SAM Coverage
Lift Maintenance
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Lift Maintenance Systems
Another Vail Seminar paper in which maintenance is performed according to logic, sub systems and records to produce better results.
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The Aging Lift– Still A Problem
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Shaft Safety In Chairlift Gearboxes
A technical article by Heinz kissling on an imortant subject. Some controversal but valuable thinking here.
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Alignment
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Are Your Lifts Letting You Down?
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Building Up Sheaves
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Lift Drives And Counterweights
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The Road To Zero Downtime
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The Internal Combustion Engine
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Speak Out :: July 2017
Lift Mechanics: A Developing Dilemma As an industry, we have grown dramatically from our early days in the 1930s. Our uphill infrastructure has evolved…
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Getting With The Program
All chairlift mechanics in Ontario must be certified through rigorous training and testing, and there are no exceptions. How’s that working out? In the…
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Ski Vermont Celebrates Comeback Season
SAM Magazine—Killington, Vt., June 15, 2017—After a challenging 2015-16 season, Vermont’s alpine and Nordic ski areas came back to tally 3,922,970 visits, the Vermont…
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OZRE, EPR, and CNL Complete $830 Million Resort and Attractions Sale
SAM Magazine—Kansas City, Mo., April 6, 2017—Och-Ziff Real Estate, EPR Properties, and CNL have completed the sale of CNL’s ski area and attractions portfolios.…
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How Good Are Your Lift Mechanics?
Formal training for lift mechanics is becoming an urgent topic due to increased public concern over recent lift failures. A spate of lift…
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To Build or Not to Build
With hundreds, if not thousands, of old lifts running across North America, many managers are asking themselves, “Should I repair or replace these older…
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Idea Files
Best ideas of 2015: tubing lanes, conveyor de-icing, load-here mats. SUNKEN LANES Implemented by Jay Roberts at Wintergreen Resort more than 10 years…
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Problem Solving
It takes creativity to find solutions when working with an orphan ski lift. If you have an orphan ski lift, and have had a…