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hjpcrew 
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Post subject: What company produces the snow cannons for the UK domes?
 Posted: Oct 31, 2011 - 04:35 PM
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Just trying to find our the name of the company that is responsible for the snow making at the likes of Cfe, Hemel etc. Plus would be good to know the background to the Tamworth dome, as that has a different system for snow making.
Anybody know more...
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cantridepete
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Posted: Oct 31, 2011 - 04:58 PM
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the old rumour was that tam take (or make depending on how you look at it) the snow from the ice rink on site.
it's always been denied but after speaking to an ex employee who told me they were instructed to never give this info away, coupled with the fact that some dudes round the corner from here were a riding a rail on ice scrapping collected from the local patinioire (and was identical to tam!) i'm inclided to believe its true. |
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nickmotture
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Posted: Oct 31, 2011 - 05:17 PM
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dewei
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Posted: Oct 31, 2011 - 05:18 PM
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| Yes, I've also heard that rumour that Tam make its 'snow' from ice. I wouldn't be surprised if it was true given the snow there is quite different from the real stuff and the snow at HH. |
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Posted: Oct 31, 2011 - 05:22 PM
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cantridepete
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Posted: Oct 31, 2011 - 05:22 PM
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cant say in my years of riding tam that i've ever seen them blowing snow out, I could of course be wrong, but i doubt it  |
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nickmotture
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Posted: Oct 31, 2011 - 05:23 PM
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cantridepete
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Posted: Oct 31, 2011 - 05:36 PM
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yeah but we've all seen the pictures of hemel machines running, i've never seen any evidence of tamworths snowmaking. only thing i've got to go on is what i'm told and what i've seen, the rest is a combination my tiny little brain joining the dots and/or believing what i'm told 
If you say you've seen the snow blowers going there than so be it! |
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nickmotture
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Posted: Oct 31, 2011 - 05:38 PM
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francium
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Posted: Oct 31, 2011 - 05:38 PM
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| I believe tamworth is the only slope in the uk that basically uses crushed ice for the snowmaking, because when it was built it was the most cost effective method. They definitley don't have snow cannons like the modern slopes. |
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charlie
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Posted: Oct 31, 2011 - 05:50 PM
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| I think it's Acer SnowMec who provide snowmaking for all the domes in the UK (other than Tam), definitely Xscape anyway. http://www.acersnowmec.com/ |
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hjpcrew
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Posted: Oct 31, 2011 - 05:59 PM
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cantridepete
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Posted: Oct 31, 2011 - 06:10 PM
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charlie wrote:
I think it's Acer SnowMec who provide snowmaking for all the domes in the UK (other than Tam), definitely Xscape anyway. http://www.acersnowmec.com/
the place in moscow on there website looks epic!!! |
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francium
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Posted: Oct 31, 2011 - 07:23 PM
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| it was austrian tech used in tam not sure who developed it |
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nickmotture
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Posted: Oct 31, 2011 - 07:27 PM
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