Editing Intamin (section)

==Products and technologies==
Intamin's product range spans two broad categories: rides and transportation.

===Amusement rides===
[[File:SixFlagsWaterRide-3943.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Roaring Rapids river ride at [[Six Flags Over Texas]] (2007)]]

====Roller coasters====
Intamin created the first [[hydraulic]] launch system (known as the [[Accelerator Coaster]]), which catapults roller coaster trains from standstill to speeds upwards of {{Convert|240|km/h}} in a few seconds before climbing to immense heights. [[Kingda Ka]] at [[Six Flags Great Adventure]], for instance, was North America's tallest and fastest coaster, launching riders from 0–{{Convert|128|mi/h|abbr=on}} in 3.5 seconds.<ref>{{Cite web |title=World Records |url=https://www.intamin.com/company/records-awards/world-records/ |access-date=2024-05-24 |website=Intamin Amusement Rides |language=en-US}}</ref>

Intamin uses computerized and industrialized engineering and manufacturing methods for its wooden coasters, rather than traditional on-site fabrication.<ref name="RC85">{{cite magazine | last1 = Pan | first1 = Phil | year = 2003 | title = Colossos: Can a coaster be too good for itself | journal = RollerCoaster! Magazine |volume = 24| issue = 3 | pages = 24 |  publisher=American Coaster Enthusiasts | location=Mission, Kansas | issn = 0896-7261}}</ref> Coasters such as [[Colossos (Heide Park)|Colossos]] at [[Heide Park]], [[Balder (roller coaster)|Balder]] at [[Liseberg]] and [[El Toro (Six Flags Great Adventure)|El Toro]] at [[Six Flags Great Adventure]] utilized this manufacturing technique. Unlike other traditional wood coasters, these rides use prefabricated track sections made of a high-strength wooden laminate that can be secured on-site when the superstructure is completed. This design enables the coaster to reach speeds and navigate course elements smoothly, like a steel roller coaster, while retaining the look and some of the traditional feel of common wooden coasters.<ref name="RC85"/>

====Ferris wheels====
[[File:Giant Wheel.jpg|thumb|[[Giant Wheel (Hersheypark)|Giant Wheel]], a double wheel at [[Hersheypark]]]]
[[File:Sky Whirl 2.jpg|thumb|[[Sky Whirl]], a triple wheel at [[Six Flags Great America]]]]
[[File:California Screamin' Launch.JPG|thumb|[[Incredicoaster]], a Custom Intamin Looper at [[Disney California Adventure]]]]

Intamin brokered a number of rides that were manufactured by [[Waagner-Biro]]. These included a series of rides for [[Marriott Corporation]], each comprising a vertical column supporting multiple horizontal arms, with each arm supporting a [[Ferris wheel]]. The first was [[Giant Wheel (Hersheypark)|Giant Wheel]] which operated at [[Hersheypark]] in [[Hershey, Pennsylvania]], from 1973 until 2004. Similar Intamin supplied Waagner-Biro wheels included Zodiac ([[Kings Island]], [[Mason, Ohio]]) and Scorpion ([[Parque de la Ciudad]], [[Buenos Aires]], Argentina). All are now defunct.

[[Sky Whirl]], the world's first triple Ferris wheel, which debuted at both Marriott's Great America parks (now [[Six Flags Great America]], [[Gurnee, Illinois]], and [[California's Great America]], [[Santa Clara, California|Santa Clara]]) in 1976, was also manufactured by Waagner-Biro and brokered by Intamin. Also known as a triple Ferris wheel,<ref>[http://www.freethemepark.com/great-america-tickets.php Need Six Flags Great America Tickets?] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017003131/http://www.freethemepark.com/great-america-tickets.php |date=2015-10-17 }}</ref> Triple Giant Wheel,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timelines.home.insightbb.com/sfgam_years.htm |title=Theme Park Timelines |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118163229/http://timelines.home.insightbb.com/sfgam_years.htm |archive-date=2015-01-18 }}</ref> or Triple Tree Wheel, it was {{Convert|33|m|ft|0}} in height.<ref>[http://www.gurnee.il.us/zoning_board/zba_minutes/10-25-00.html Zoning Board Minutes - 10-25-00]  {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060312131305/http://www.gurnee.il.us/zoning_board/zba_minutes/10-25-00.html |date=March 12, 2006 }}</ref> The Santa Clara ride, renamed Triple Wheel in post-Marriott years, closed on 1 September 1997. The Gurnee ride closed in 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greatamericaparks.com/skywhirl.html|title=SKY WHIRL at Marriott's GREAT AMERICA parks|date=24 March 2018}}</ref>

The [[The Wheel at ICON Park|Orlando Eye]], which opened in April 2015, was designed and built by Intamin.<ref>[http://www.baynews9.com/content/news/baynews9/on-the-town/article.html/content/news/articles/cfn/2014/4/15/eye_rise_constructio.htmlI-Drive 360: Construction continues on the Orlando Eye] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20140527183531/http://www.baynews9.com/content/news/baynews9/on-the-town/article.html/content/news/articles/cfn/2014/4/15/eye_rise_constructio.htmlI-Drive |date=2014-05-27 }}</ref>

===Transportation===
Outside the amusement realm, Intamin supplies [[monorail]] [[transportation system]]s which are used in both public transport networks and at tourist attractions across the world. Intamin was responsible for the design and building of the [[Moscow Monorail]] ({{langx|ru|Московская Монорельсовая Транспортная Система (ММТС)}}), which is {{convert|4.7|km}} long and is located in the [[North-Eastern Administrative Okrug]] of [[Moscow]], [[Russia]], running from the [[Timiryazevskaya (Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line)|Timiryazevskaya]] metro station to Sergeya Eisensteina street. Planning of the monorail started in 1998. It has six stations.

In 2016, two monorails using Intamin equipment were opened: the {{convert|5.2|km|mi}} [[Ashgabat Monorail]] in [[Turkmenistan]];<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqaOd33HXds|title = - YouTube|website = [[YouTube]]}}</ref> and the {{convert|1.1|km|mi}} [[Calabar Monorail]] in the [[Cross River State]], [[Nigeria]], which connects the [[Calabar International Convention Centre]] to the [[Tinapa Resort]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Buhari to inaugurate multi-billion Naira Calabar monorail |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/08/buhari-to-inaugurate-multi-billion-naira-calabar-monorail/ |access-date=2 July 2021 |publisher=Vanguard |date=20 August 2016}}</ref>

In 2020, the [[Marconi Express]] [[Monorail]] opened as a shuttle between the [[Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport]] and the [[Bologna Centrale railway station]].

Intamin has also constructed monorails at amusement parks in [[Xi'an Qujiang Sightseeing Monorail|Xi'an]] and [[Romon U-Park|Ningbo]] in [[China]], and the Asia Park Monorail in [[Da Nang]] in [[Vietnam]].<ref>{{cite web |title=First-ever elevated monorail launched in Da Nang |url=http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/society/149554/first-ever-elevated-monorail-launched-in-da-nang.html |website=vietnam.net |access-date=2 July 2021}}</ref>