TYPES OF ROPEWAY ROPEWAYS S This icon will function as an information point, it will provide a general overview of types of ropeways. Depending on the area requirements both in urban and winter sports areas different types of installations are needed to satisfy individual needs. If you wish to know more about one or more product by LEITE! ropeways, do not hesitate to click on the icon "products" on the main bar or directly chose the link below each product of interest. Fixed grip installations #i$ed grip installations are the types of ropeways whose grip is permanently fi$ed and tight on the rope and is not taken off the rope in the station.
#i$ed grip
Surface Lifts %urface lifts are products of decades of e$perience seeing a lot of installations worldwide. They can operate in almost any weather condition and are characteri&ed by low maintenance cost. They are popular especially in smaller ski resorts for short and flat slopes. In ma'or and small ski resorts they are mainly used for beginner areas with ski schools.
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%urface lift with single hanger
%urface lift with double hanger
Fixed Grip Chairlifts #i$ed grip chairlift are also renowned for their decade of e$perience and they are often chosen for their enviable robust engineering, their life operations in combination with relatively convenient investment costs. Today fi$ed grip chairlifts are mainly available for * and + passengers. LEITE! ropeways #i$ed grip chairlifts. The modern classic.
*-seater chairlift with fi$ed grip
+-seater chairlift with fi$ed grip
Pulsed Gondola ropea!s ulsed gondola ropeways are also fi$ed-grip installations. They operate with one or more sets of vehicles lined up one after another. /s the sets pass through the stations the rope speed immediately slows. ulsed (ondola ropeways operate in both summer and winter season and because of their limited transport capacity they are suitable for short ropeways. )ell tried and economic pulsed gondola ropeways by LEITE! ropeways.
ulsed gondola with fi$ed grip
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"etacha#le installations Detachable installations are characteri&ed by the possibility of detaching the vehicles in the stations from the rope. This enables a higher speed on the line, a lower speed in the station and makes the boarding and de-boarding more comfortable for the passengers. /ccording to this, a significantly higher transport capacity as well as more comfort for the passenger can be achieved. Detachable installations are on the market since the 023s and are considered to be the 4state of the art5 technology of modern ropeway systems.
6onocable detachable grip
Tricable detachable grip
"etacha#le Chairlift Detachable chairlift are representing the most popular, comfortable and fastest transport system for winter sports enthusiasts. The bubbles protect skiers against any weather condition. They can be taken down at any time during the drive. 6oreover they are available in different colors to offer a pleasant view even in bad weather conditions. In cold temperatures the seat heating warms the bench to offer a more comfortable ride. LEITE! ropeways %uccess through continuous evolution.
7-seater chairlift with bubble
0-seater chairlift with blue bubble
$onoca#le "etacha#le Gondola Lifts 6onocable detachable gondola have one rope acting as carrying and hauling rope at the same time. The cabins are available in different designs such as rectangular and round designs always having an aluminum structure frame. The large windows are offering the passenger a panoramic view. They are also available with seat heating. The cabins of this type of installation are transporting up to 82 passengers per cabin. In addition to classic winter sports tourism, ropeways are increasingly in demand for alternative purposes such as transport to tourist sights, city commuting, and as attractions themselves. (ondola lifts by LEITE! ropeways.
0-passenger gondola lift - winter sports
0-passenger gondola lift - urban
Tele%ix& co%#ined detacha#le chairlift and gondola lift Telemi$ is the name given to what today is the combination of two vehicle types in one installation system - chairs and gondolas. This type of installation combines the advantages of both ropeway systems. E$perienced skiers may prefer the comfortable chairs as they don3t have to take off their skis. 9n the other hand beginners, children or nonskiers en'oy the gondolas. LEITE! ropeways Telemi$ :ombined detachable chairlift and gondola lift.
Telemi$ 7-0
Telemi$ 0-0
'ica#le ()S* + Trica#le (,S* Gondola lifts
These detachable ropeway systems take their names from the number of their ropes. / bicable gondola lift has a carrying and a hauling rope. / tricable gondola lift has two carrying ropes and one hauling rope. ;% installations can achieve a transport capacity of over <,222 passengers per hour and a speed up to = m>s ? so they are able to transport many satisfied passengers. These systems are an attractive alternative for urban transportation because of their low energy consumption, high transport capacities, highest standard of operating safety, the possibility of an e$tremely wide span between towers and they perform e$tremely well in windy conditions - even at high wind speeds of over 822 km>h. LEITE! ropeways *% and ;% gondola lifts - economical solution for demanding terrains.
@icable gondola lift
tricable gondola lift
Aerial tra%a!
/erial tramways are very attractive ropeway systems. They are ideal for e$tremely steep terrain, high levels of availability and good stability in wind. /erial tramways have one or two carriers running to and fro either on one carrying hauling rope or on one or two track ropes, with a haul rope providing the traction. The biggest cabins for aerial tramways can accommodate up to *22 people. /real tramways by LEITE! ropeways
/erial tramways
S!ste%s on rails
Funiculars
#uniculars run on tracks and are mainly used to overcome altitude differences. :ar capacity varies as individual cars can be combined to form train sets. #uniculars are the fastest ropeway system with line speeds of up to 8+ m>s and high levels of availability they are often used as public transportation means in cities.
%afe, reliable, fast and eco-friendly - LEITE! ropeways funiculars
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$ini%etro& Auto%atic people %o-er
The cable-drawn automatic people mover is a detachable ropeway system on rails for both short and medium distance operations. It is perfectly suitable for the public transportation for e$ample as connections to airports, in towns and small cities for different transit systems like park and ride or busy locations like shopping malls. This system offers outstanding fle$ibility for the integration within the already e$isting urban infrastructure. LEITE! ropeways cableway systems for public transport in urban and touristic centers.
6ini6etro #rankfurt
6ini6etro erugia
.nclined ele-ators
Inclined elevators employ the same basic technology as vertical elevators. They are the perfect system for straight lines over short distances. These systems are fully automatic and there is no need for operating personnel.
LEITE! ropeways inclined elevators.
Inclined funicular
Introduction The kit covers the cable lifts: you have already discussed the title. Indeed there appears the cable word. Almost a truism so obviously implicit. The cable is so inseparable from the lift that we often forget to talk (perhaps unlike the Italians who say impianti di risalita a warp, but often still only impianti!. ook to convince you of the "ournals: you will have all the details on the stations, pliers, towers, vehicles, but often very little information about the body that moves these! And yet there is a critical organ (an abrupt break in operating cable, often caused by a plane, always has dramatic conse#uences and comple$: it consists of a core (often referred to as %compact% &ow, after being in te$tiles and strands (steel, trained themselves to son. 'e will immediately remove cases of )s do not engage cables: •
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*uniculars rack, which derive from the railway. They are very rare in winter sports resorts (none in *rance it seems. They are listed here only for memory. +arpets cranes, including essort is recent, and which prove interesting for beginners and children because their use is obvious (it does not re#uire learning, instead of Tk for e$ample. Their use is limited to relatively short distances of vertical drop (and slopes not too pronounced.
*orget them afterwards: they represent only a small proportion of mountain plants. ut however underline some similarities with the railway: we speak in the way on, stations, vehicles, trains. The )s cable (s may include one or more cables. The cables are divided into - categories: •
There is talk of running cable when the cable is only used to draw the vehicles.
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The suspension cable borne vehicles, it does not t ake part in their displacement.
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'hen a cable has these two functions simultaneously, the said cable is carryinghauling.
The cables do not have the same design in terms of their use. The )s can use these functions for different cables. They may include one or more cables of each type. /n this basis, I distinguish three broad categories of )s:
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Those without using a tractor cable (usually there is indeed only one cable.
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Those employing one or more cable (s holder (s tracteur (s: they are called singlecable. There is usually no more than 1 cables.
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Those employing one or more cables tractors with one or more carrier cables. 'e distinguish in particular 2 large subfamilies: 0.
The bicable: a carrier cable, a traction cable,
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The tric3bles 1 +able carriers, tractors cable.
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The tric3bles 1 cables tractors, carrier cable.
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The #uadric3bles (rare: 1 +able carriers, tractors 1 cables.
The first cable cars were built in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries in 4urope and 5apan for military purposes. ut their actual development, mines and forests had t o wait mastery of drawing (cold drawing metal son in the middle of the nineteenth century. +ables gear of all types are truly popular until 0627, although some previous achievements to be bold (funicular yon in 0898, the cable 'etterhorn in 068 ;lacier in +hamoni$ in 061< (
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=assenger gear moved by cables cover a range of uses from urban transport on short to gear for tourism, sports or mi$ed form the backbone of the e#uipment of our mountains.
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Funicular consist of two wagons or two trains of carriages rolling on a track and connected by a cable
which passes over a drive pulley located in one of the end stations. 'hen one of them goes up the other goes down. )ost cable cars run on a single track, which only a midterm portion is doubled to allow crossings> others operate on two parallel tracks as the )ontmartre funicular in =aris ( . The latest can take more than - people at -7 km ? hour like the ;rande )otte in Tignes ( . There are also other characteristics such as subglacial funiculars, like es @eu$ Alpes ( (=hotowww.poma.net .
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The cable cars back and forth have two closed vehicles, which can be large capacity (09 people in
+ourchevel ( And au"any or even 1 as the anoise 4$press linking a =lagne and es Arcs ( (=hoto www.poma.net ., suspended, each with a carriage provided with rollers in one or more strong section of the carrying cables (up to <7 mm diameter. They are moved alternately in one direction then the other by one or more traction cables forming one or more loops stretched between the end pulleys. The world record of range has long belonged to the cable car to the Aiguille du )idi in +hamoni$ (1896 m in a range for the second section ( . The car is traveling up to more than 01.7 m ? s. *lying height is not limited. The suspension cable allows to bear the weight of the car and, due to the carriage by its smooth, rolling. The t ractor cables, he pulls the cab.
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The cable cars, unlike the two previous types of gear are devices continuous motion. +abins, low
capacity (from 2 to 09 people, are both supported and hauled through a single cable forming a closed loop driven with a constant speed (up to 9 m ? s. They are connected to this cable by detachable fasteners, vehicles are decoupled in the departure and arrival areas where they run on channels provided for this purpose. 4mbarkation and disembarkation and perform at very low speed and ent skis. A launching device is intended to gradually bring each cabin at the speed of the cable and avoid shock when mating. The flow of modern appliances, fully automated, can reach - people per hour in each direction. *lying height is limited to 17 m (- m for flights over short depressions. Technology now allows the construction of hybrid devices between +able and ;ondolas. The first of its kind was the @)+ (Berre+hevalier in 0682 ( . The cabins are more important than a +ableway (1 to -, the unit has 1 supporting cables ? tractors connected to t he cabin by detachable fasteners like gondolas. This combination provides a substantial resistance to the wind (by the presence of two wires instead of one which prevents oscillation, a significant rollover capacity and high throughput. ater (066 appeared the *unitels (alThorens, =Cclet *unitel ( . They resume the same mode as the @)+, but have a greater distance between the two cables and a lower height hanger (part between the roof of the cabin and the clamp, which allows wind resistance yet better. ut there are also other devices combining detachable grips and the presence of several cables. 1 carrier ? hauling ropes, we went t o 1 supporting cables and 0 tractor cables. This provision allows for greater spans between towers and thus to reduce their number. These devices also offer a high rate by the presence of - people cabins in continuous movement in the cable, made possible by the presence of these three cables. This technology is called collo#uially -B (-B for - cables.There is one single copy in *rance, al dDIsEre: -B /lympi#ue ( (=hoto www.doppelmayr.com . This principle has also been transposed to c able cars, but with two cables, one carrier and one tractor, as on conventional cablecar. The cabins are the same type as for a traditional gondola (ma$imum 09 places but the number may be increased due to the presence of 1 cables. The flow rate is therefore increased by (2 p ? h for e$ample. Bimilarly, the wind resistance is better than on a traditional gondola. This system is called the 1B (for 1 cables.
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Chairlifts have open seating or closed by a shell from one to eight seats (first 8 places in *rance in 1:
)Cribel ( And *laine ( (=hoto www.grandmassif.net . 4mbarkation and disembarkation are skis. The seats are connected to the carryinghauling cable by a disengageable attachment, as in the gondola, or by a fi$ed clamp, and, in this case, the loading and unloading are carried on. The flow of a detachable #uad chairlift reached 1,2 people per hour (rarely more. At a time when all components are standardiFed devices now are emerging hybrid devices combining detachable seats and cabins on the same device. TClCmi$ call at =oma or @oppelmayr +ombi, these facilities allow to en"oy the benefits of detachable chairlifts (comfort, not heaving skis and the cable cars (comfort in bad weather and t ransport children safely.
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The ski lift: vehicles are distributed on the line, the skier seiFes downstream station, lets pull and release
the vehicle upstream station. The ski lift is mainly divided into 1 groups: The TG low cable type rope tow, tow rope tow rope or other: there is no vehicle, the skier takes a full hand driven rope. Appreciated by beginners, is generaliFed to spend benches, the ) should be limited to short distances (because often there is no support e$cept the rope tow rope of dCnivellCes (and slopes low ( otherwise it is difficult to stay aggripC rope because the skier pulls its weight. The high Tk cable, which itself includes two subfamilies, depending on the type of vehicle: TG pole (or hanger re#uires a relatively low line including the compression stroke lot of towers and supportcompression. ails can be fi$ed on the cable or disengageable. The latter type is the most widespread in *rance ) (rather, it is almost none$istent abroad. This ) does not allow large variations in snow depth. *or cons, the Tk easily detachable boom allows for lines with angles. TG reels, for which the vehicle is either a saddle (0 place a bow (1 places. The line is highest with the rope reel, whereby almost as support towers are used (e$cept downstream station e$it where a compression pylon is necessary. It is very hard to achieve angles online. This is the most common type of
TG in the world (e$cept in *rance, but we feel a renewed interest in recent years. It accepts large variations in snow depth. 'ith the hardiness of the line, this makes it the preferred ) glacier.
