Through Thibaut calatayud
Published on 13 May 21 at 6:46 p.m.
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This is a big step in the work of Teleo, the future urban cable car of Toulouse. Tuesday May 11, 2021, Woven announced that the unwinding of the cables was finished. This delicate operation began in November 2020. A look back at the different stages in pictures.
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A helicopter to install the first cables
Thursday, November 12, 2020, the site was experiencing one of its great moments: the installation of the first cables connecting pylons 1 to 3.
–An impressive operation which was used to install “cables”. These temporary links made it possible to begin unwinding the final steel cables, laid using a drone and a helicopter.
–An operation carried out entirely manually
Between December and April, it was necessary to continue unwinding and tensioning the final cables.
–Then, the site focused on the splice of the pulling cable. “It is the assembly of the two ends of the cable in order to obtain an endless loop”, explains Tisséo. This operation was carried out entirely manually.
28 riders posed in May
The month of May was marked by the laying of 28 cavaliers. These connecting elements positioned between the three cables guarantee “a constant spacing between the latter in order to ensure the correct routing of the cabins”.
–“These riders are alternately red and white, to approximate the usual aeronautical markings (when crossing the Garonne, the cables are located under the passageway for the helicopters) but also to be more easily perceptible for the avifauna: the red being visible to birds with diurnal activity, the white, birds with twilight activity ”, adds Tisséo.
Next step: the arrival of the cabins
The next step in this major project is the cabins delivery. If the date is not yet known, their arrival in Toulouse should not delay.
As a reminder, Téléo will link the Oncopole to Paul-Sabatier University in just 10 minutes, by the end of the year.
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