Tag: bends
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Wind farm internal roads bends additional widening
One of the problems frequently found in wind farm project and construction is that road bends with a reduced radius often needs an additional widening to allow the passage of the trucks with the WTGs components. Normally the biggest problems come with the blades. I suggest using a commercial software such as AutoTURN to estimate…
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AutoTURN special transport simulation: pros and cons
Working in Vestas at dozen of wind farms worldwide I’ve had the opportunity to use frequently AutoTURN to simulate bends and other complicated maneuvers (for instance in towns or near existing structures) with special transports (mainly wind blades and tower section trailers). Although it is not cheap (the price was almost 1800 € plus VAT:…
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Wind turbines components transport problems
Transport related problems occupy a relevant percentage of time in my department. It’s no big surprise, considering that the models that we are selling (V90, V100 and V112) have blades up to 55 meters. Usually we have 3 different kinds of problems: Bending radius Vertical transition curves (for instance on top of hills) Weight…