Elevators & Ski Lifts

The Dillon Quick Balance tension meter quickly measures tension on elevator traction cables or other cable sets, recording individual readings, averages and total readings.

Overview

Fast, Accurate Cable Balancing for Critical Systems

Whether maintaining ski lifts high in the mountains or elevators in urban high-rises, precise cable tensioning is essential for safety and performance. Dillon’s Quick Balance makes the process effortless, installing on the line, capturing accurate digital readings, and removing in seconds—without the need for conversion charts or correction tables. With built-in memory to store rope sizes and a check tensioning mode for real-time adjustments, Quick Balance streamlines setup and ensures every cable is balanced to specification, keeping passengers safe and operations running smoothly.

Products Used in Elevators & Ski Lifts

About Dillon in Elevators & Ski Lifts

The Quick Balance installs, measures and removes in seconds, giving accurate digital readings up to 10,000 lbs.

No lookup or correction tables are required and there is no need to write down readings for comparison.

The Quick Balance can be placed on a cable, measure tension and be removed in seconds. There are no complex lookup tables and no conversion charts. The operator can quickly select from different wire rope sizes and types stored in the Quick-Balance’s memory.

Once a set of measurements has been taken the operator can adjust various tensions in the check tensioning mode which displays both current and target settings of individual cables.

The Quick Balance can be employed in many industries for the balancing of multiple line installations. Typical applications include elevators, tower and stack guy wire rope and crane rigging sets.