SAM Coverage
Nils Ericksen
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Know Your Capacity
How much lift capacity are you losing to inefficiency? It’s easy to find out. What’s your area’s lift capacity? Many resorts tout the…
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Ultrasonic Testing
HellOOOO . . . Helloooo, Hellooo, Helloo. This familiar “sonic” echo has been conducted by most of us at one time or other. Being…
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Magnetic Particle Inspection
In the last issue of SAM (Summer 79), we discussed the most basic of all NDT methods, Liquid Penetrant testing. Although comparatively simple compared…
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Over-Snow Vehicles
The story of over-snow vehicles and their use at ski areas might start with the end of World War II when surplus army tracked…
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Idea File
Patrol designs rescue cannon Mt. Ripley is an athletic facility of Michigan Technological University and the ski patrol is made up primarily of Michigan…
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Idea File
Slow and discrete adjustment of the guide sheaves at bullwheels is sometimes a problem. This can be solved by modifying the bullwheel guide sheave…
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Lifts 1976
New lift construction in 1976 was down—down to 78, the lowest since 1957 when 77 were installed. To match the number of new areas…
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Wet Bulb Dry Bulb
No doubt you’ve heard other area operators and suppliers profess that they “made snow at 36, 38 or 40 degrees.” But we all know…
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Lifts 1975
It will not come as any surprise that lift construction was down again in 1975. In the past, a great snow year such as…
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Idea File
Editor’s note: this is another edition of Nils Ericksen’s Idea File. Its success depends on you, our readers, sharing your ideas with us. Just…
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Idea File
Editor’s note: this is another edition of Nils Ericksen’s Idea File. Its success depends on you, our readers, sharing your ideas with us. Just…
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Idea File
Editor’s note: this is the fifth edition of Nils Ericksen’s Idea File. Its success depends on you, our readers, sharing your ideas with us.…
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Two Way Radio
“Base to Unit” . . . “10-4” . . . “Loud & Clear” . . . “Over ‘n Out” . . . “Roger Dodger”…