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Aerial Ropeway

The aerial ropeway uses overhead ropes to transport passengers or goods between stations in suspended carriers. Ropeways can negotiate steeper gradients than railways or roads as they are not limited by wheel adhesion. They can take more direct routes between terminals without concerns for gradients or bridging. Ropeway installation costs less than rail, road, or conveyors, making them advantageous for transport in hilly, marshy or mountainous areas. Sections of ropeway up to 10km connect at divide stations, allowing very long ropeways to be built by linking sections.

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Aerial Ropeway

The aerial ropeway uses overhead ropes to transport passengers or goods between stations in suspended carriers. Ropeways can negotiate steeper gradients than railways or roads as they are not limited by wheel adhesion. They can take more direct routes between terminals without concerns for gradients or bridging. Ropeway installation costs less than rail, road, or conveyors, making them advantageous for transport in hilly, marshy or mountainous areas. Sections of ropeway up to 10km connect at divide stations, allowing very long ropeways to be built by linking sections.

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Aerial Ropeway

• The aerial ropeway is a form of transport in which cars of a special type,


also called carriers, suspended from overhead ropes, are employed for
conveying materials, goods or passengers from one station to another.
• The ropes are of steel wire construction and they connect the stations
in a straight line, although intermediate angle stations are possible.
• Along the route the ropes are supported by intermediate trestles,
unless the ropeway is in one span , for instance crossing a deep valley.
• A ropeway car consists of a carriage and a container, the latter
suspended from the carriage on a pivot by means of a hanger. There
are various types of carriage, their design depending on the system of
the ropeway of which they form part. Generally a carriage comprises a
device for gripping the hauling (or haulage) rope, and wheels to run
on the carrying (or track) rope. In the monocable system, one carrying-
hauling rope only is used.
• The hanger is swan-neck shaped; this enables the car to pass trestles
and station supports.
• The container may be in the form of a bucket, tray, passenger cabin etc.
Buckets are usually designed for transport of materials in bulk, and may
be of the tipping or bottom opening type.
The aerial ropeway, in one form or another, can be used to transport passengers or anything that can be slung or
put in a carrier or container. It has many important advantages over other means of transport:
a. It is not limited by adhesion between a wheel and a rail as in the case of railways, nor between rubber and road
as in the case of road transport. It can therefore negotiate steeper gradients.
b. Being practically independent of territorial difficulties, it can take the shortest route between terminals and not
be concerned with those gradient problems or bridging worries which influence route selection for roads or
railways.
c. It is not necessary to acquire the land for ropeway installation, although nominal rentals may be payable.
d. Visibility along the route is not a criterion for the operation of a ropeway. It Can therefore operate efficiently in
fog, rain or snow, or at night.
e. It is particularly advantageous in hilly, marshy or mountainous country since the installation cost is cheaper than
for railways, road transport, or belt conveyors.
f. Power consumption for operating an aerial ropeway is less than for any alternative system handling the same
duty over the same route.
• There is no limit to a ropeway length. This is because an aerial ropeway is composed of sections or units up to 6
10 km in length, each unit containing its own driving and tension gears. In other words, each section can be
compared to an individual ropeway.
• These sections are connected by divide stations, where the ropeway cars are transferred automatically from one
section to the next. The fact that a long ropeway is divided into sections, allows the route to be improved and
difficult parts to be avoided by arranging intermediate divide stations as angle stations at no extra cost.
• It is also possible to provide intermediate loading and/or unloading stations for goods, and alighting or boarding
stations for passengers.

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