Posted by: Windfair Editors
Introducing the World’s Highest-Capacity Up-Tower Lifting Device
The RotorHook™ is a lifting device which can lift a fully-assembled rotor. No external cranes are required for assembly. (Images: LiftWerx)Official Press Release LiftWerx:
LiftWerx is proud to announce the RotorHook™
LiftWerx has partnered with Siemens Gamesa to develop the world’s highest-capacity up-tower lifting device. Rated at a lifting capacity of 75 tonnes, the RotorHook™ is an industry-leading innovation which is designed to lower and lift a fully-assembled wind turbine rotor and main shaft, eliminating the need to utilize a large conventional crane on the ground. The RotorHook™ will set a new standard in performing major component corrective repairs.
Launching in Q2 2019, the RotorHook™ is the largest up-tower lifting device ever to be developed in the wind energy O&M industry. This innovative new device, which eliminates the requirement to utilize a large crane for major corrective repairs, can be easily mobilized to site in only three standard ISO... ... More: Official Press Release LiftWerx
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- Liftwerx, Siemens Gamesa, up-tower, lifting device, RotorHook, O&M, wind turbine, tower, crane
