R28

ROPESYS R83 on Bucket-Wheel Excavator 293. The ROPESYS R83 rope testing device was used on excavator 293 at the Hambach open-cast mine. Weighing around 14,200 tonnes and measuring 225 meters in length and 96 meters in height, the bucket-wheel excavator ranks among the...

Bursa Teleferik: ROPESYS R58 training at a world-record-breaking cable car system. An 8.8-kilometer cable car line, an elevation gain of around 1,400 meters, and 45 towers: the Bursa Teleferik in Turkey ranks among the world's extraordinary cable car systems. The...

European Championships in Birmingham: ROPESYS in action. Birmingham hosted the European Athletics Championships from August 10 to 16, 2026. It was the first time the European Athletics Championships were held in Great Britain. While athletes competed for medals and...

Visual rope inspection with the ROPESYS FALCON. How can the condition of a wire rope be assessed as comprehensively as possible? Modern testing technology increasingly relies on a combination of magnetic and optical rope inspection for this purpose. While magnetic...

What is FALCON? Ford FALCON. SpaceX FALCON. Dassault FALCON. Atari FALCON. The name FALCON appears across a wide range of industries. Sometimes it refers to a car, at other times to a rocket, an aircraft, or modern technology. But what lies behind this choice of name?...

A challenge on the Wankbahn. A proven system, a familiar installation, and yet a new challenge: the second splice finder on the Wankbahn demonstrated that even successful projects can entail unique requirements. Following the successful installation and commissioning...

Designed for harsh environments. When people think of ROPESYS rope testing devices, they often picture modern cable cars, impressive mountain landscapes, and impeccably maintained facilities. Yet a large proportion of our systems operate under conditions that look far...

ROTEC at Mountain Planet 2026 in Grenoble Mountain Planet 2026 in Grenoble was a key meeting point for ROTEC in the international cable car and rope testing industry. The trade fair also provided an important platform for the ROPESYS brand to present modern systems...

Test setup at the Mountain Planet trade fair booth The Mountain Planet trade fair is approaching – and at ROTEC, this means not only planning and organization, but also very practical hands-on work. For the test setup of the Mountain Planet trade fair booth, we fully...