Austria’s Scheffau Installing World’s Highest Capacity Chairlift
Austria’s Scheffau Installing World’s Highest Capacity Chairlift
Published : 04-Aug-2024 05:34
A new chairlift being installed for next winter at Scheffau, part of Austria's Skiwelt region, will be able to carry more passengers than any other chairlift in the world, the resort says.
The new 8-seater Eibergbahn is also one of the most energy self-sufficient chairlifts in the world with around half of its energy requirements being met by a photovoltaic solar farm on the roof of one of the lift stations.
The new Eibergbahn will be able to carry up to 4,570 passengers per hour, a chairlift world record, with a maximum travelling speed of 5m/s.
"We have been planning the new construction of the Eibergbahn for many years. But only now has Doppelmayr, the renowned cable car manufacturer from Vorarlberg, succeeded in achieving the required transport capacity and thus matching the performance of the previous parallel fixed-grip 4-seater cable cars. We are already very excited about the new technically innovative 8-seater chairlift," said Andreas Haselsberger, Managing Director of Bergbahn Scheffau.
The new lift will be equipped with seat heating but will run deliberately without a canopy for wind protection to reduce its running cost with less weight and wind resistance.
There will be a 140 kWP PV system on the roof of the lift's valley station which can generate around 50% of the annual energy required.
The new lift is set to replace two quad chairs that were installed on the route in 1992. They've since made 43,000,000 rides, but are reported to be still in sound condition, so after an overhaul they are moving to Übersee to be reinstalled then continue operation.
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