Cableway installations

As devices designed to carry persons, cableway installations (aerial ropeways, ski-lifts, and funiculars) must, without regard to their age, ensure a high level of safety in operation. This depends, to a high degree, on the condition of the individual sub-systems of these devices, and in particular: their load-bearing civil engineering structures, ropes, , carriers (cabins, chairs, carriages, and tow-hangers), tensioning devices, drive systems and other mechanical equipment, electrical equipment and safety devices.

Using the most up-to-date testing equipment, ZAG, with several decades of experience in the field of cableway installations, performs the following work:

  • technical inspections of cableway installations so that technical approval documents for their operation can be issued, as the Inspection Body for cableway installations according to the standard SIST EN ISO/IEC 17020,authorized by the Ministry of the Infrastructure RS,
  • special inspections of the sub-systems and safety devices of cableway installations,
  • magnetic rope testing (MRT) of steel wire ropes in order to check for the existence of any damage which could reduce their load-bearing cross-sections,
  • fatigue testing of the dynamic load-carrying capacity of the structural elements of cableway installations,
  • safety analyses of cableway installations,
  • expert opinions about the causes of accidents and other extraordinary events on cableway installations,
  • supervision of the splicing and socketing of wire ropes,
  • verification of the ability of workers to perform particularly demanding work with wire ropes (splicing and socketing).

References

Periodical technical inspections of cableway installations at sports centres:

KRVAVEC

RTC Krvavec, d.d.

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KRANJSKA GORA

RTC žičnice Kranjska gora, d.d.

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VOGEL

Žičnice Vogel Bohinj,d.d.

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CERKNO

Hotel Cerkno d.o.o.

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GOLTE

Golte d.o.o.

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VELIKA PLANINA

Velika planina d.o.o.

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KANIN

ATC Kanin d.o.o.

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BELA

Iskra sistemi d.d.

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STRAŽA BLED

Infrastruktura Bled d.o.o.

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PLANICA

Zavod za šport RS Planica

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FUNICULAR RAILWAY TO LJUBLJANSKI CASTLE

Javni zavod Ljubljanski grad

Special inspections of sub-systems and safety devices of cableway installations:

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KRANJSKA GORA

RTC žičnice Kranjska gora, d.d. 2013

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VOGEL

Žičnice Vogel Bohinj,d.d. 2012

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CERKNO

Hotel Cerkno d.o.o. 2013

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GOLTE

Golte d.o.o., 2012 do 2014

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KANIN

ATC Kanin d.o.o. 2012

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STRAŽA BLED

Infrastruktura Bled d.o.o. 2012

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RATEČE

Smuk d.o.o. 2012

Andrej Kranjc, MSc (Phys.)