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•  Company Presentation

•  Technical background

•  Ropeways

•  Inclined Lifts

•  Urban Installations

•  Funicular in oPorto

•  Funicular in Viseu

•  Funicular in Covilhã

•  Inclined Lifts in Covilhã

•  Mechanical escalators

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EFACEC Elevadores, SA LIFTECH, SA

•  Founded in the years 50.

•  Production and mounting of lifts.

•  Average number of produced lifts per year above 1000 units.

•  Founded at year 2002 corresponding to a spin out process of Lift System Department of EFACEC.

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Development and

production of Lift

Controllers

Complete lifts (supplied to

installing companies)

Accessibility systems –

home lifts, platform lifts,

chair lifts, etc.

Special projects:

funiculars and other ropeway

systems, inclined lifts, etc.

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•  Definition:

Cableway installations designed to carry persons

Used on inclined slopes

Can admit both horizontal and vertical curves on the profile

Installations with high capacity transport

•  Legal framework

European directive for ropeways 2000/9/EC

•  Types of installations

Funiculars

Aerial ropeways

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Main features

•  1 or to cabins pulled by a steel cable, on a rail based track

•  Suitable for short or large distance installations

•  Suitable for profiles with horizontal curves

•  Suitable for profiles with vertical curves – variable inclination

•  Range from low capacity transport systems (100 persons per hour)

to high capacity systems (> 1000 persons per hour)

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Main features

•  Typically two or more cabins suspended on cables

•  In a jig-back movement – 2 cabins

•  Continuous movement (gondolas) – a few dozens of cabins

•  Suitable for short or large distance installations

•  Only suitable for linear paths, without curves

•  Short use of ground space

•  Range from low capacity transport systems (200 persons per hour)

to high capacity systems (> 1000 persons per hour)

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•  Definition:

Consists of a cabin, similar to lift, but moving on an inclined profile,

along a linear profile

Its operation mode is equal to normal lifts, using call push buttons

•  Legal framework

European directive for lifts

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Main features

•  Similar to normal lifts, using same type of components

•  Used on inclined slopes >15º to the horizontal

•  Typically used for linear profiles and short distances

•  Installations with lower capacity transport

•  Suitable for outdoor installations

•  Cheaper installations when compared to ropeways

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  Level difference: 35,8 m

  Track length: 390 m

  Number of carriages: 2

  Capacity of each carriage: 50 passengers

  Nominal speed: 2,0 m/s

  Transportation capacity: 500 passengers/hour in each direction

  Sharing track with cars and pedestrians

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  Level difference: 61,2 m

  Track length: 280 m

  Number of carriages: 2

  Capacity of each carriage: 25 passengers

  Nominal speed: 5,0 m/s

  Transportation capacity: 515 passengers/hour in each direction

  Automatic levelling system to deal with variation on the profile

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  Level difference: 72 m

  Track length: 200 m

  Number of carriages: 1

  Capacity of the carriage: 15 passengers

  Nominal speed: 2,0 m/s

  Transportation capacity: 200 passengers/hour in each direction

  Dealing with a track with several horizontal curves

  Automatic installation, without operator

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  Level difference: 30 m

  Track length: 65 m

  Capacity: 850 Kg / 11 passengers

  Nominal speed: 1,0 m/s

  Number of stops: 2

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  Level difference: 20 m

  Track length: 40 m

  Capacity: 850 Kg / 11 passengers

  Nominal speed: 1,0 m/s

  Number of stops: 2

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  Set o 3 independent mechanical

escalators

  Level difference - total: 33m

  Nominal speed: 0,5 m/s

  Connection between lower part of

the city and a Castle, in full

integration in the old part of the city

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Special projects

Rui Pinheiro

Email: rpinheiro@liftech.pt

Mobile : +351 961932401

www.liftech.pt

LIFTECH Tecnologia para Elevadores, Lda

Info@liftech.pt www.liftech.pt

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