Mechanic
5 polymechanics / 2 apprentices / 3 team leader mechanics / 1 RM mechatronics apprentice
With our long-standing expertise, we carry out all kinds of ropeway-related work and technical monitoring. Our team is made up of federally-qualified ropeway specialists, and is expanded during the high season to include a dozen specialized employees. We put our expertise at your service, which has made STA one of Switzerland's leading service providers.
Our machine shop supplies a wide range of parts for both in-house departments and third-party customers. Thanks to an appropriate fleet of machines and digital machining units, we offer a wide range of services in the field of industrial maintenance: cellar pumps, forestry equipment, cheese-making equipment, crushers and gravel pit conveyors, etc. When it comes to overhaul work, we are able to produce unique parts according to your requirements (axes, tapered axes, reaming, overhaul and inspection of grippers).
This department has 4 employees in the winter and about ten in the summer. It carries out all kinds of work related to ski lifts and their maintenant.
3 teams can intervene simultaneously under the responsibility of a federal qualified cable car installation specialist.
Specific tools, adapted vehicles and our expertise in the field have allowed us to be one of the most important partners in the French-speaking part of Switzerland.
A range of traditional machines, digital machining units and confirmed polymechanics complete our skills and capabilities in industrial maintenance (environmental, hydro-electricity, gravel pits, cheese dairies, purification etc.)
INFRASTRUCTURES & EQUIPMENT
Our facilities have a large capacity which allows work on several cable lines to happen simultaneously.
Easy access for trucks and 40TB. Indoor and outdoor loading/unloading area with 3 independent cranes offering a lifting capacity of 15TB.
- 1500mm Harrison digital cycle lathe
- 1700mm Tornos digital lathe
- 1200mm Menziken digital lathe
- 1500mm radius Caser radial drilling machine
- Large capacity industrial washers (1TB)(inventory to be added)
POLYMECANICS
This facility provides mechanical parts of all kinds.
Under the responsibility of a federal qualified production expert, it trains 1 polymechanic apprentice. This department is able to produce single parts such as axes, conical axes, bores, overhauls and clamp controls.
CYLINDER MAINTENANCE
In addition, we can also provide you with any type of cylinder overhaul and hydraulic aggregates.
MACHINERY MAINTENANCE
We are able to provide you a turnkey service including, for the most common gearboxes:
- Voltage recovery
- Dismantling and transport
- Maintenance in the workshop or transportation to the manufacturer
- Reassembly and installation
LINE MAINTENANCE
We are here to help you with a variety of services, especially with demanding maintenance work, such as; overhauling the cables or balancers at fixed prices including removal, heliportation, transport to workshops, complete overhaul, cleaning, as well as non-destructive testing and reports certified by an approved organization.
Parts subject to wear such as the original tires, bearings and bushings are original. Other replacement versions are also available.
ASSEMBLY / DISMANTLING
We have developed excellent skills in dismantling ski lifts and relocated installations.
We offer you a turnkey dismantling service including:
- line removal
- winding and removal of the cable
- careful dismantling of the elements (if the installation is to be resold)
- organization and logistics of helicopter transport
- transport of the pylons and all the fixtures
- complete dismantling with evacuation and recycling of the metalwork (if the installation is to be destroyed)
- agreed and respected deadlines
Get started on your new project and contact us for a quote.
MAINTENANCE FOR FIXED AND DETACHABLE CLAMPS
- Dismantling and logistics
- Maintenance and cleaning
- Periodic controls for cracks in accordance with the Ordinance on Cableway Installations (OICa)
- Scheduled maintenance, replacement of components and bench tests in accordance with the manufacturer's specifications
- Inspection report
WINSPECT ® - VISUAL CONTROL OF CABLES
Automated visual inspection using the Winspect ® system High speed at 3 m/s instead of 0.3.
The entire cable circumference is scanned with four cameras and a powerful energy-saving LED light with a resolution of 0.1 mm/pixel; the results are then saved in digital format. A semi-automatic evaluation is performed to check for cable damage, e.g. wire breaks, which detects and displays deviations in the cable structure in terms of damage.
- The Winspect inspection system is designed and optimized for the inspection of ski lift cables.
- It is suitable for hauling cables, hoisting cables and also for load bearing cables. The system is suspended from a bracket that is installed and aligned only once, and is ready for immediate use.
- Our specialist is on hand to perform time-consuming visual inspections and to provide you with a signed report by an accredited expert, along with your company logo, which you can submit to the appropriate authority.
NON-DESTRUCTIVE INSPECTIONS
In partnership with an approved organization, we also provide all non-destructive testing, in accordance with the OICa from December 21, 2006 (Art. 73), either in the workshop or on site.
- Magnetoscopy (MT)
- Penetrant Testing (PT)
- Ultrasonic (UT)
- Visual (VT)
To ensure traceability, these operations are recorded on fully certified reports.
