The pace of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics Games is gradually approaching. With the meteorological conditions and hardware facilities meeting the work requirements, the National Alpine Skiing Center has officially started the Winter Olympics snowmaking.

After the official opening of the Winter Olympics on February 4, 2022, the snow sports will be carried out as scheduled, among which the much-anticipated snowmobiles, sleds, skeleton and alpine skiing events will be undertaken by the Yanqing Division.

Where does snow come from?

Yanqing District is located in the northwest of Beijing and is one of the suburban counties in Beijing. The total water demand for the Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympics in the Yanqing Division is about 890,000 m3, of which 740,000 m3 of raw water required for snowmaking in the Alpine Division is jointly supplied by the Baihebao Reservoir and the Foyukou Reservoir at the foot of the mountain, and the backup water source is the Guanting Reservoir water.

The scale of the water diversion project is designed according to the peak day of 60,000 m3/d. The water diversion project and the storage facilities are jointly dispatched to meet the demand for snowmaking water in the Yanqing competition area on peak days. In order to ensure the amount of snow used in the competition venue, the water diversion and snowmaking project of the Winter Olympics has been prepared for a long time.

On August 31, 2019, after flowing through a 3.2-kilometer long pipe with a diameter of 800 mm, the first water of the snowmaking water diversion project for the Beijing Winter Olympics gushed out from the end of the pipe in the Yanqing competition area—the water diversion pipe was successfully tested! Each pipeline acts as the “artery” of the comprehensive pipe gallery, connecting the Foyukou Reservoir, the primary and secondary pumping stations and various venues, providing protection for domestic water, snowmaking water, and reclaimed water in the Yanqing competition area, and the on-off valves in these pipelines are all manufactured and provided by Grande-tek Flow Control.

Support the Beijing Winter Olympics

Great undertakings have small beginnings, and every valve is the guarantee for the smooth progress of the project. Up to now, Grande-tek Flow Control has provided 275 sets of high-pressure and large-diameter automatic control on-off valves with industry benchmark quality for the Winter Olympics alpine snowmaking water diversion project. During the official games of the Winter Olympics, it will continue to play the role of “increasing income and reducing expenditure” for the Winter Olympics ski resort.

Starting from November 15, 2021, with the meteorological conditions and hardware facilities meeting the work requirements, the National Alpine Ski Center officially started the Winter Olympics snowmaking work, which is expected to be completed in the near future. In February, we will be able to see the track covered with crystal snowflakes and the wonderful snow Olympic events.

Let’s get ready and meet at the summit

we are proud behind the much-anticipated Olympic Games, there is a contribution from Grande-tek people. we are looking forward to the grand opening of the Winter Olympics on February 4, Sincerely wish the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics a complete success!

Let’s get ready and meet at the summit!

 

About us

Hebei Grande-tek Flow Control Co., Ltd. was founded in 1996 with a registered capital of 120 million RMB. As a technology-based industrial valve manufacturer, it has been committed to the research and development and production of industrial valves and pipeline fittings for more than 20 years. The products are widely used in petroleum, natural gas, heating, chemical, food, medicine and other fields. At present, 70% of the products are sold to the international market, with customers in more than 40 countries and regions.

The company now has four production and processing bases in Cangzhou, Huanghua, Dezhuang and Vietnam, with more than 800 employees, more than 150 technical personnel, more than 300 processing equipment and various special machines, and a physical and chemical laboratory with complete equipment. It can realize all-round inspection of physical, chemical, welding, and three-dimensional dimensions. The company currently produces over one million sets of valves and over ten million pieces of pipe fittings annually. The company has third-party liability insurance for all products sold, providing double insurance for the safety of customers’ property.

As a state-level high-tech enterprise, the main drafting unit of national standards, and a provincial-level R&D center, the company currently holds more than 50 patents of independent intellectual property rights. It has obtained more than 30 domestic and foreign authoritative certifications issued by Rheinland, American Petroleum Institute, Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, State Administration for Market Regulation, etc. Over the years, the company has established stable cooperative relations with a number of domestic and foreign fortune 500 enterprises, and successfully participated in a number of national key large-scale projects such as the high-speed railway Fuxing project and the 2022 Winter Olympics alpine snowmaking project. “Standing with the world’s top fluid control enterprises for one hundred years” is our grand vision, Grande-tek pursues “exquisite concept” and strive to become a century-old enterprise.