26-07-2011, 04:15 PM
Hi,
I worked for an international company and one of our group actually makes these wind turbines. I visited a couple of years ago and was informed that these turbines weigh something like 24 tons each?
With my mechanical engineering background I do wonder why it is necessary to hoist a 24 ton piece of equipment so high into the air when it would be possible to simply erect the actual propeller and couple it to a turbine on the ground via shaft and bevel gears making installation and repairs easier. I've never seen a completed turbine in action close up but assume the propeller is directly coupled?
Kind regards, Col.
I worked for an international company and one of our group actually makes these wind turbines. I visited a couple of years ago and was informed that these turbines weigh something like 24 tons each?
With my mechanical engineering background I do wonder why it is necessary to hoist a 24 ton piece of equipment so high into the air when it would be possible to simply erect the actual propeller and couple it to a turbine on the ground via shaft and bevel gears making installation and repairs easier. I've never seen a completed turbine in action close up but assume the propeller is directly coupled?
Kind regards, Col.
