Ski lift

A ski lift is a transport system on inclined ground, used in particular in the winter sports resorts for the Alpine skiing.

The principal types of ski lifts are:

The two principal manufacturers are Doppelmayr-Garaventa and Leitner-Poma

History

  • Of Japanese engravings of 1200 shows téléportés baskets.
  • 1664, the Dutchman Adam Wybe develops a trained conveyer of a nacelle rolling on a cord placed between 2 posts.
  • 1834, the Swede Wilhelm Albert creates machines to manufacture long braided steel wire ropes. It is the starting of all transport per cable.
  • 1862, first funiculars with Lyon (the String of Lyon, funicular underground of the Street Term to the Cross-Russet-red ) and with Budapest
  • 1866, the first cable car
  • 1873, the Tram with traction by cable, terrestrial ancestor of the disengageable telpher carriers
  • 1908, the first télétraîneau
  • 1909, the first téléluge of the German Robert Winterhalder
  • 1934, first patents of skis-lift: with rollers by Switzerland Ernest Constam and with disengageable poles by the French Jean Pomagalski whose first model will be installed for the season 1935-1936 with the Alpe d' Huez
  • 1937, the first chair-lift of the American Averell Harriman
  • 1945, first disengageable chair-lift with Flims in Suisse
  • 1951, first telpher carrier with Villard-with-Lans
  • 1991, first Funitel with Valley-Thorens

Bond external

  • Gone up mécaniques.net (very documented site)

Manufacturers

  • Doppelmayr
  • Leitner
  • Poma
  • Gimar Montaz Mautino
  • Seirel Automatisms (electric system)

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