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LIFTING, HANDLING & PILING
design and build the beam to weigh less than 40 tonnes without compromising its capabilities. The lifting beam was also designed to include inspection hatches and was built to ensure that these hatches would not compromise the strength of the beam.
EXCITING MILESTONE
The beam was an exciting milestone for the company, proving their technical achievements in designing highly engineered lifting equipment to provide the ultimate solution for lifts of this size.
48.5M SPREADER
The second was another feat of engineering in the design and fabrication of a 48.5m spreader that weighed no more than 9.6 tonnes to maximise the capacity of the cranes. The beam had to be easy to assemble in situ and capable of lifting the wind turbine blades, which in their set of three weigh 75 tonnes and span 61.5 metres.
PRIDE AND DEDICATION
“We are proud to be able to say that we designed and manufactured this solution for Harland and Wolff. We spent a lot of time planning the best solution for their requirements and still needed to be able to turn this project around in record time.
“With the barges already on their way from Germany we had to battle against the weather to get the components finished and transported to Belfast on time to enable the project to stay on schedule. The components were taken by ferry to Belfast on several trucks and with Belfast experiencing its coldest winter in 16 years, snow storms threatened to delay delivery.
“Luckily the dedication of all parties involved enabled both the Lifting Beam and the Lattice Spreader to be delivered, tested and commissioned in time for its first use, on schedule.” said Sue Caples, Operations Director and Head of Engineering at Modulift.
Modulift
www.windenergynetwork.co.uk
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