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News Release from: Castell | Subject: KSD63 switch disconnector
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 28 September 2004
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The well-being of visitors to London's Millennium Bridge, and maintenance staff at financial services provider Old Mutual, has been entrusted to an interlocking system supplied by Castell.
The well-being of visitors to London's Millennium Bridge, and maintenance staff at the UK headquarters of financial services provider Old Mutual, has been entrusted to an interlocking system supplied by Castell Until recently, the gondola used by window cleaners maintaining the Old Mutual building could have been lowered into a position where it interfered with the inclinator, situated on the side of Old Mutual's premises, which grants wheelchair access to and from the Millenium Bridge
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 10 Oct 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Once this risk had been identified, Tony Manning, Group Engineer with the Corporation of London and the man charged with overseeing operation of the inclinator, acted swiftly to eliminate it.
"I contacted Castell via their website and was pleased to discover that they could provide a cost-effective engineered solution", says Tony.
"Since installation, the system has proved very reliable and easy-to-use." When the windows are due to be cleaned, power to the inclinator is first isolated through operation of a KSD63 switch disconnector; this action releases a key, which is passed to Old Mutual.
The key is inserted into a track-mounted K bolt interlock located on the roof of the building, which enables the gondola trolley to be moved into position above the inclinator and the gondola itself to be lowered over the side of the building.
The procedure is reversed to put the inclinator back into service.
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