- Equipment Introduction
36m Drop Tower Rides is a large-scale thrilling amusement equipment, which is known as "Space Shuttle" or "Rotary Tower" in the industry. It takes the 36-meter-high central tower as the core, integrates vertical lifting, free fall and 360-degree rotation, and brings tourists the dual extreme experience of high-altitude weightlessness and rapid rotation. Different from small drop towers, it adopts dual hydraulic cylinder drive, with stable operation and strong controllability. It can not only meet the demand of young people for thrilling experience, but also ensure the safety of riding to the greatest extent, becoming the core iconic project of large-scale amusement venues.
Key Specifications: The total height is 36 meters, the actual operating height is 26 meters, covering an area of only 10m×10m, which is suitable for compact venue layout. The power is 100kW, the driving power is 82.5kW, and the voltage is 380V. Passenger Capacity: 16 people per cabin, with a theoretical passenger flow of 240 people per hour and a single operation cycle of 150 seconds. Movement Modes: The lifting speed is up to 1.5m/s, the falling speed is up to 5.4m/s, and the rotation speed is 6.6rpm. It can realize synchronous rotation while lifting and falling, and the free fall process is controlled by an advanced magnetic braking system, which is smooth and free of sudden jitter, bringing a safe and exciting immersive experience.
- Product Material Details
- Main Tower & Support Structure: The main tower and support frame are made of Q235、Q335 high-strength carbon steel, which meets the requirements of TSG 71-2023 "Safety Technical Regulations for Large-Scale Amusement Facilities" and relevant national standards. The steel has excellent mechanical properties, impact toughness and fatigue resistance, which is suitable for welding molding. The tower body is processed by laser cutting, high-precision welding and bending, and all important stress welds are inspected by penetration, magnetic particle and ultrasonic flaw detection to ensure no welding defects. The surface is treated with hot-dip galvanizing + electrostatic spraying for double anti-corrosion, which can effectively resist wind, rain, high temperature and UV radiation, and maintain stable performance for more than 15 years in outdoor harsh environments. Optional protective coatings are available for high humidity and dusty environments.
- Cabin & Seats: The cabin is composed of a steel frame and high-strength FRP (Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic) shell, with the FRP thickness of ≥6mm, which is non-toxic, environmentally friendly, corrosion-resistant and weather-resistant, complying with international environmental protection and safety standards[4]. The surface of the cabin adopts automotive-grade high-temperature baking paint, which is wear-resistant and not easy to fade, and supports customized color matching and pattern painting. The seats are designed according to ergonomics, with soft and comfortable cushions, which can reduce the sense of pressure during falling. Each seat is equipped with an adjustable lap bar and safety belt, which is suitable for passengers with a height of 1.2m-1.9m, ensuring that passengers are firmly fixed during the ride.
- Transmission & Safety Components: The transmission system adopts dual hydraulic cylinder drive, which ensures smooth lifting and falling, and has a backup safety mechanism to avoid faults in a single system. The guide rail is made of precision chrome-plated steel, with smooth surface and high wear resistance, which can ensure the stable operation of the cabin without deviation. The braking system adopts an advanced eddy current magnetic braking system, which has no wear, stable braking and reliable performance, and can realize smooth deceleration during the falling process, avoiding sudden jerks. All connecting parts adopt Grade 8.8 high-strength galvanized bolts matched with nylon lock nuts, which are firm and reliable, and can effectively prevent loosening during long-term high-intensity operation. In addition, the equipment is equipped with pressure sensors and burst pipe protection devices to continuously monitor the system integrity and prevent safety accidents.
- Electrical & Auxiliary Materials: The entire electrical system adopts IP55 waterproof, dustproof and leakage-proof design, which is suitable for outdoor complex environments. All wires use flame-retardant cables that meet national standards to eliminate potential electrical hazards such as short circuits and leakage[4]. The control system adopts an intelligent PLC control console, which can real-time monitor the operation status of the equipment, realize one-key start-stop, emergency shutdown and fault alarm, and the operation is simple and easy to learn. The passenger platform is paved with non-slip rubber material with high friction coefficient, which can effectively prevent slipping caused by crowding or wet ground, and the edge is equipped with high-strength safety railings to ensure the safety of passengers waiting for the ride.
III. Design & Shape (Tall and Grand, Customizable Theme)
The design of 36m Drop Tower Rides adheres to the concept of "thrilling, iconic and customizable", focusing on visual impact and theme integration, which can become a landmark landscape of the venue. It combines modern engineering aesthetics with theme customization needs, and has a variety of design styles to choose from, adapting to different venue positioning. The specific design details are as follows:
- Overall Shape: The overall shape is tall and straight, with a simple and powerful outline. The central tower is cylindrical, and the top can be customized into crown, flower, animal or UFO shapes according to the theme of the venue. The cabin is a disc type, evenly distributed around the tower body, and can rotate independently while lifting and falling, adding an extra sense of excitement. The overall structure is compact, covering only 10m×10m, which is ideal for venues with limited space.
- Color System: The main colors are bright and eye-catching, such as red, yellow, blue and purple, which have strong visual impact and can quickly attract the attention of tourists. It also supports customized color combinations and enterprise VI color matching, which can be integrated with the overall theme of the venue. For example, the space theme can adopt blue and silver matching, and the carnival theme can adopt colorful matching, enhancing the overall sense of coordination.
- Theme Integration: It supports personalized theme customization, and can be designed into space exploration, carnival, fairy tale and other themes according to the needs of the venue. The surface of the tower body and cabin can be painted with theme patterns, such as stars, stripes, space elements or cartoon characters, and can be matched with theme commodities to increase secondary consumption. Some models can also be designed into parachute-themed cabins, with colorful canopies, which are both beautiful and interesting.
- Lighting & Sound Effects (Dazzling and Immersive, Enhancing Thrill)
- Lighting System:
- Tower Body: The entire tower body is equipped with RGB full-color LED light strips, which are closely attached to the surface of the tower body, supporting monochromatic, gradient, flashing, flowing and other dynamic effects. The light can be synchronized with the operation state of the equipment: when lifting, the light gradually brightens; when falling, the light flashes rapidly; when rotating, the light forms a colorful light circle, creating a dazzling visual effect.
- Cabin & Top: The cabin is equipped with LED spotlights and decorative lights, which can highlight the shape of the cabin and create a layered sense of light. The top of the tower is equipped with dynamic projection lights, which can project theme patterns on the ground or the tower body, enhancing the interactive sense and theme atmosphere. At night, the entire equipment is like a towering light tower, which is the visual focus of the venue and greatly improves the night tour experience of the venue.
- Control Area & Platform: The control console and passenger platform are equipped with warm white LED lighting, which not only plays a lighting role, but also ensures the safety of passengers waiting and operating, and the light brightness is adjustable to avoid dazzling.
- Sound System: Equipped with professional amusement-grade high-fidelity surround sound, built-in dynamic and passionate music, weightlessness prompt sound effects and theme sound effects, with clear sound quality and strong penetration. The sound effect is synchronously linked with the operation of the equipment: when the cabin is lifted to the top, the music becomes tense and exciting, creating a sense of expectation; when falling, the music is intense and rapid, matching the weightlessness experience, greatly enhancing the immersive sense of thrill. The volume is adjustable, which will not cause noise interference to the surrounding environment.
- Suitable Scenarios
With its strong thrill, iconic shape and high passenger flow turnover rate, 36m Drop Tower Rides is mainly suitable for large-scale amusement venues that need core thrilling projects, and can also be applied to large-scale cultural and tourism complexes and commercial venues, which can quickly gather popularity and enhance the competitiveness of the venue. The specific suitable scenarios are as follows:
- Large Theme Parks & Amusement Parks: As the core thrilling project in the adventure area, it can be matched with roller coasters, pirate ships and other equipment to enrich the types of thrilling amusement projects, accurately attract young people and adventure lovers, and become the iconic landmark of the park. Its high visibility and strong thrill can help the park improve its reputation and passenger flow, and become a must-check project for tourists.
- Cultural Tourism Complexes & Large Resort Areas: Suitable for large-scale cultural tourism towns, adventure resorts and scenic observation points. As a characteristic thrilling supporting project, it can enrich the types of entertainment experiences in the scenic area, attract young tourist groups, and extend the stay time of tourists. Tourists can enjoy the panoramic view of the scenic area while experiencing the thrill, forming a unique combination of "thrilling experience + scenic sightseeing".
- Large Commercial Complexes & Urban Squares: Suitable for large commercial places with large outdoor squares and hardened foundations, such as large shopping malls and urban central squares. Placed in the outdoor square as a core customer-attracting project, it attracts people to gather with its tall shape and exciting operation effect, drives the consumption of surrounding stores, and improves the popularity and atmosphere of the commercial place. It is especially suitable for layout during holidays and promotional activities to activate the on-site atmosphere.
- Overseas Scenarios: Strictly in line with Chinese and European quality standards, it can provide CE, TüVRheinland and other relevant certifications, and meet the requirements of ASTM F2291, EN and other international standards. It is suitable for export to Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Europe, the United States and other regions, adapting to local large-scale theme parks and amusement parks, meeting the needs of overseas young people for thrilling amusement projects, and helping operators open up the international market.
- Quality Assurance (Safe, Compliant, Durable and Reliable)
We always put quality and safety first, and establish a full-process quality control system from R&D, production to delivery, strictly following international and domestic safety standards and ISO9001 quality management system requirements, ensuring that each set of 36m Drop Tower Rides is safe, compliant and durable. The specific guarantee measures are as follows:
- Qualification Compliance: We hold the Special Equipment Production License and Installation License, and the products are designed and produced in strict accordance with TSG 71-2023 "Safety Technical Regulations for Large-Scale Amusement Facilities" and GB 8408-2018 "Safety of Amusement Machines and Equipment". We provide complete type test reports, factory qualification certificates, material quality certificates and a full set of quality inspection data, which can smoothly pass the annual inspection and licensing of local market supervision departments and international third-party inspections (such as TÜV SÜD), ensuring the legal and compliant operation of the equipment.
- Full-Process Quality Control: Strict incoming inspection of raw materials (steel, FRP, electrical components, safety parts) is carried out, and the materials must have quality certificates. If necessary, material re-inspection is carried out to eliminate quality hazards from the source. During the production process, three rounds of inspections (welding inspection, material inspection, assembly inspection) are carried out, and the welding process is evaluated in advance to eliminate residual stress after welding. Before leaving the factory, the equipment must pass 72 hours of continuous no-load and full-load trial operation, as well as more than 30 full-item tests such as emergency braking, overload protection and pressure detection, to ensure stable and safe operation.
- Safety Redundancy Design: Equipped with multiple safety protection systems to form a multi-layer safety line. Including dual hydraulic system backup, eddy current magnetic braking + hydraulic buffer double braking protection, overload protection, pressure detection, burst pipe protection, power failure emergency descent device and emergency braking button. In case of any emergency, the equipment can stop or descend safely immediately, ensuring the absolute safety of passengers. At the same time, clear safety prompts are marked on the equipment, specifying that passengers under 1.2m, over 1.9m, pregnant women, people with heart disease, vertigo and other diseases are not suitable for riding.
VII. After-Sales Guarantee (One-Stop Service, Worry-Free Operation)
We provide comprehensive one-stop after-sales guarantee services, covering the whole process of equipment installation, commissioning, maintenance and repair, adhering to the concept of "quick response, professional service and full-process escort", and setting up a professional after-sales team composed of structural engineers, electrical engineers and after-sales specialists to fully solve the worries of customers in operation. The specific after-sales content is as follows:
- Installation & Commissioning: Provide global on-site installation and commissioning services, including free venue measurement, foundation construction guidance, equipment installation and debugging. The professional installation team has rich experience in installing large-scale drop towers, and can formulate a reasonable installation plan according to the actual situation of the venue to ensure standardized installation and stable operation of the equipment. After installation, we will provide systematic training on equipment operation, daily maintenance and emergency handling for the staff, and provide Chinese and English manuals, installation videos and operation guides.
- Warranty Period: 3-year warranty for the whole machine, 5-year warranty for core components (hydraulic cylinder, motor, reducer, braking system), and lifelong maintenance at cost price. During the warranty period, if there is a non-human fault, we will provide free maintenance services and replace damaged components without any maintenance fees, and provide free technical support.
- Quick Response: Establish a 24-hour after-sales hotline and online technical support system, and customer service personnel will respond to customer inquiries and maintenance requests within 2 hours. For common faults, remote technical guidance can be provided to solve them quickly; if on-site maintenance is needed, the professional maintenance team will arrive at the scene within 48 hours (except for remote areas) to quickly solve equipment faults, reduce equipment downtime and reduce customer operation losses. On-site guarantee services are provided during the peak season to ensure the normal operation of the equipment and meet the passenger flow demand.
- Accessory Supply: Establish a complete original accessory warehouse with sufficient stock of core accessories and wearing parts (such as safety belts, light strips, hydraulic oil, bolts). Accessories can be delivered within 48 hours, and the first set of wearing parts is given free of charge when the equipment leaves the factory, which is convenient for customers' emergency use and ensures the normal operation of the equipment. We also provide accessory customization services to meet the personalized needs of customers.
- Value-Added Services: Provide free venue survey, layout planning and theme customization services, and recommend suitable equipment models and installation schemes according to the customer's venue size, passenger flow and positioning. We can also provide equipment upgrading services (such as lighting upgrade, sound effect upgrade, safety system upgrade) and operation guidance (such as marketing activity planning), help customers improve the attractiveness of the equipment and achieve profit maximization. In addition, we can provide compliance guidance related to export to help products go overseas smoothly.
36m Drop Tower Rides has become the core iconic project of large-scale amusement venues with its extreme thrilling experience, tall and grand shape, reliable quality guarantee and perfect after-sales service. It can not only bring unforgettable thrilling experience to tourists, but also bring stable benefits to operators. We are committed to providing customers with cost-effective products and professional services, adhering to the concept of "safety first, quality first and service first", helping customers achieve long-term development in the amusement industry, and conveying the exciting and safe amusement culture to all parts of the world.
