Moving Platforms/Walks
Many top amusement parks and attractions use Macton people movers wherever effortless and reliable motion is required. Large-diameter Macton revolving structures provide applications from revolving and indexing audience spaces for panoramic exhibits and multimedia shows, to providing transitional motion between waiting areas and amusement park rides. The key is that as always, Macton products are precisely engineered to the custom specifications of each application, ensuring unparalleled safety and performance.
Key Benefits of Macton’s People Moving Platforms or Walks
- Provides Flexible Design Options – Macton typically custom designs and manufactures each of these systems to meet the specific needs of each of its customers, providing designers and park owners with a whole new spectrum of design options. In particular, we will work with your architect throughout the process and can quickly adapt the size and shape of these systems to ensure that the architectural goals for your facility are met, while at the same time helping you meet your space and cost savings goals.
- Macton Expertise – Macton has been building platforms, walks and turntable systems for amusement parks and attractions for many decades. Our proprietary designs and manufacturing methods for these systems, acquired over the last six decades, ensure that our turntable customers will get the highest quality and highest value equipment available on the market today.
- Long-Term Reliability – Macton turntables have been in service for decades and move smoothly and quietly day in and day out for years – in fact, to our knowledge, none of these systems has ever failed to operate within the specified design criteria where proper minimal maintenance was performed.
- Minimal Maintenance Required – These systems require only a minimal amount of routine maintenance each year, which can be scheduled for times when the facility is not normally in operation – as a result, this minimal annual maintenance does not entail operational disruptions or expensive downtime for the servicing of this equipment.
- Full Support Throughout Project – Macton provides full support throughout the entire project, beginning with the initial design of the system to be built, during which time Macton’s engineering staff interfaces with the project’s designers and architects to provide the practical assistance and the detailed technical support needed to integrate its equipment into the overall installation. This support includes providing foundational, electrical and control requirements, trim details, data for structural analysis and any other assistance the project requires.
- Ease of Equipment Installation – Macton provides a specially-trained field engineer or technician to supervise the installation, start-up and commissioning of its equipment, ensuring that it is brought on-line quickly and delivers the expected performance.
- Ongoing Post-Sale Support – Macton also provides long-term spare parts and technical support services. Long-term service contracts are also available at each of these installations for periodic inspection and maintenance programs, as well as training services, as needed. In addition, Macton provides customers with the ability to easily upgrade their control panels, drives and other systems to ensure they reflect the latest in technology.
Customers who Purchased a People Moving Platforms or Walks – Macton has installed numerous people moving turntables worldwide, including the following:
| People Moving Platforms or Walks | Description | Location |
| Walt Disney World’s Epcot (Universe of Energy) | 92’ Turntable | Orlando, Florida |
| Walt Disney World’s Epcot (Spaceship Earth) | 80’ Turntable | Orlando, Florida |
| Vernon Valley Flume Ride | 42’ Pedestrian Walk Turntable | Vernon Valley, New Jersey |
| Pro Football Hall of Fame | 36’ Seating Turntable | Canton, Ohio |
| Cyclorama | 51’ Seating Turntable | Atlanta, Georgia |
For More Information – To get more information on our people moving platforms and walks, please feel free to contact Tony Mesa, our Product Manager for this line of products, at (203) 267-1500, ext. 25, or email him at tmesa@macton.com.