A long-time collaboration
ArcelorMittal has been working for many years with SETE - Société d'Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel. When the east pillar visitor lift required new ropes, they naturally turned to ArcelorMittal to provide a high-performance product with quick delivery and Made-in-France quality as the last rope manufacturer in the country.
For this specific project, ArcelorMittal supplied 10 rope reels (with a length of 510 metres each and a total weight of 10 tonnes), but new orders will come later this year to replace the ropes on other lifts.
Ascending an iconic monument with ArcelorMittal ropes
With more than 6 million visitors each year*, the Eiffel Tower is one of the most visited monuments in the world. The east pillar visitor lift is now equipped with ArcelorMittal’s Corzal® coated 6-strand compacted ropes, enabling visitors from all around the world to ascend (and descend!) this iconic structure to enjoy the magic of Paris. The ropes were provided by WireSolutions’ Bourg-en-Bresse plant.
103 000 kilometres up and down each year
Since 1899, visitors have been able to safely access the floors of the Eiffel Tower by taking the lifts to enjoy the views of Paris. The lifts, which are vital to the monument, are subject to some harsh treatment, and their annual journeys combined are equal to travelling two and a half times around the world (or 103 000 kilometres). Working with customer SETE (Société d'Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel), ArcelorMittal is extremely proud that the east pillar visitor lift is now equipped with Corzal® ropes from ArcelorMittal’s WireSolutions business division.
High-performance ropes for demanding applications
The ropes provided for the project have a solid compacted core in polypropylene (patented by ArcelorMittal) with a finishing in Corzal®. Additionally, the manufacturing process and know-how of the Bourg-en-Bresse plant make this product unique on the market.
Corzal® is a high-performance, durable alloy offering many advantages:
- 95% zinc and 5% aluminium alloy coating. The addition of aluminium to the zinc-only galvanising coating provides corrosion resistance which protects 3 times longer than a zinc-only coating.
- It requires a thinner coating than a galvanised coating to give the same corrosion protection.
- No alteration of the wire product after bending
- Perfect coating adherence even after bending
*in a non-COVID context
Text:
ArcelorMittal Europe Communications
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