INNOVATIONS
INNOVATIVE WIND TOWER ALIGNMENT TOOL
Equalizer International, award-winning, world-leading designer and supplier of innovative flange maintenance tools for the energy industry, has increased its presence in the global renewables sector through the development of a flange alignment tool for use within wind turbine towers.
The Wind Turbine Tower Alignment Tool stemmed from the company’s existing knowledge and expertise in flange alignment. This tool is used to resolve bolt hole misalignment on flanges inside wind turbine tower sections during their assembly or installation.
DEVELOPMENT
The tool was developed in direct response to a request from European wind turbine manufacturing major Siemens Wind Power via Equalizer’s Danish distributor Hytor. The company, which has an
international reputation for innovation and development of flange alignment tools, took the development of this tool from concept to delivery in less than 10 weeks. Wind turbine towers are made up of pipe sections with internal bolted flange connections and sometimes during fabrication these sections become ovalised. This can result in misalignment of the bolt holes, which increases the difficulty and lengthens the time taken to assemble the towers. Equalizer’s tool addresses this issue and ensures simpler, safer and more efficient assembly and installation.
TRANSFERABLE SKILLS
Alan Morrison, Group Business Development Manager at Equalizer International, said the company is well- poised to support the growth of the renewables industry.
“The expertise which we have developed over the past 22 years in the oil & gas industry is very transferrable to renewables both off and onshore,” he said.
“Both sectors face similar issues in pipework and flange alignment and maintenance. Our tools are already used in the renewable sector but this is the first developed specifically for the wind energy industry. We were able to react very quickly to meet Siemen’s requirements and we have been equally responsive to other requests from the industry. “The turbine tower alignment tool follows the same principle as all Equalizer tools in that it delivers significant safety, time and cost saving benefits and it can be used by any company involved in the manufacture or installation of wind turbine tower sections.”
ADDITIONAL AVAILABLE EQUIPMENT
Additionally to the Tower Alignment Tool, the company has recently launched the Nut Splitter range in response to industry calls for a more effective tool to split nuts on flange joints both on and offshore. These Nut Splitters introduce a number of key benefits over nut splitting tools currently available on the market. The optimised cutting head geometry allows the Nut Splitter to be used on a wide range of flange joints, many of which were previously too tight for conventional nut splitters.
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