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Ski Lift International – United States, founded in 1965, acquired by Riblet in 1973 [citation needed] Ringer – Germany, founded in 1950, closed in 1953 [55] Sacif – Italy; Samson – Canada, manufactured ropeways between the 1960s and 1988 [59] Sakgiproshakht – Soviet Georgia, founded in 1946, closed in 1990 [N 17] Geospectrans ...
Hoist atop an elevator. A hoist is a device used for lifting or lowering a load by means of a drum or lift-wheel around which rope or chain wraps. It may be manually operated, electrically or pneumatically driven and may use chain, fiber or wire rope as its lifting medium.
A powered lift aircraft takes off and lands vertically under engine power but uses a fixed wing for horizontal flight. Like helicopters , these aircraft do not need a long runway to take off and land, but they have a speed and performance similar to standard fixed-wing aircraft in combat or other situations.
Replacing an advertising poster in London using an aerial work platform. An aerial work platform (AWP), also an aerial device, aerial lift, boom lift, bucket truck, cherry picker, elevating work platform (EWP), mobile elevating work platform (MEWP), or scissor lift, is a mechanical device used to provide temporary access for people or equipment to inaccessible areas, usually at height.
The power can range from under 7.5 kW (10 hp) for the smallest of lifts, to more than 750 kW (1000 hp) for a long, swift, detachable eight-seat up a steep slope. DC electric motors and DC drives are the most common, though AC motors and AC drives are becoming economically competitive for certain smaller chairlift installations. DC drives are ...
A hybrid lift is a fusion of a gondola lift and a chair lift. The company Leitner refers to it as telemix , [ 9 ] while Doppelmayr uses the term combination lift . [ 10 ] An example is Ski Arlberg 's Weibermahd lift in Vorarlberg ( Austria ) which alternates between 8-person chairlifts and 10-person gondolas.
A variant of the platter lift is the detachable surface lift, commonly known as a “Poma lift”, after the company which introduced them. Unlike most other platter lifts, which are similar to T-bars with the stick attached to a spring box by a retractable cord, Poma lifts have a detachable grip to the tow cable with the button connected to ...
Johnson Lifts started out doing lift maintenance. [8] The company installed its first lift at the New Woodlands Hotel in Chennai in 1966. [1] It began manufacturing lifts in 1970. [8] Johnson Lifts started out with a small manufacturing unit at Vyasarpadi, before moving to a larger facility in Ambattur in 1988. [9] K.J. John died in 2002. [8]