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New Year's Ball Winch
Times Square, NY
Once per year, Thern shines on the world's largest stage on New Year's Eve at One Times Square, New York, New York. Thern was selected to design and manufacture a winch capable of lifting and lowering the New York Times Square Ball. This was the second winch Thern has provided for the task of lowering the ball. As improvements were made to the ball, it got much larger and much heavier - So a more powerful winch was needed.
The ball itself is twelve feet in diameter and weighs in at 11,875 pounds. A combination of 32,256 LED lights and covered with 2,688 Waterford Crystal panels, gives the New Years Ball its spectacular effects. Over one million people attend the event each New Year's eve eagerly waiting for the highlight of the evening - the lowering of the Times Square Ball. Over ONE BILLION people watch the event on televisions all over the world as Thern's custom winch lowers the ball with perfection.
The winch had to be powerful enough to handle the load and geared precisely in combination with the drum's diameter to lower the ball at the speed required to make the 141 foot decent in exactly 60 seconds.
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