O.I.T.A.F. - International Organization for Transportation by Rope
O.I.T.A.F.'s
technical recommendations, studies and statistics
Technical recommendations
Technical studies of the work committee
Statistics of ropeways
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Technical recommendations: |
The secretary's office published the following tecnical recommendations:
(there are available only for members
of the O.I.T.A.F.)
| Book
No. 1
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Technical recommendation for the
construction of bicable reversible tramways for transport (2nd edition 1965) available in German, French, Italian and English |
| Book No. 2 / Part 1 | Technical recommendations for the
construction and operation of continuos motion monocable ropeways with fixed grips for
passenger transport (revised edition 1989). available in German, French, Italian and English |
| Book No. 2 / Part 2 | Technical recommendations for the
construction and operation of continuos motion monocable ropeways with detachable grips
for passenger transport (edition 1968) available in German, French, Italian and English |
| Book No. 3 | The magnet inductive inspection of wire
ropes (edition 1965) available in German and Italian |
| Book No. 4 | General recommendations for the
lubrication of steel ropes for ropeway installations (edition 1970) available in German, French, Italian and English |
| Book No. 5 | Technical recommendations for the
construction of unidirectional motion bicable ropeways with automatic coupling cabins
intended for the transportation of passengers (edition 1975) available in German, French and Italian. |
| Book No. 6 | Part 1 : Automatism and remote controls of ropeways (edition 1976) available in German, French and Italian |
| Book No. 7 | Studies and experiments on rescue
equipment for rescuing passengers on ropeways: Part 1 : construction and use Part 2 : inspection available in German, French and Italian |
| Book No. 8 | Recommendations for the construction and
operation of material transport ropeways and cable cranes (edition 1980) available in German, French, Italian and English. |
| Book No. 9 | Ropeway transport conditions (edition
1989) available in German, French, Italian and English. |
| Book No. 9bis |
Transportation of
children less than 1,25 m high with chairlifts (edition 2006) available in German, French, Italian and English |
| Book No.10 | International technical recommendations
for the construction and operation of T-bar lifts (edition 1992). available in German, French, Italian and English |
| Book No. 11 | Recommendations for the construction and
operation of non-public ropeways for transportation of people and goods (edition 1996) available in German, French, Italian and English. |
| Book No. 12 | Technical recommendations for the
construction and operation of ropeways for transportation of goods with payloads up to
2000 kg (edition 1998) available in German, French, Italian and English. |
| Book No. 13 | Technical recommendations for braces on
the winch of ropeways installations (edition 1991) available in German, French and Italian. |
| Book No. 14 | International recommendations for the
construction and operation of passenger ropeways. Part 8: Operation (edition 1966) available in French and Italian. |
| Book No. 16 | Technical recommendations for the
design and construction of conveyors intended as a boarding help for
chairlifts (edition 2000) available in German, French, Italian and English. |
| Book No. 17 | Report about the state of investigation in
the field of steel ropes Part. 1: Achievements in wire rope production Part. 2: Achievements in operation of wire ropes Prepared in 1978/79 by professor Z. Kawecki and Prof. J. Stachurski. available in English. |
| Book No. 18 | Recommendations for the design and construction of double monocable
aerial ropeways with regard to their specific features (edition 2001) |
| Book No. 19 | Legal
Glossary of ropeways available in German, French, Italian, English, Slovenian, Spanish and Catalan. (edition 2003) |
| Book No. 20 |
Recommendation relating to fire prevention and control requirements to be
met in operation and during maintenance of ropeways installations |
| Book No. 21 |
Guide to
re-lubrication of ropes for ropeway (edition 2007) |
Technical studies of the work committee: Work committee No IV: Legal, administrative, economic and statistical matters
Legal glossary of ropeways - book No. 19 of the O.I.T.A.F.
The glossary giving the definitions of terms in German, French, Italian, English, Slovenian, Spanish and Catalan produced by Mrs. Helga Wagner, lawyer (VdS - Germany), and the committee no. 4
Safety analysis and risk comparison of reversible bicable ropeways with and without truck brake Study
available in German
commissioned by the Bavarian Ministry of State to the Institut für Fördertechnik und Logistik, Univesity of Stuttgart
and TÜV Industrie Service GmbH, Gruppe TÜV SÜD, Prüfstelle Seilbahnen, Munich
Publication of statistics:: a) International ropeway statistic (as per December 31, 1986)
Countries: Andorra, Germany, Finland, France, Hong-Kong, Italy, Japan, Norway, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and USA.b) International ropeway statistic (as per December 31, 1988)
Countries: Andorra, Australia, Germany, Finland, France, Hong-Kong, Italy, Japan, Norway, Austria, Poland, Switzerland, Spain, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and USA.c) International ropeway statistic (as per December 31, 1991)
Countries: Andorra, Australia, Germany, Finland, France, Hong-Kong, Italy, Japan, Norway, Austria, Poland, Switzerland, Spain, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and USA.d) International ropeway statistic (as per December 31, 1994)
Countries: Andorra, Australia, Germany, Finland, France, Hong-Kong, Italy, Japan, Norway, Austria, Poland, Switzerland, Spain, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and USA.e) International ropeway statistic (as per January 1, 1998) with detailed datas from:
Andorra, Australia, Bulgaria, China, Germany, Finland, France, Georgie, Italy, Japan, Norway, Austria, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Czech Republic, Hungary and USA.
and with the Global statistik 1999 of 99 countriesThese statistics with technical and operational data are available at:
ISR - Bohmann, Druck und Verlag Ges. m.b.H. und Co.KG, Leberstrasse 122, A -1110 Vienne.
Tel. ++43-1-740950; Fax ++43-1-74095537; e-mail: isr.zv@bohmann.co.at