SPECIALISED TRANSPORT Ӏ WIND
WIND POWERMOVES
The wind power sector continues to be a key stimulus for specialised transport equipment development and applications. Cranes Today reports.
The continuing and rapid expansion of the wind industry around the globe has been of particular benefit to the specialised transport industry in terms of creating demand for transportation services and stimulating the development of new equipment to meet the evolving needs of wind industry players. Equipment-wise Italian self-
propelled modular vehicle and heavy load transporter brand Cometto, for example, has just launched a hybrid powered version of its ModulMAX SP-E model SPMT. The company believes the hybrid-powered SPMT will be of benefit to players in the wind industry in face of increasingly
strict eco regulations. The six-axle ModulMAX SP-E,
with electronic steering, has a hybrid Power Pack Unit equipped with a 186 kW diesel engine and a 100 kW electric motor with a corresponding battery pack. These are charged via the diesel engine in combustion engine mode. The company says it has created the hybrid version in response to new legal requirements that are prompting companies, particularly in the wind industry, to adapt their processes. Cometto illustrates this using Denmark as an example. In Denmark, until now, SPMT vehicles have been able to drive into factory buildings to pick up
heavy components and transport them to open-air storage. New regulations, however, mean that when diesel-powered transport vehicles are now used indoors then all employees must leave the area. Only when the hall has been properly ventilated and measured can the staff return to work. Cometto believes other
The transition
between indoor use and outdoors is no problem for Cometto’s new emission-free hybrid PPU for the ModulMAX SP-E SPMT
countries will soon follow the Danish example. Cometto has already supplied the hybrid version of its SPMT to a customer in the Danish wind industry that it says is looking to avoid disruptions to its production line and adhere with the latest Danish regulations. The ModulMAX SP-E SPMTs
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