Belting manufacturer is runaway success for Gladiators

Belting manufacturer Habasit Rossi Ltd has stepped in to ensure that the intense filming schedule of Sky One's new Gladiator series got underway on time.

With only hours to go before filming was due to start, the famous Travelator challenge was trialled and the producers deemed them too slippery and dangerous for contenders now that a water feature had been added.

Autovation, the company who provided the Travelators for the show, is a long-standing Habasit Rossi customer and had the original flat top belting installed at one of Habasit Rossi's service centres in the north.

Once the problem was discovered a specialist team of engineers from Habasit Rossi, was called in to replace the original belting with two high friction modular HabasitLINK® GripTop belts with less than 12 hours to go before filming started.

The GripTop replacement, which was installed overnight, has a robust design with high strength. This is ideal for extensive use and meets the requirements for the gruelling steep inclines.

Made of thermoplastic elastomer, the GripTop range is designed to be durable, reliable and built to withstand high levels of wear and tear.

The high friction GripTop modular belt is also suitable for distribution centres, airports, general conveyor systems, packaging end-lines and checkouts.

Habasit Rossi's southern operations manager Steve Archibald commented: ‘This exciting million pound television programme has benefited from Habasit Rossi's unfailing 24:7 service promise. The company was able to install the ideal solution for the Gladiators challenges within a matter of hours.’

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