The 4,000th Carpet Lift
The 4,000th Carpet Lift
Published : 14-Feb-2024 02:53
Today, it's hard to imagine that less than 30 years ago, beginner skier and snowboarders often had to master the drag lift almost as soon as they mastered their dreaded snowplough turns, snowboarders sometimes faced with T-bars.
But since the mid-1990s the conveyor or 'carpet' lift has become synonymous with nursery slopes, as well as proving useful in dozens of other on mountain uplift scenarios.
Now the big pioneer of the carpet lift and today the global leader in manufacturing them, has just unveiled its 4,000th Sunkid Moving Carpet installation, a 142 metres long conveyor in Austria's Hochzillertal Kaltenbach ski area.
The lifts have come a long way from the first models in 1996 and the new lift include's SunKid's Type N generation technology and features a roofed-over entry and exit areas with five emergency exits in the form of easy-to-open self-rolling tarpaulins and sports a custom design. There are cameras installed on the gallery arches providing a great overview for the lift personnel, who are able to check on the facility this way.
SunKid started small in 1996 but the success of carpet lifts means that the Sunkid group now encompasses eight companies with about 130 employees spread over three sites in Austria and Germany and worked with customers in more than 75 countries around the world, Armenia the latest new market this year.
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