SAM Coverage
Lifts & Ropeways
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Top Or Bottom Drive
Understanding the physical differences between installing a top drive versus a bottom drive of a lift helps in evaluating the actual cost differences and…
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Highlights Of A Skimpy Expansion Year
The construction index for North American ski areas has not exactly been at a fever pitch this offseason. Lift construction did receive a slight…
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Designing And Analyzing Lift Parts For Metal Fatigue
President, Pol-X West, Inc. Fatigue failure analysis combines engineering and science: science is attempting to tell us why the fatigue failures happen, while engineering…
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Constructive Destruction
Destroying a working chairlift could be considered an affront to modern tramway technology. Old chairlifts never die, but are usually rebuilt at another location.…
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99 Rooms With A View
Overlooking the St. Lawrence River and historic Quebec City, the new 8-passenger gondola at Mont Ste. Anne has been described as “99 rooms with…
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Lifts 1989
Well, let’s face it, 1989 did not set records in lift construction in North America. Having said that, the flip side must also be…
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A Better Idea
What does an 18 year old high school senior from Schnectady, New York have that, is of interest to SAM readers? Very simply, a…
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2 On Wire Rope
1. The Science (and Art) of Splicing Six-Strand Wire Rope by Jim Ellis, P.E.Aerial Engineering The process of performing any task may be broken…
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Lifts 1978
No matter how you slice it, 1978 has been a big year in new lift construction, and although this index is not ideal as…
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Something For The Bunny
Ed. Note: Tony Sowder’s article is the first in a continuing series on lift technology by the people who design and build them. The…