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Follow on Google News | Industrial Rigging A Wind TurbineBy: R. Baker & Son A 500-ton high-lift crawler crane and a 100-ton hydraulic crane were strategically positioned at the steel-reinforced concrete tower base. Riggers connected each end of tower section to each crane, and the section was lifted from the oversize tractor trailer, which had somehow negotiated its way over winding roads to the mountaintop. The smaller crane steadied the section as the high-lift crane rigged it into a vertical position. The section was then carefully rigged onto numerous steel bolts the top of the two sections of tower already in place. The industrial rigging company foreman explained that the rigging of the 40-ton nacelle, the housing for the generator and other main components, would follow once the top tower section had been properly secured. The rotor, assembled onsite with its three 120-ft. blades, would then be rigged in one piece and connected to the nacelle. Once completed, the wind farm would have a generating capacity of over one hundred megawatts. R. Baker & Son - All Industrial Services 1 Globe Court Red Bank, NJ 07701 732-222-3553 http://www.rbaker.com End
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