Alimak Hek in the Tunnelling Industry

Alimak rack and pinion lifts provide reliable and efficient access in a great number of road and railway tunnel shafts around the world. They are used for transportation of personnel and materials, for inspection, maintenance, and emergency escape. They adapt to inclinations, curves, and tight spaces, and climb deep down though the earth's crust. The first Alimak shaft lift was installed in Austria in 1975 and was used to inspect the 600-meter high ventilation shafts in the tunnel under the Tauern pass.

Since the mid-90s, Alimak shaft lifts have been installed in a number of tunnels in the south of Germany and Switzerland, and also in tunnel shafts in South Korea, UK, Hong Kong, Ireland, and other countries worldwide.