HILTON WAIKOLOA VILLAGE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM: Heywood Engineering recently provided a number
of systems for the updated resort-wide transportation system at the Hilton Waikoloa Village Resort on the Big Island of Hawaii.
Systems designed and provided by us include on-board CCTV and audio for three new trams, automatic speed control and station
stopping for the new trams, new fault-tolerant controls for the wayside track switches and crossing warnings, and a complete
new transportation tracking system for the trams and boats that displays tram/boat locations in real-time on LCD displays
located throughout the property. The new systems were fully designed by Heywood Engineering and all system fabrication was
done at our facility.
BRONX ZOO MONORAIL: Heywood Engineering recently
provided a complete new drive and control system for the six monorail trains installed at the Bronx Zoo in New York.
This system includes multiple vector drives and motors on each train, PLC based control and DeviceNet data communication.
The new system was fully designed by Heywood Engineering and all drive/control panel fabrication was done at our shop in Reno,
NV.
GREAT AMERICA SKYTOWER: Heywood Engineering recently provided
a complete new drive and control system for the Skytower Ride at Great America Theme Park in California. This ride is a rotating
observation tower featuring dual DC Motors for elevator control as well as AC motors for passenger cabin rotation. The ride
features redundant PLC's and touch HMI for operator control and monitoring.
BELLAGIO
- MONTE CARLO AUTOMATED PEOPLE MOVER: This recently completed project involved the complete re-design of the
electrical control, communication and propulsion systems on the Automated People Mover connecting the Bellagio and Monte Carlo
hotels in Las Vegas, NV. Heywood Engineering provided all of the engineering, materials procurement, panel/system fabrication,
on-site installation, start-up and testing. The control system was designed and built using the "Checked Redundancy"
principle for high level security, safety and reliability. The system includes multiple fiber-optic and wireless communication
networks covering data, audio and video. The fully automated system includes distributed power control, distributed
propulsion drives, automated door control, automated messaging, emergency communication, and emergency recovery systems.
CLARION HEALTH PEOPLE MOVER: Heywood Engineering provided various
engineering services on the fully automated people mover connecting the Methodist and IU Riley Hospitals in Indianapolis,
IN. This system is the largest privately built and privately controlled people mover running over a public right-of-way
in the US. Heywood Engineering's involvement in this project included:
- Acting as a third-party consultant to the general contractor regarding the control system. This included generating
the control system specification, assisting in vendor selection, reviewing all vendor submittals and assisting with overall
system testing and commissioning.
- Providing complete propulsion power distribution design. This included
a 4160V feed to multiple power drops along the guideway, emergency back-up generator, and 480V 3-phase distribution to the
trains via power rails.
- Providing complete train power distribution design and equipment. Heywood Engineering
designed all of the on-board 480VAC, 120VAC and 24VDC power distribution. We also fabricated all of the on-board power
distribution panels.
- Providing complete wayside and on-board Audio/Visual system design and equipment.
This includes emergency communication between the train and control room, on-board paging, on-board automated audio/video
messaging, station emergency communication, station paging and automated station audio/visual messaging. Heywood Engineering
designed the system, fabricated all of the equipment/panels in our shop, installed the system and provided full start-up and
testing.
DETACHABLE SKI-LIFT DRIVE/CONTROL REPLACEMENT: Heywood
Engineering provided the complete design and system fabrication for a new control and drive system on the Siberia Chairlift
at Squaw Valley ski area in California. This included a new 600HP DC Regenerative Drive system, PLC based redundant
control system, slaved AC Vector drive and multiple operator interface touchscreens.
FIXED-GRIP
SKI-LIFT DRIVE/CONTROL REPLACEMENT: Heywood Engineering has provided the complete design, fabrication, programming,
start-up and testing for new low voltage control and/or drive systems on countless fixed-grip ski lifts through-out the US.