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Session 1
"Development of ropeways in urban and tourism applications"
Download- Comparison between ropeways systems and other public transport systems - the example of Toulouse - ppt
Keynote speaker: Cyril Ladier
Project Manager of the Toulouse ropeway project for public transport (PDF 4846 KB) - Comparison between ropeways systems and other public transport systems - the example of Toulouse - paper
After introducing the project area in Toulouse, all the different solutions studied (roads, bridges, subway, light rail…) will be presented and compared. Then the cable car projects studied (with the different technologies) will be explained and the chosen project will be detailed (PDF 6835 KB) - Mi Teleferico, La Paz/El Alto (Bolivia) - a success story
Cèsar Dockweiler: CEO of The public enterprise Mi-Teleferico from La Paz
La Paz/El Alto, Bolivia, implements the biggest ropeway-based urban transit system worldwide.The presentation gives an overview of design, construction and operation and reports on experiences made with regard to concrete impacts and benefits for the local population (PDF 2981 KB) - Medellin’s Metrocables, economic and social aspects - ppt
Jorge Ramos: Chief of Aerial Cables Metro de Medellín Ltda. (PDF 13633 KB) - Ropeway investments create prosperity in the Alps - ppt
Peter Schröcksnadel: Entrepreneur, ski resort developer, President of the Austrian Ski Federation (ÖSV) (PDF 2318 KB) - Ropeway investments create prosperity in the Alps - paper
The presentation discusses the impact of ropeway investments on employment, the economy, tourism, sports, regional infrastructure and migration to urban areas (PDF 471 KB) - Grow or perish? The growth challenge for Europe’s ski resorts - ppt
Klaus Grabler: CEO of MANOVA GmbH (PDF 2406 KB) - Grow or perish? The growth challenge for Europe’s ski resorts - paper
Skiing demand is stagnating at present. In parallel, costs and investment pressures on ski resorts increase which, as a result, can only survive by rising prices. The presentation explores potential alternative growth strategies and highlights levers that can boost demand again (PDF 471 KB)
- Comparison between ropeways systems and other public transport systems - the example of Toulouse - ppt
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Session 2
"Operation of ropeways: Technical and economic aspects"
Download- Objective risk – personal perception
Keynote speaker: Manfred Müller
Lufthansa aircraft captain and instructor for risk management
Despite enormous achievements in engineering and computer science the human operator is still extremely important when a complex process requires a high safety level.Humans make mistakes, however optimum team interaction can identify and correct human errors and is an important tool for risk management. (PDF 631 KB) - Continuous Motion, Constant Emotion - How to operate 365 days a year - ppt
Diego Scofano: Mechanical Engineer, Technical Director at Sugar Loaf Cable Car in Rio de Janeiro
Giuseppe Pellegrini: Mechanical Engineer, Director of Engineering at Sugar Loaf Cable Car in Rio de Janeiro (PDF 2617 KB) - Continuous Motion, Constant Emotion - How to operate 365 days a year - paper
Report on the operational experience of the Cia Caminho Aéreo Pão de Açúcar that manages the Sugar Loaf Cable Car. The care and maintenance routines ensure availability over 99.5% with operations on every day of the year. (PDF 530 KB) - Seasonality – what is seasonality? Paths to year-round operation in mountain destinations - ppt
Michael Volgger: Senior Researcher at the Institute for Regional Development and Location Management at Eurac research and Senior Lecturer at Curtin University
Harald Pechlaner: Head of Institute at the Institute for Regional Development and Location Management at Eurac research; Chair in Tourism at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
Gerhard Vanzi: Senior Research Affiliate at the Institute for Regional Development and Location Management at Eurac research (PDF 12354 KB) - Seasonality – what is seasonality? Paths to year-round operation in mountain destinations - paper
By looking at the case example of the UNESCO World Heritage Site and tourism destination of Dolomites in Italy, the presentation provides some concrete tools and models that support product design in mountain destinations in order to reach a stepwise extension from mainly winter-focused towards year-round operations (PDF 148 KB) - A tool for controlling risks in ropeway operation: the safety management system - ppt
Gaëtan Rioult: Head of the Ropeway Division of STRMTG (Service technique des remontées mécaniques et des transports guidés) - Directorate General for Infrastructure, Transport and the Sea (France) (PDF 323 KB) - A tool for controlling risks in ropeway operation: the safety management system - paper
The analysis of ropeway accidents shows that organizational and human factors related to employees regularly play a role in the course of such events. The objective of the presentation is to demonstrate the usefulness of safety management systems and to illustrate the potentials of this tool by specific examples. (PDF 165 KB) - Digitization: The key to raising efficiency - ppt
Michael Arnold: Responsibility for SisControl, SISAG (PDF 3625 KB) - Digitization: The key to raising efficiency - paper
The tourism and ropeway industry faces extremely high pressures today and tomorrow. This requires instruments, such as software tools, that make operations more effective, faster and more flexible. This can be achieved to a large extent by the consistent and smart digitization data and by networking them (PDF 2004 KB) - Driverless operation of ropeways - ppt
Thibault Chatelus: Ropeway Division of STRMTG (Service technique des remontées mécaniques et des transports guidés) - Directorate General for Infrastructure, Transport and the Sea (France) (PDF 3625 KB) - Driverless operation of ropeways - paper
The contribution presents the analyses performed in recent years in France and the findings obtained for the operation of ropeways without permanently present operating staff. Concrete examples are used to highlight the issues requiring particular attention during the construction and operation of such systems. (PDF 2004 KB) - A dream of the "O.I.T.A.F. Congress 2053" - ppt
Pier Giorgio Graziano: Former technical director of the ropeway manufacturer Agudio, head of the Working Group "Material transport ropeways and cable cranes" of O.I.T.A.F., amateur novelist (PDF 2950 KB) - A dream of the "O.I.T.A.F. Congress 2053" - paper
A fictitious dream voyage to the year 2053 when the O.I.T.A.F Congress again takes place in Bolzano: This provides an occasion for looking back to 2017 and remembering the then O.I.T.A.F. Congress. In the course of the Congress, a ropeway packed with of exciting innovations that was initiated by O.I.T.A.F. and built in a joint effort of all the manufacturers is inaugurated. (PDF 1140 KB)
- Objective risk – personal perception
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Session 3
Ropeway technology only
Download- Holidays in the mountains - future trends - ppt
Keynote-Speaker: Ulf Sonntag
Head of Market Research of the NIT - Institute for Tourism and Spa Research in Northern Europe (PDF 1815 KB) - Holidays in the mountains - future trends - paper
After a brief look at global tourist flows and their development, the presentation discusses travel behaviors, demands and requirements of international tourists from important source markets as well as the resulting conclusions and trends for holidays in the mountains and ropeway utilization (PDF 1528 KB) - Taking jig-back ropeways to the limit
Iwan Bissig: Garaventa AG (PDF 22170 KB) - CCC – The City Cable Car illustrated by the example of Wälderbahn
Peter Luger, Michael Mathis: Doppelmayr Seilbahnen (PDF 8061 KB) - State of the art of the 3S technology - ppt
Giorgio Pilotti: Leitner Ropeways (PDF 6802 KB) - State of the art of the 3S technology - paper
Giorgio Pilotti: Leitner Ropeways (PDF 213 KB) - Design and production of high-tech components of cableway vehicles
Claudio Tonetta: Leitner Ropeways (PDF 1648 KB) - New challenges of O&M related to Urban and Tourism Ropeways
Michael Fauche: POMA (PDF 2835 KB) - Latest findings on the possibilities and limitations of visual rope inspection - ppt
Marina Härtel – Sven Winter – Konstantin Kühner: Institute of Mechanical Handling and Logistics, University of Stuttgart
Urs Amiet: Swiss federal bureau of transport (PDF 2615 KB) - Latest findings on the possibilities and limitations of visual rope inspection - paper
For the first time, findings and ratios are presented for the factors influencing the results of visual rope inspections. A new evaluation system developed makes it possible to give a quantitative assessment of those risk factors. (PDF 3073 KB) - Performance analysis of open magneto-inductive detectors - ppt
Aldo Canova: Department of Energy, Polytechnic University of Turin
Regina Lamedica, Ezio Santini: Department of Aeronautics, Electrical and Energetics Engineering, Sapienza University (Rome)
Ettore Pedrotti: L.A.T.I.F. (Technological Ropeway Laboratory), Office of Ropeways and Ski Slopes, Autonomous Province of Trento
Andrea Cernigoi, Boris Sosic: Laboratory of nondestructive testing "Di Santolo", Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Trieste (PDF 2347 KB) - Performance analysis of open magneto-inductive detectors - paper
Results of research to assess the performance of an "open" instrument for the MRT testing of ropes in terms of magnetization and magnetic flux leakage detection. (PDF 2313 KB) - Using fiber ropes in ropeway installation - ppt
Konstantin Kühner: Institute of Mechanical Handling and Logistics, University of Stuttgart
Urs Schneider: Jakob AG (CH)
Fredy von Moos: Garaventa AG (CH) (PDF 2466 KB) - Using fiber ropes in ropeway installation - paper
Modern high-strength fiber ropes can offer major advantages during the installation of ropeways in rough terrain: they can be directly transported by helicopter and permit the direct mounting of the heavy main rope. But how can this be done safely when there are hardly any experiences available for this application? The contribution presents the path from the first idea and accompanying laboratory tests to the implementation of an innovative hoist. (PDF 1325 KB)
- Holidays in the mountains - future trends - ppt
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Session 4
"Sustainability of ropeways"
Download- The future of urban cableways - dealing with an urgent challenge in Europe
Keynote speaker: Heiner Monheim
Transport expert, emeritus professor of applied geography, urban and regional development and spatial planning at the University of Trier, and partner in raumkom - Institute of Regional Development and Communication, Trier/Bonn/Malente
Experiences made in current urban ropeway projects, problems of integrating them into public transport systems and the urban fabric, conclusions drawn on the basis of system comparisons for sensible fields of application, typical problems arising during implementation. (PDF 11542 KB) - The green side of a ropeway company - the example of Schmittenhöhebahn AG/Zell am See, the only ropeway operator certified under EMAS worldwide
Erich Egger: CEO of Schmittenhöhebahn AG
It is up to each ropeway operator to make a contribution to balancing the diverse interests at the interface between ecology and the economy. The presentation focuses on practical examples and on how they are reflected in communications. (PDF 5172 KB) - On the natural advantages of a ropeway project. Hangursbanen, Voss- Norway - ppt
Kåre Flatlandsmo: Project manager of the Norwegian R&D program "Safety of Aerial Ropeways" (PDF 1498 KB) - On the natural advantages of a ropeway project. Hangursbanen, Voss- Norway - paper
The concept of ecosystem services is used to estimate, in economic terms, the ecological advantage of placing the lower station of an aerial ropeway project literally right next to a busy railway station. (PDF 1131 KB) - Trends in North American urban cable – 2016 - ppt
Mike Deiparine: Professional Engineer, Senior Project Manager, Engineering Specialties Group
Jim Fletcher: Professional Engineer, Fellow ASCE, Senior Consultant, Engineering Specialties Group (PDF 2572 KB) - Trends in North American urban cable – 2016 - paper
Evaluation of the history and current developments of urban cable in North America. It will discuss the recent trends, the concerns and the opportunities seen for this market. (PDF 1003 KB) - The Dolomites - an admirable region - ppt
Sandro Lazzari: Active in the ropeway industry since the 1960s, first in Val Gardena and then in the Fassa Valley. President of A.N.E.F. from 1993 to 2014. President of FIANET (International Federation of Ropeway Operators) for nine years. Member of O.I.T.A.F.’s Management Committee since 1993, President of Dolomiti Superski for nine years (PDF 4293 KB) - The Dolomites - an admirable region - paper
This region that is ideal for ropeways and lifts is a role model of a well-functioning ropeway industry that established an integrated economic chain from production to application and, at the same time, is the driver of an extensive supply industry that stands out by continuous innovation and a strong focus on sustainability. (PDF 69 KB) - The ecological footprint of a ropeway in urban transport areas
Klaus Erharter: Technical Director, Leitner Ropeways
The ecological sustainability of investment projects plays a more and more important role in decision-making processes. The paper presents the ecological footprint of a ropeway across its life cycle and a comparison with a traditional mode of transport. The ecological sustainability of a ropeway can be calculated on the basis of statistical data by inputting a few parameters into a calculation tool. (PDF 2418 KB) - Economic comparison of transport modes in urban public transportation
Jessica Gürth: Institute for Transport and Logistics Management, University of Economics and Bussines, Vienna
Overview of infrastructure, personnel and other criteria, for comparison with alternative means of transport
Has not yet been released for publication by the author ( )
- The future of urban cableways - dealing with an urgent challenge in Europe
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Workshop
Download- Book of Design Thinking on Ropeways
Concept: Solving complex problems often requires the incorporation of multiple perspectives and the knowledge of many disciplines. The workshop «Design Thinking on Ropeways» (DTR) held at Toblach-Dobiacco - South Tyrol from 19.05 - 24.05.2017 allowed the students of UNIBZ & NABA to experimentailly explore the potential of interdisciplinary collaboration by creating a shared situation awareness and establishing a common language in addressing problems for future scenarios of Ropeways. The foundation for a successful co-creation between: UNIBZ (Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, NABA (Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti Milano) and DOLOMITI SUPERSKI.
The Projects: The students of UNIBZ & NABA developed 8 projects on how Ropeways might be used in the future. (PDF 16139 KB)
- Book of Design Thinking on Ropeways
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Public session: Ropeway history Uphill, the history of ropeways
Download- South Tyrol: The First Aerial Ropeways
Wittfrida Mitterer (PDF 19202 KB) - Switzerland: "Mechanization takes command"
Karin Zaugg: Art historian (CH) (PDF 5402 KB) - Italy: The First Hundred Years of Ropeway Installations 1850-1950
Giuliano Zannotti (PDF 19468 KB) - Germany: The Company A. Bleichert & Co. Leipzig and the Contract
Manfred Hötzel: Leipzig (D) (PDF 4352 KB)
- South Tyrol: The First Aerial Ropeways
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Other papers which have been submitted to the international congress, but will not be presented verbally by their author
Download- Influence of volcanic ash on fatigue life of steel wire ropes
Matías Cersósimo / IPH, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Jorge López-Digon / INTI, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Juan Lattanzio / INTI, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Germán Menne / IPH, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Juan Pablo Percossi / IPH, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ignacio Talatinian / INTI, Buenos Aires, Argentina (PDF 1576 KB) - The challenges in the face of climatic change
Alessandro Conci: Autonomous Province of Trento (I)
Short comparison between the single realities in the Alps (PDF 779 KB) - System "Fu.Ne." Overhead Track for Public Transport – an innovative project for mobility: a case study for the city of Parma
Ing. Guiduberto Galloni (PDF 19084 KB) - A new approach to the Urban Transportation by cable, a sort of Copernican revolution
Andrea Marocchi: Dover - NH – USA (PDF 1219 KB) - A newer installation as local development way
Sérgio Oliveira, Civil Engineer, Site Manager (PDF 1182 KB) - Challenges to design and construction of cable cars in historic sites. Vila Nova de Gaia cable car
Sérgio Oliveira, Civil Engineer, Site Manager (PDF 1272 KB) - A dynamic analysis and simulation of ropeways on basis of a discreet representation of successive approximation algorithms
David Pataraia (PDF 2666 KB) - Cable ropeway simulation: computation and visualization of complex mechanical systems
M. Wenin, M. Irschara, S. Obexer, M. L. Bertotti and G. Modanese (PDF 1130 KB)
- Influence of volcanic ash on fatigue life of steel wire ropes
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1st working session
’Rope driven transportation in urban settlements’
Download- ’Future prospects of rope driven urban transportation’
Michael Potier – chargé d’études aménagement transport – Centre d’Etudes Techniques de l’Equipement de Lyon – Lyon – France Daniel Pfeiffer - Directeur du Service Technique des Remontées Mécaniques et des Transports Guidés - Grenoble - Francia (PDF 91 KB) - ’New concepts of urban transportation, as shown by the example of the 8-MGD San Agustín in Caracas, Venezuela’
Fa. Doppelmayr / Garaventa – Rudolph Andreas (PDF 1384 KB) - ’Mini Metro, Perugia, Italy - Increasing acceptance of the cableway installations for urban transport’
Co. Leitner / Poma – Ermenegildo Zordan and Leonardo Naldini of the municipality and operator of the cableway installation (PDF 5639 KB) - ’2 million passengers in 6 months: The 3S BUGA ropeway in Koblenz - A story of success’
Co. Doppelmayr / Garaventa – Reinhard Fritz (PDF 1604 KB) - ’Medellin, Colombia - Report about the social effects of cableway installations for urban transport’
Metro de Medellin LTDA: Ricardo Alberto Serna Gallego, Comercial and social Manager (PDF 6442 KB) - ’Cable Liner Shuttle: The intelligent solution for urban traffic as shown by using the example of the People Mover in Venice and other successful projects’
Co. Doppelmayr / Garaventa – Thomas Pichler (PDF 2619 KB) - ’Report’
Co. Doppelmayr / Garaventa – Thomas Pichler (PDF 191 KB) - ’3S Renon, Bolzano, Italy – A success story" part 1 ’
Co. Leitner / Poma – Giorgio Piloti (PDF 249 KB) - ’3S Renon, Bolzano, Italy – A success story" part 2’
Co. Leitner / Poma – Giorgio Piloti (PDF 3042 KB) - ’Algeria: Four ropeways, are already in service in urban areas’
Co. Doppelmayr / Garaventa – Peter Baumann and Operator (PDF 1026 KB)
- ’Future prospects of rope driven urban transportation’
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2nd working session
’Transportation by rope and tourism’
Download- ’The significant support given by ropeways to secure a positive and lasting regional development of mountainous regions’
Christian Bumann, Raphael Schönbächler – Association public traffic – Swiss ropeway – Bern – Switzerland (PDF 794 KB) - ’World overview of ski resorts’
Laurent Vanat – Laurent Vanat Consulting SARL – Geneva – Switzerland (PDF 1689 KB) - ’Multifunctionality and potential for Cable Transport in South America’
Francisco Sotomayor – Pro Andes Institute – Santiago – Chile (MS POWERPOINT 2007 SLIDESHOW 7765 KB) - ’The present situation of ropeway construction and key assessment indicators in China’
Zhang Qiang – Executive Vice director, National Centre of Passenger Aerial Ropeway Safety Supervision and Inspection – Peking – China (PDF 253 KB) - ’Ropeways in North America – Impacts, Benefits and Outlook’
Jim Fletcher, P.E. – Engineering Specialties Group – Boulder CO – USA (MS POWERPOINT 2007 PRESENTATION 4613 KB) - ’The European ski resorts: the challenge of the future’
Laurent Reynaud – Domaines skiables de France – Francin – France (PDF 508 KB) - ’The Sugar Loaf panoramic cable cars’
Achille Bonini – ropeways consulting engineer – Roma – Italy (PDF 836 KB) - ’Aerial transportation system for water conduits and sewage drains’
Diego Scofano / Giuseppe Pellegrini – Cia. Caminho Aéro Pão de Açúcar – Rio de Janeiro – Brasilien (PDF 812 KB)
- ’The significant support given by ropeways to secure a positive and lasting regional development of mountainous regions’
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3rd working session
’Sustainability of transportation by rope, environmental and social aspects, economic efficiency’
Download- ’Sustainability of ropeway engineering’
Andreas Brandner – Chartered Consulting Engineer – Innsbruck – Austria (PDF 219 KB) - ’Sustainability of ski resorts’
Kurt Ramskogler – Co. Lieco – Kalwang – Austria (PDF 55 KB) - ’Energy Management’
Erich Megert – SISAG – Altdorf – Switzerland (PDF 1884 KB) - ’Integration of a ropeway in a Town’
Denis Creissels – Creissels Technologies – Meylan – France (PDF 177 KB) - ’Urban Gondolas, Aerial Ropeways and Public Transportation: Past Mistakes & Future Strategies’
Ryan O’Connor & Steven Dale - Planning consultants – Wellington - New Zealand (PDF 432 KB) - ’Aerial tramway : architecture on design and sustainability’
Laura Kienbaum – Leibniz Universität Hannover – Hannover – Germany (PDF 1351 KB) - ’Presentation’
Laura Kienbaum – Leibniz Universität Hannover – Hannover – Germany (PDF 1282 KB)
- ’Sustainability of ropeway engineering’