SOLITEC^® - Won´t let you down

SOLITEC® is the name of TEUFELBERGER's latest generation of round strand ropes.

It stands for SOLId TEChnology, that is, long service life, minimal initial elongation, and highest flexibility. Ultimate traveling comfort and quietest operation are the result of a refined, innovative manufacturing process that has allowed TEUFELBERGER's engineers to largely cancel out a rope's initial elongation as early as in the production stage.

The technology – TEUFELBERGER's contribution
TEUFELBERGER is the only manufacturer of ropeway ropes to strand all of its SOLITEC^® ropes with preformed plastic support strands (support profiles) arranged between the strands. This permits the perfectly even distribution of the strands in the rope – without allowing contact between them. Hence, these support profiles help to permanently avoid the consequences of contact between strands such as corrosion and wire breakage. The vibration-damping trapezoidal plastic support profiles are also used across the entire splicing zone in order to ensure perfect and consistent quality without weak spots throughout the entire length of a rope. In addition, the support profiles slide easily on top of the surface of the plastic insert, which, as the rope undergoes many flexing motions, has a very positive impact on its life span.

Another feature of the SOLITEC^® technology is the proven, long-standing braided and greased fiber insert which is overmolded with a compact plastic cover. During the stranding process, the cold strands are pressed into the plastic insert. This helps achieve the perfect roundness of the insert and, at the same time, ensures its extremely high resistance to tensile forces. Hence, a SOLITEC^® insert cannot tear or break.

Costumer benefit of our new SOLITEC^® ropes
As a result of the precise dimensioning of the trapezoidal support profiles, TEUFELBERGER achieves highest regularity in its SOLITEC^® ropes. The profiles completely fill all interstices between the strands. This ensures low-vibration, near-silent running characteristics and ultimate traveling comfort.

Furthermore, one no longer has to deal with the annoying "settling" process of the rope while leaving it to hang or letting it run in its unloaded (empty) state. Most of the initial elongation is already eliminated in the production process. For systems suppliers and ropeway operators, this means lower maintenance costs throughout the rope's entire lifecycle. However, a slight elongation of the rope that is required for the operator, e.g. for splice regeneration, will be available throughout the rope's entire service life.

The advantages of the SOLITEC^® technology summed up:

• Long life span due to the symmetrical distribution of strands and the permanent avoidance of contact between strands

• Perfectly round rope geometry thanks to support profiles and breakproof plastic compound core

• Permanently greased fiber core without leakage of grease

• Very little elongation and high dimensional stability to lateral pressure, coupled with high elasticity and flexibility

• Can also be used in the splicing zone, plus full spliceability with Lo-Stretch® ropes