Combilift enters offshore wind sector
COMBILIFT HAS moved into the offshore wind sector with the launch of a new product designed to meet the load handling demands of large scale offshore wind manufacturers.
The Combi-LC, designed at Combilift’s HQ and manufacturing plant in Ireland, in collaboration with Siemens Gamesa, allows for the movement of wind turbine blades and towers – some as long as 115m and weighing in at around 70t, through production stages and on to storage locations – which can sometimes be as far as 5km apart.
The concept of bespoke Load Carriers [patent pending design] is based on two fully customisable remote-control units with low-level chassis beds that can work in tandem master and slave operation, with dimensions and wheel configurations that vary according to load type and weight.
Siemens Gamesa, one of the world’s largest offshore wind suppliers, has become the first company to leverage the new technology by signing a multi-million euro order for a number of the bespoke Load Carriers, and Combilift is in active discussions with other offshore wind companies with similar demands.
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