement of the hydraulic systems, press cylinders and accumulator cylinders of the west elevator of the Eiffel Tower. VERLINDE EUROBLOC VT 12.5-ton capacity hoists are used to remove the existing machinery and replace it with new equipment.

The press cylinders and accumulator cylinders of the Eiffel Tower elevators have actually been in service for one hundred years, and this is the first time they will be changed. They are to be replaced with systems that are technically as similar as possible to the original equipment, as the Tower’s creator, Gustave Eiffel had wished.

Baudin Châteauneuf has installed a 17-meter gantry which enters the Tower by a “window” through the metal framework. Radio-controlled VERLINDE hoists will handle the hydraulic systems, which are 16 meters long and weigh around 20 metric tons.

“We work regularly with VERLINDE. Their product range fits our every need, from smallest to largest systems. They are a key player in the field of lifting equipment, and have been in the business virtually as long as we have”, says Mr Morelle, Technical Project Manager at Baudin Châteauneuf.

Eventually, both of the Eiffel Tower’s hydraulic elevators will be renovated in this way.

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