State of the art –
cable catcher or sliding track?
The cable catchers currently used in monocable ropeways and ski lifts have a serious design fault: in the event of a cable derailment, they allow the cable to be ejected from the catcher shells because the rounded contact surfaces do not impede the cable vibrations, and the falling cable cannot be blocked.
As a consequence, the safety of people being transported is massively jeopardized.
The Problem:
faulty design
«The cable catchers currently in use proved to be unreliable. A constructive solution had to be found that would reliably prevent a cable fall after a derailment»
TU-Wien – Prof. Ing. h.c. Dr. Edwin ENGEL
The solution:
ARTIS 3PA Cable Catcher technology with cable protection padding.
The new safety standard
Increased safety due to:
- Catch tray with 3-point stop
- Optimum blocking of the rope and damping of rope oscillation
- TÜV certification according to regulation 2016/424
- The ARTIS 3PA Cable Catchers are maintenance-free
The 3PA Principle
The ARTI cable catcher 3PA technology provides increased safety in case of derailment. The cable catcher tray is equipped with a three-point impact. The special shape of the catcher tray is based on a principle of physics (Newton’s Third Law of motion), which says: If A exerts a force on B, then B exerts an equal, opposite force on A, so that provides an optimal energy absorption and cable oscillation damping in case of derailment.
