In the square in front of the Capital Gymnasium, the venue of the Winter Olympics, there is a huge vehicle , a 17-meter-long van truck , which attracts pedestrians to stop and watch from time to time. In the carriage, Yuha from Finland, a waxer from the National Training Team for Cross-Country Skiing, is at the waxing table with a sander before waxing a pair of cross-country ski snowboards.
This is the first domestic snow wax car independently developed by China, and behind the front of the streamlined tractor truck is a box body that is more than ten meters long and resembles a container. The reporter walked to the box, and the core place was the 6 waxing operation stations, which could be used by 6 waxing artists to work at the same time. The shiny stainless steel waxing table has a snowboard holder, above the waxing table there is a sloping suction port and lighting equipment, and the table is placed with various waxing tools used by waxers - snow wax, heating iron, scraper and so on.
The use of the snow wax car made Wang Yan, deputy leader of the cross-country skiing national training team, directly call out "This car is too good." According to him, in the past, when teams went abroad to compete, they usually set up a waxing table in the open space next to the arena, "like a kebab on the ground to wax it." "In some of the better conditions of the competition venue, the event organizing committee will provide containers for temporary waxing rooms, and the team will carry out waxing work with waxing equipment. Now with this snow wax truck, the working environment of the waxer has been greatly improved, and the work efficiency and quality can also be greatly improved.
Yuha is an internationally leading waxer with 35 years of waxing experience, and he has a high opinion of this snow wax truck. He thinks that the overall operation of the console is very convenient and scientific, and there are some intimate and convenient designs that make him feel good. What Yuha calls convenience and science includes adjustable lighting and suction systems on waxing tables. According to Ren Suo, design director of the Innovation Design Department of Shandong Industrial Design and Research Institute, the lighting uses magnetic mobile fill lighting, which can facilitate the waxing artist to check the waxing effect under different angles of light. The suction system of the countertop is designed to suck away the dust generated during the waxing process and the harmful gases generated during the heating wax process.
Storing snowboards is also an indispensable function of snow wax trucks. There are two areas for storing snowboards in the snow wax truck, one area is a drawer-type horizontal placed snowboard, and the other storage area is a vertical snowboard stretch cabinet, which can be easily opened by stepping on the pedal to unlock the cabinet door, which can store 150 skis.
In addition to the waxing table and snowboard storage area, this car has other features to ensure that the waxer's life rests. Toilets, showers, and lounges are readily available, and the convenience of disabled athletes is fully considered, and the tail of the box is equipped with a wheelchair lifting platform.
In working use, the snow wax car is in an unfolded state, and the effective use area reaches 92.5 square meters, while during the march, the snow wax car body will shrink to 35 square meters.
This car is not only "convenient", but also "environmentally friendly". The traction head of the snow wax truck adopts the current international advanced hydrogen fuel cell power system, which truly achieves zero emissions and no pollution. The photovoltaic power generation system installed on the top of the car can meet the daily lighting and small household appliances in the car.
Waxing work plays a vital role in athletes' performance, and the use of snow wax vehicles can greatly improve the working environment of waxers, thereby improving the quality and performance of athletes' equipment. In the near future, this domestic snow wax car will depart for the National Snow Project Training Base in Chengde, Hebei Province, to serve the cross-country skiing national training team that is training there.
Reporter Fu Xiaowen
Source: China Sports News