Bolliger & Mabillard

Bolliger & Mabillard Consulting Engineers Inc.
Private
Industry Roller coaster design
Founded 1988
Founder
  • Walter Bolliger
  • Claude Mabillard
Headquarters Monthey, Switzerland
Area served
 Worldwide
Key people
  • Walter Bolliger
  • Claude Mabillard
Products
Number of employees
 37 (2012)
Website Official website

Bolliger & Mabillard, abbreviated B&M and formally known as Bolliger & Mabillard Consulting Engineers Inc., is a roller coaster design consultancy based in Monthey, Switzerland. The company was founded in 1988 by Walter Bolliger and Claude Mabillard, with Bolliger as president and Mabillard as vice-president.[2] Since 1988, B&M has built 100 roller coasters around the world and have pioneered several new ride technologies, most notably the inverted roller coaster.[3][4] Since 1990, all coasters designed by B&M that have been built within North America have been manufactured by Clermont Steel Fabricators which is located in Batavia, Ohio, United States.[5][6][7] B&M started with four employees and has since grown; as of 2012 it employs 37 people, mostly engineers and draftsmen.[8] In 2016 the company completed its 100th coaster.

History

Walter Bolliger and Claude Mabillard starting working for Giovanola, a manufacturing company who supplied rides to Intamin, in the 1970s. During their time at Giovanola, they helped design the company's first stand-up roller coaster, Shockwave at Six Flags Magic Mountain. They also worked on other projects, such as Z-Force at Six Flags Great America.[9] Bolliger & Mabillard left Giovanola, but the company continued to use their track design, so the company's roller coasters, Goliath at Six Flags Magic Mountain and Titan at Six Flags Over Texas, use a track style very similar to B&M's.[10][11]

An inverted model with the angled drop, common on inverted coasters, Batman: The Ride at Six Flags Great Adventure

In 1987, Giovanola underwent a change of management; Bolliger & Mabillard decided to leave, and founded their own company.[9] At the time, B&M employed four people; two draftsmen, Bolliger, and Mabillard. When B&M was created, the pair had agreed not to make any more amusement attractions.[12][13] However, Six Flags contacted the new company and asked it to build a roller coaster. B&M accepted the offer and hired two more draftsmen. But B&M had a problem regarding how and where to manufacture the track pieces for the roller coaster. With the impression of the work done by Clermont Steel Fabricators on Vortex at Kings Island and Shockwave Six Flags Great America, Walter Bolliger went to the steel plant and asked if they would be interested in manufacturing the track. Clermont Steel Fabricators accepted and currently manufactures all Bolliger and Mabillard roller coaster track pieces for all of North America.[7] Now with a company to manufacture the track, B&M built its first roller coaster, a stand-up roller coaster, Iron Wolf, which opened in 1990 at Six Flags Great America.[12][13] Two years later, Bolliger & Mabillard built another project for Six Flags Great America, Batman: The Ride, the world's first Inverted Coaster, which brought them to prominence in the industry.[14][15]

Bolliger & Mabillard also invented the Floorless Coaster,[16] and the Dive Coaster. The company also built its first launched roller coaster, the The Incredible Hulk, which is at Islands of Adventure. Although The Incredible Hulk uses a launch system, B&M classifies it as a "Sitting Coaster".[17] In 2010, B&M unveiled its new Wing Coaster and premiered the prototype model, named Raptor, at Gardaland in 2011.[18] It has two seats on each side on the car that hang riders over the sides of the track. There are currently only five in operation.[18] In 2015, B&M constructed Thunderbird at Holiday World & Splashin' Safari, its first in-house launched coaster.[19]

By 2010, B&M employed twelve engineers, twelve draftsman, and two draftswomen.[12][13] The company has made other contributions to the roller coaster industry. The company built the trains for the Psyclone, a now-demolished wooden roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain. The trains were later used on the park's Colossus wooden roller coaster (until it was refurbished by Rocky Mountain Construction), but were only used during October each year. The trains faced backward and usually raced against trains on the second track, which ran forward.[20] In 2013, B&M supplied new trains for Steel Dragon 2000, built by D. H. Morgan Manufacturing in 2000.[21][22] As of 2012, Bolliger & Mabillard has 85 operating roller coasters worldwide,[3] twenty-two of which are listed among the Amusement Today Golden Ticket Awards Top 50 Steel Coasters List for 2012, and five are in the top 10. The company has built more roller coasters than any other manufacturer on the list.[23]

Features

Raptor's cobra roll, a first for inverted roller coasters

Bolliger & Mabillard currently manufactures nine different roller coaster styles: Stand-Up Coaster, Inverted Coaster, Floorless Coaster, Flying Coaster, Hyper Coaster, Dive Coaster, Sitting Coaster, Wing Coaster and Family Coaster.[1][24] Bolliger & Mabillard has been involved in developing new technologies and concepts in roller coasters almost since its inception. It has often worked with engineer Werner Stengel, and with designers and management of client theme parks.[25][26]

Lift hills

Diagram comparing a standard lift hill and the B&M pre-drop lift hill.

Many Bolliger & Mabillard coasters feature an element known as a "pre-drop", a short drop after the top of the lift hill and before the start of the first drop, designed to reduce tension on the lift chain. The flat section between the pre-drop and the first drop serves as a shelf to support the weight of the train, reducing related stresses on the chain. On most coasters without a pre-drop, the weight of the train tends to pull on the lift chain as it begins its descent because the latter half of the train is still being lifted by the chain. Pre-drops have not been used on the company's Dive or Flying coasters, or on hyper coasters built after 1999.[27][28] More recently, the pre-drop is only used on coasters with curved drops, whereas coasters with straight drops – such as Hydra the Revenge at Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom and Goliath at Six Flags Over Georgia – do not have pre-drops. OzIris at Parc Astérix was the first B&M inverted roller coaster that does not feature a pre-drop.[29]

Trains

Most of Bolliger & Mabillard's roller coaster trains use four-abreast seating. Each car has one row of four seats, while the train length can vary between coasters. All of the company's coaster models, except the Dive Coaster and Wing Coaster use this configuration. The Dive Coaster uses six, eight or ten-abreast seating, with two or three rows of seats. For example, Griffon at Busch Gardens Williamsburg, uses ten seats in three rows, while Krake at Heide Park uses six-across seating in three rows.[30] On recent hyper coaster projects, B&M has used a new car design that has two rows of two seats; the two seats in the rear of the car pushed out from the centerline so that the four seats resemble a V formation. This formation has only been used on Behemoth at Canada's Wonderland, Diamondback at Kings Island, Intimidator at Carowinds and Shambhala: Expedición al Himalaya at PortAventura. In 2013, B&M introduced a new car design that has two rows of two seats, however, they are not in a V formation.[21][22]

All B&M hyper coasters use a type of restraint called a "T-bar" restraint, which consists of bar with a cushioned lap bar with two handles for riders to hold on to. This type of restraint generally does not use a seat belt, however seat belts have been added to Behemoth at Canada's Wonderland, Diamondback at Kings Island, and Intimidator at Carowinds, all of which have the stadium style seating.[31] Bolliger & Mabillard also uses over-the-shoulder restraints, in that the restraint is placed over the riders' shoulders and sits and extends to the riders' laps. This type of restraint is used on Dive, Inverted, Sitting, Flying, Floorless, Stand-up, and Wing Coasters.[32]

Track

CAD model of B&M's signature box-spined track

A notable feature of Bolliger & Mabillard roller coasters is the box-section track. The running rails are connected to a box-section spine, instead of the circular spine used by other manufacturers. When a train travels around a box-section track, it creates a distinctive roaring sound, which is unique to this style of track. However, on some Bolliger & Mabillard roller coasters, such as Talon at Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom, the track is filled with sand to reduce this noise.[33]

Also, depending on the model of the roller coaster, the track size can vary. Models such as the Flying, Wing, and Dive Coaster have heavier trains which require a larger track size while models with lighter trains, such as the Stand-Up and Hyper Coaster, do not and use a smaller sized track.[7]

Brakes

As of 2016, Bolliger & Mabillard uses three types of braking system; friction, magnetic, and water.

Friction brakes

When B&M was first founded, the linear magnetic eddy brake had yet to be developed, so it used friction brakes as its main braking system. On the train, pads are fitted beneath the seating areas. On the brakes, similar pads are connected to steel supports. When the pads on the train come into contact with the brakes, friction is created which slows the train.[34] Beginning with Kumba in 1993, friction brakes have also been used as trim brakes that regulate the speed of the train while it is still navigating the course.[35]

Magnetic brakes

Magnetic brakes were first used on Nitro at Six Flags Great Adventure in 2001.[36] Magnetic brakes slow down trains much faster than friction brakes; most B&M roller coasters built in or after 2001 have at least one set of magnetic brakes. Magnetic brakes do not make contact with the train. Fins that run parallel to the train are fitted beneath the seats. As the fins pass through the brakes, the magnetic field created by the brakes slows the train. Magnetic brakes have also been used as an alternate type of trim brake on B&M roller coasters such as Leviathan at Canada's Wonderland.[37]

Water brakes

Water brakes were first introduced on SheiKra at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay in 2005.[38] Water brakes can only be used when a splashdown element, in which a body of water surrounds a section of track, is present within the layout of the roller coaster. When scoops on the last car of each train come in contact with the surrounding water, the train slows down and the water is sprayed several feet into the air behind it.[39]

List of roller coasters

Vortex at Carowinds, a Stand-up Coaster model
Leviathan at Canada's Wonderland, a Hyper Coaster model
Batman: The Ride at Six Flags Great Adventure, an Inverted Coaster model
Dragon Khan at PortAventura, a Sitting Coaster model
Oblivion at Alton Towers, a Dive Coaster model
Hydra at Dorney Park, a Floorless Coaster model
Behemoth at Canada's Wonderland, a Hyper Coaster model
Manta at SeaWorld Orlando, a Flying Coaster model
Raptor at Gardaland, first Wing Coaster model


Bolliger & Mabillard has built over 100 roller coasters as of 2015.[3] All are still in operation, except the original Incredible Hulk Coaster which was dismantled in 2015 and completely replaced in 2016. Some have been relocated and renamed.

Name Model Park Country Opened
Batman: The Ride Inverted Coaster Six Flags Great America United States United States 1992 [15]
Vortex Stand-Up Coaster Carowinds United States United States 1992 [40]
Batman: The Ride Inverted Coaster Six Flags Great Adventure United States United States 1993 [41]
Flight Deck
Formerly Top Gun 		Inverted Coaster California's Great America United States United States 1993 [42]
Kumba Sitting Coaster Busch Gardens Tampa United States United States 1993 [43]
Batman: The Ride Inverted Coaster Six Flags Magic Mountain United States United States 1994 [44]
Diavlo Inverted Coaster Himeji Central Park Japan Japan 1994 [45]
Nemesis Inverted Coaster Alton Towers United Kingdom United Kingdom 1994 [46]
Raptor Inverted Coaster Cedar Point United States United States 1994 [47]
Batman: The Ride Inverted Coaster Six Flags St. Louis United States United States 1995 [48]
Dragon Khan Sitting Coaster PortAventura Spain Spain 1995 [49]
Montu Inverted Coaster Busch Gardens Tampa United States United States 1996 [50]
Alpengeist Inverted Coaster Busch Gardens Williamsburg United States United States 1997 [51]
Batman: The Ride Inverted Coaster Six Flags Over Georgia United States United States 1997 [52]
Pyrenees Inverted Coaster Parque Espana-Shima Spain Village Japan Japan 1997 [53]
Oblivion Dive Coaster Alton Towers United Kingdom United Kingdom 1998 [54]
Great Bear Inverted Coaster Hersheypark United States United States 1998 [55]
Great White Inverted Coaster SeaWorld San Antonio United States United States 1998 [56]
The Riddler's Revenge Stand-Up Coaster Six Flags Magic Mountain United States United States 1998 [57]
Afterburn
Formerly Top Gun - The Jet Coaster 		Inverted Coaster Carowinds United States United States 1999 [58]
Bizarro
Formerly Medusa 		Floorless Coaster Six Flags Great Adventure United States United States 1999 [59]
Incredible Hulk
Original version 		Sitting Coaster (Launched)Islands of Adventure United States United States 1999 [17]
Dragon Challenge
Formerly Dueling Dragons 		Inverted Coaster Islands of Adventure United States United States 1999 [60]
Batman: The Ride Inverted Coaster Six Flags Over Texas United States United States 1999 [61]
Raging Bull Hyper Coaster Six Flags Great America United States United States 1999 [62]
Georgia Scorcher Stand-Up Coaster Six Flags Over Georgia United States United States 1999 [63]
Apollo's Chariot Hyper Coaster Busch Gardens Williamsburg United States United States 1999 [64]
Kraken Floorless Coaster Sea World Orlando United States United States 2000 [65]
Medusa Floorless Coaster Six Flags Discovery Kingdom United States United States 2000 [66]
Katun Inverted Coaster Mirabilandia Italy Italy 2000 [67]
Superman: Krypton Coaster Floorless Coaster Six Flags Fiesta Texas United States United States 2000 [68]
Diving Machine G5 Dive Coaster Janfusun Fancyworld Taiwan Taiwan 2000 [69]
Insane Speed Floorless Coaster Janfusun Fancyworld Taiwan Taiwan 2001 [70]
Nitro Hyper Coaster Six Flags Great Adventure United States United States 2001 [71]
Talon Inverted Coaster Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom United States United States 2001 [72]
Wildfire Sitting Coaster Silver Dollar City United States United States 2001 [73]
Galactica
Formerly Air 		Flying Coaster Alton Towers United Kingdom United Kingdom 2002 [74]
Batman: The Dark Knight Floorless Coaster Six Flags New England United States United States 2002 [75]
Batman: La Fuga Inverted Coaster Parque Warner Madrid Spain Spain 2002 [76]
Silver Star Hyper Coaster Europa Park Germany Germany 2002 [77]
Superman: La Atracción de Acero Floorless Coaster Parque Warner Madrid Spain Spain 2002 [78]
Superman: Ultimate Flight Flying Coaster Six Flags Over Georgia United States United States 2002 [79]
Vampire Inverted Coaster La Ronde Canada Canada 2002 [80]
Nemesis Inferno Inverted Coaster Thorpe Park United Kingdom United Kingdom 2003 [81]
Scream! Floorless Coaster Six Flags Magic Mountain United States United States 2003 [82]
Superman: Ultimate Flight Flying Coaster Six Flags Great America United States United States 2003 [83]
Superman: Ultimate Flight Flying Coaster Six Flags Great Adventure United States United States 2003 [84]
Dæmonen Floorless Coaster Tivoli Gardens Denmark Denmark 2004 [85]
Lightning Inverted Coaster Kuwait Entertainment City Kuwait Kuwait 2004 [86]
Silver Bullet Inverted Coaster Knott's Berry Farm United States United States 2004 [87]
Hydra the Revenge Floorless Coaster Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom United States United States 2005 [88]
SheiKra Dive Coaster Busch Gardens Tampa United States United States 2005 [89]
Black Mamba Inverted Coaster Phantasialand Germany Germany 2006 [90]
Crystal Wing Flying Coaster Happy Valley Beijing China China 2006 [91]
Goliath Hyper Coaster La Ronde Canada Canada 2006 [92]
Goliath Hyper Coaster Six Flags Over Georgia United States United States 2006 [93]
Patriot Inverted Coaster Worlds of Fun United States United States 2006 [94]
Tatsu Flying Coaster Six Flags Magic Mountain United States United States 2006 [95]
Griffon Dive Coaster Busch Gardens Williamsburg United States United States 2007 [96]
Hollywood Dream: The Ride Hyper Coaster Universal Studios Japan Japan Japan 2007 [97]
Phaethon Inverted Coaster Gyeongju World South Korea South Korea 2007 [98]
Behemoth Hyper Coaster Canada's Wonderland Canada Canada 2008 [99]
Dive Coaster Dive Coaster Chimelong Paradise China China 2008 [100]
Dominator
Formerly Batman: Knight Flight 		Floorless Coaster Kings Dominion
Geauga Lake 		United States United States 2008
2000 to 2007 		[101]
Goliath
Formerly Batman: The Ride
Formerly Gambit 		Inverted Coaster Six Flags Fiesta Texas
Six Flags New Orleans
Thrill Valley 		United States United States 2008
2003 to 2005
1995 to 2002 		[102]
Diamondback Hyper Coaster Kings Island United States United States 2009 [103]
Diving Coaster Dive Coaster Happy Valley Shanghai China China 2009 [104]
Manta Flying Coaster SeaWorld Orlando United States United States 2009 [105]
Monster
Formerly Orochi 		Inverted Coaster Walygator Parc
Expoland 		France France 2010
1996 to 2007 		[106]
Intimidator Hyper Coaster Carowinds United States United States 2010 [107]
Green Lantern
Formerly Chang
 Stand-Up Coaster Six Flags Great Adventure
Kentucky Kingdom
 		United States United States 2011
1997 to 2009
 		[108]
Hair Raiser Floorless Coaster Ocean Park Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong 2011 [109]
Krake Dive Coaster Heide Park Germany Germany 2011 [110]
Raptor Wing Coaster Gardaland Italy Italy 2011 [111]
Starry Sky Ripper
Formerly Sky Scrapper		 Flying Coaster World Joyland China China 2011 [112]
Apocalypse
Formerly Iron Wolf
 		Stand-Up Coaster Six Flags America
Six Flags Great America 		United States United States 2012
1990 to 2011
 		[113]
Leviathan Hyper Coaster Canada's Wonderland Canada Canada 2012 [114]
OzIris Inverted Coaster Parc Astérix France France 2012 [115]
Shambhala Hyper Coaster PortAventura Spain Spain 2012 [116]
Swarm Wing Coaster Thorpe Park United Kingdom United Kingdom 2012 [117]
Wild Eagle Wing Coaster Dollywood United States United States 2012 [118]
X-Flight Wing Coaster Six Flags Great America United States United States 2012 [119]
GateKeeper Wing Coaster Cedar Point United States United States 2013 [120]
Nitro Floorless Coaster Adlabs Imagica India India 2013 [121]
Banshee Inverted Coaster Kings Island United States United States 2014 [122]
Parrot Coaster
Formerly Flying over the Rainforest 		Wing Coaster Chimelong Ocean Kingdom China China 2014 [123]
Flug der Dämonen Wing Coaster Heide Park Germany Germany 2014 [124]
Family Inverted Coaster Family Inverted Coaster[1] Happy Valley Shanghai China China 2014 [125]
Harpy Flying Coaster Xishuangbanna Theme Park China China 2015 [126]
Rougarou
Formerly Mantis
 		Floorless Coaster
Formerly Stand-Up Coaster
 		Cedar Point United States United States 2015
1996 to 2014
 		[127]
Acrobat Flying Coaster Nagashima Spa Land Japan Japan 2015 [128]
Thunderbird Wing Coaster (launched) Holiday World & Splashin' Safari United States United States 2015 [129]
Oblivion: The Black Hole Dive Coaster Gardaland Italy Italy 2015 [130]
Baron 1898 Dive Coaster Efteling Netherlands Netherlands 2015 [131]
Fury 325 Hyper Coaster Carowinds United States United States 2015 [132]
Mako Hyper Coaster SeaWorld Orlando United States United States 2016 [133]
The Flying Dinosaur Flying Coaster Universal Studios Japan Japan Japan 2016[134]
Valravn Dive Coaster Cedar Point United States United States 2016[135]
Incredible Hulk
Rebuilt version 		Sitting Coaster (Launched) Islands of Adventure United States United States 2016 [136]
Patriot
Formerly Vortex
 		Floorless Coaster
Formerly Stand-Up Coaster
 		California's Great America United States United States 2017
1991 to 2016
 		[137]
Valkyria Dive Coaster Liseberg Sweden Sweden 2018[138]
Unknown
Formerly Time Machine
Formerly Led Zeppelin - The Ride 		Sitting Coaster Ocean Park Ha Long
Freestyle Music Park 		Vietnam Vietnam 2016
2008 to 2009 		[139]
Unknown Wing Coaster Hot Go Dreamworld China China 2016[140]
Unknown Hyper Coaster Hot Go Dreamworld China China 2016[141]
Unknown Wing Coaster Wanda City Wuxi China China 2016[142]
Unknown Dive Coaster Happy Valley Chengdu China China 2017 [143]
Unknown Wing Coaster Happy Valley Chongqing China China 2017 [144]

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