Intamin
The industry’s risk-taker. Intamin builds the record-breakers and the firsts — launches, cable lifts, prototypes of most things that later become normal. The trade-off, historically, has been reliability: an Intamin order buys you the cutting edge, and occasionally the cuts.
Coverage
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How Log Flumes and River Rapids Rides Actually Work
How log flumes and river rapids rides work: the conveyor lift and uphill kick behind the splash, and the fixed channel fins that make rapids boats spin.
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Djurs Sommerland Confirms Denmark's First Single-Rail Coaster, an Intamin Hot Racer for 2027
Djurs Sommerland has confirmed Midgårdsormen, an Intamin Hot Racer single-rail coaster for 2027 — Denmark's first, and only the second in Europe.
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How Drop Tower Rides Actually Work: Freefall, Pneumatics and Magnetic Brakes
How do drop towers work? Gravity release and pneumatic launch explained, plus the eddy-current magnets that catch every gondola — with real rides and verified heights.
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LSM vs Hydraulic Launch: How Coasters Go 0–60 Without a Hill
How do launch coasters work? Hydraulic winches and LSM electromagnetic launches explained — and why the magnets have quietly won the speed war.
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Chain Lifts, Cable Lifts and Elevator Lifts Explained
The roller coaster lift hill in all its forms: how chain lifts, cable lifts, vertical lifts and elevator lifts get a train up there — and why designers pick each.
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Who Builds the World's Roller Coasters? A Guide to the Manufacturers
The roller coaster manufacturers explained: B&M, Intamin, Mack, Vekoma, RMC, GCI, Gerstlauer and Zamperla — who builds what, and how to tell them apart.
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How Roller Coaster Restraints Actually Work (and Why Headbanging Still Happens)
How roller coaster restraints actually work: lap bars, over-the-shoulder harnesses and vest restraints explained, plus why some rides still bang your head.
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How Roller Coaster Block Systems Work — and Why Trains Never Collide
The roller coaster block system explained: how one-train-per-block logic, fail-safe brakes and track sensors keep coaster trains apart on every ride.
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Why Roller Coasters Make the Clickety-Clack Sound
Why do roller coasters click on the lift hill? Each clack is an anti-rollback ratchet — a 1910 safety invention still guarding every climb. Here's how it works.
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Wood vs Steel vs RMC Hybrid: What Actually Changes
Wooden vs steel roller coasters, explained at the rail: why wood flexes and roars, why steel loops and lasts, and how RMC's I-Box hybrids split the difference.
