The
Rolling Ball Structure for Jordan's first interactive
Children's Museum in Amman (to be opend in 2007) More The following pages illustrate the
progress of work by Sinnwerkstatt . Web design and © by Fa.
Sinnwerkstatt, Blumenweg 14, CH-8712 Stäfa, Switzerland,
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Now available! The video
about the mounting
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Trailer | |||
September 1, 2006 | |||
Workers watching during lunch break |
Builder's dust makes it possible:
the balls stay still! |
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July 14, 2006 | |||
storing |
loading |
shipping |
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March
5, 2006 A further test for the RBS: After the heavy snowfalls in Switzerland (half a meter in one night) I took these stunning pictures! |
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Left
and top: The attachments for the ball lift are snow covered and frosted Right: |
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February 25 and March 3, 2006 | |||
High noon on Saturday! First big test with 25 balls simultaneously running |
Bird's eye view on the lift |
First test with a kindergarten from nearby |
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Stefan Grünenfelder adjusting the round belts | The 3 plinths for the interactive devices | The engine block for the lift system | The hand wheel for the Archimedes lift |
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February
22, 2006 7 cardan joints, 3 pairs of bevel gears, 40 bearings and 12 pulleys assembled. The pictures show the drives for the screw conveyor and the big wheel and one of the 3 interactive blocks. |
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February
19, 2006 All tracks, connections and switches are finished. The pictures show a part of the lift drive mechanism. The red pulleys are made by Stefan Grünenfelder. |
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January
19, 2006 Snow on the tracks: winter ambience for Jordan |
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January 14, 2006 The Stairway (concept by Mark Bischof / realisation by Hanns-Martin Wagner) is the last missing link between the Big Wheel and the rest of the track system. |
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January
8, 2006 First children playing (still without any mechanical devices) |
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January
4, 2006 Mark Bischof's bending performance |
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Mark (in the background) welding...![]() |
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loop-the-loop |
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December
30, 2005 Mark Bischof and Hanns-Martin Wagner enjoy the sun! Lowest temperature - 9° Celsius; welding temperature + 9000° Celsius! |
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December
20, 2005 The conveyor wheel on top of the sculpture |
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Spiral ball run | Archimedes lift | ||
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balls in a box... |
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December
10, 2005 Two of the modules got finished |
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November
22, 2005 Finally all eleven combs are mounted (almost 7 meter of height). Would be nice to have a factory floor with a ceiling height of 10 meters and some overhead trolley, wouldn't it? On the other hand the view over the Lake Zurich is just gorgeous! |
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November
18, 2005 Still growing... |
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November
17, 2005 |
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November 16, 2005 The first three combs are mounted |
Delivery of the screw for the Archimedes
lift |
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October 22, 2005 22 frames for the comb structure welded together |
October 18, 2005 Delivery of nearly 700 kg steel. The picture shows the 6 mm wire for the tracks |
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August
25, 2005 One of the first designs of the Rolling Ball Structure |
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