The snow shaping work of the Shougang Ski Jump was officially launched. Photo courtesy of the operation team of the Shougang Ski Jumping Stadium
Beijing, January 2 (Reporter Chen Hang) Reporter learned from the operation team of the Shougang Ski Jumping Platform that on the 2nd, the first batch of secondary shaping experts of the Shougang Ski Jumping Platform located in Shijingshan District of Beijing were all in place, and the snow shaping work was officially launched.
"In order to better meet the shaping requirements, the Shougang Ski Jump has launched one of the most advanced winch-type snow booscars of its kind." Liu Qi, head of snowmaking at the operation team of the Shougang Ski Jumping Stadium, said.
Liu Qi said: "Due to the large slope of the big jump platform, when the snow grooming vehicle is working, it is necessary to use a winch to connect the anchor point of the departure area located at 48 meters of the large jump platform, and fix the winch cable on the anchor point to add certain power to the snow grooming vehicle, and also play a role in stabilizing and protecting the snow grooming vehicle through the winch." After the snow groomer pushes the snow onto the ski jump, the wide tracks in the process of repeated snow pushing, constantly ploughing the snow surface, discharging the air in the snow surface, and pressing the snow firmly and firmly, so as to repeat the work until the average thickness of the snow in different areas of the big jump is about 0.5 meters to 4 meters. ”
"With the first batch of 4 experts in place, the secondary shaping work of the Shougang Ski Jump was officially launched, and the whole process was to first push the snow that had been created in the end area and the middle of the track evenly onto the track to form a basic layer, and then shape the jumping platform with snow in the starting area and then shape and improve it." Han Bo, deputy director of the Shougang Ski JumpIng Stadium Operation Team Competition, has accompanied the shaping experts into the closed loop.
Han Bo mentioned that today, 4 experts are familiar with the venue and installing equipment, and they will accurately shape the position, height, elevation angle, parabolic length and angle of the jumping platform according to the track design scheme of the two competitions of the snowboard/freestyle ski jump, so that the angle of the landing slope coincides with the parabola after the athlete's jump. Secondary shaping and snowmaking work will continue until pre-race and will be officially delivered to the track in early February. (End)