Lifting equipment for moving wind turbine blades for Vestas

INITIAL SITUATION

The company VESTAS works with wind turbine blades and was preparing various shipments. In order to improve the productivity and efficiency of those shipments, they required a renewed lifting equipment.

Initial situation description
The customer has a reachstacker type forklift with 30 t capacity. The blades are produced in the plant, but their preparation is carried out outside this area outdoors. They were working with two automatic cranes and the main drawback is the rent cost.

Lifting equipment for wind turbine blades

AIRPES SOLUTION

Airpes is responsible for the design and construction of the lifting equipment and turning equipment for Vestas.

The proposal made by Airpes is a lattice type project. The lifting and turning actions are carried out by 4 adjustable winches installed aboard the lattice.
The lifting equipment’s control is electrohydraulic and is fully integrated to the reachstacker commands. The device joins the reachstacker by a twistlocks system.

FEATURES OF THE LIFTING EQUIPMENT
The lifting equipment has a touch screen installed in the cockpit to control all security elements:

Angle
Wind load information
Signal video cameras
And others

RESULTS

GOALS ACHIEVED

TThe design and manufacture of this lifting equipment has been carried out correctly and the client Vestas is satisfied with the results, improving their productivity to move the wind turbines while preparing them for shipping.