Safe solutions for lifting project cargoes Gottwald's new Vertical Lift Assistant & Tandem Lift Assistant modules increases accuracy and safety when lifting heavy and outsize project cargoes

摘要

A noticeable development in our modern world is that, while electronic devices are becoming smaller and more portable, many goods being shipped around the globe are increasing in size. Globalization and industrialization are driving the need for heavy cargo, and this includes the components used in renewable and sustainable energy developments, such as wind turbines. Wind turbine components provide an excellent example due to their considerable mass. The machinery housings, called nacelles, are one example, while the rotor blades are extremely bulky and awkward to manipulate. With the development of wind farms around the world moving up a gear, turbine design is creating even larger units. Consequently, moving heavy or oversized loads is becoming an increasingly important new business opportunity for terminal operators, but it poses new challenges at the same time. With lifts increasing not only in weight but also in their overall dimensions, it is not only the demand for more powerful cranes that is growing. There is a growing need for alternative methods of lifting. In view of the problems often posed by awkward shapes,'such as the extremely long tower and rotor blade sections, it has become commonplace to handle these items by tandem lifting with two cranes.