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5 T
IPS FOR
S
NOWMAKING
• Make snow whenever the temperatures allow! The thicker the snow cover is, the
better you are secured for warmer weather setting in.
• Pay attention to the security on the slopes when placing the snowmaker, the
hoses and the cables. Install barriers to avoid accidents and damage of cables
and hoses, e.g. by steel edges and all kinds of vehicles.
• If possible the direction of snowmaking should always be downhill to reach the
farthest throw possible as well a better distribution of the snow.
Don’t make snow against the wind direction, because the fan grating and the fan
blade may be blocked by ice.
ATTENTION
In case of strong formation of ice, switch off the snowmaker, as the fan blade
may be damaged. Furthermore there is a certain risk of getting injured by ice
being thrown back.
In case of much icing switch off the snowmaker and turn the fan forwards. Cover
the fan protection grating and switch on the nozzle ring heating. After a short
time the ice is defrosted and you can put the snowmaker into operation again.
Never knock down ice that can go into the moving fan. Very dangerous! It may
cause damage to the fan and it has to be changed immediately if damaged.
• Don’t wear clothes which might be sucked in by the fan (e.g. scarves, belts, ties
...).
• The snow quality is influenced by the adjustment of the fan.
If the water-air mixture remains in the ambient air for a short time only = humid
snow. If it remains for a longer time = dry snow.
Thereof results the following:
Fix the angle of attack in a way that the mixture remains in the ambient air for the
longest time possible and a good distribution of the snow is attained.
• When you start snowmaking, as well as after a longer period of operation, check
the quality of the falling snow and, if necessary, readjust the fan or the water
flow rate.
• Possible ice plates at much frequented places shall first be covered with wet
snow and then a dry blanket of snow should be built onto it.
• Humid snow = open one more nozzle row for a short time or increase the water
pressure if possible.
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