SAM Coverage
Lifts & Ropeways
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Preparing for Annual Lift Inspections
By Sam Geise, P.E., Acordia Resort Services Just as it makes good sense for your car to have an annual inspection to assess wear…
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Averting a Lift Disaster
By Sean Seifert, Area and Operations Manager, Snow Trails, Ohio After a warm December in 1998, Snow Trails, Ohio opened for the season later…
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Construction Site
Snowbird To avoid cutting an access road and thereby limit environmental impacts and save some money, Snowbird, Utah, staff and Garaventa CTEC engineers pooled…
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Modern History of Wire Rope
Traces of wire rope use are found in India, China and Japan over 600 years ago where hand-over-hand propulsion was its first use. This…
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Profitable Partners in Power Supply
Utility companies, as suppliers of essential ingredients for life and business, may seem like greedy enemies. But, in fact, consumers are gaining authority and…
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Changes Coming in Wire Rope Standard
A new wire rope standard is on the horizon. Created by the Wire Rope Technical Board, the new standard will replace Fed. Spec. RR-W-410C…
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Looking Ahead to OITAF 1999
From May 23 to 27, 1999, the best and brightest of the world’s wire rope industry will convene in San Francisco, Calif., for OITAF’s…
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Accessing a Theme Park
Genting Highlands, a jungle theme park and resort complex, complete with casino, is a popular destination for short holiday breaks and day-trippers from the…
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1997 Lifts: Big Surge in New VTFH
By any standards it has been an amazing lift year—if not record-breaking, certainly the strongest in a decade and a powerful confirmation of recent…
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It’s a Bird … It’s a Plane … It’s a Bus!
After World War II ended, skiing was booming and Mt. Hood, Ore., a short drive from Portland, beckoned to a postwar public that finally…