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Technical Descriptions: (.pdf information files)
- Specifications
- Hoist Installation Space
- Braking Safety Features
- Ladder, Platforms, Safety Line
- Cabin Access Points
- Electric & Control Box
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Company Information |
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The Product
The hoist functions as a service hoist, safely and quickly transporting both personnel and material to the top of the wind turbine. The hoist eliminates the risk to personnel of haing to climb long sections of ladders, thereby reducing the likelihood of fall injuries for tower maintenance staff and at the same time greatly reducing the tower owern's liability expersure related tosuch accidents. The rack and pinion hoist is specifically designed to meet all realted OSHA and ANSI standards.
Product Features
- Engineered and designed specifically for wind turbine towers.
- Four independent braking systems for the ultimate in occupant safety.
- Two separate motor drive systems. Each motor drive is capable of raising and lowering the maximum two occupants or a load of 551 lbs. by itself.
- Four separate control stations. Station 1 at tower base to allow the car and loads to be sent driverless to the to. Station 2 at the top of tower to allow car to be sent driverless to the bottom for loads. Station 3 inside the cabin for occupant usage. Station 4 on top of the car for service hoist technician's use.
- Durability and safety from a proven inductioal hoist standard; the rack and pinion system. The rack and pinion system eliminates the pendulum swing motion that cable pull systems can not avoid in turvine towers installations.
- All systems are designed for minimum maintenance and maximum reliability.
- Three cabin access points.
- Independent ladder system with multiple rest platforms and a ladder safety cable provide a third exit alternative and a secondary acess ot the tower top.
