Oversized Load - Really ?
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I have to ask how did they even pick-up to load it and how will they unload it. Something that heavy you wold think they would build on site. Incredible.
Well, you have to get it to the pickup site sometime.
How do they coordinate the acceleration and braking when so many tractors are involved?
How do they coordinate the acceleration and braking when so many tractors are involved?
Originally Posted By: Panzerman
I have to ask how did they even pick-up to load it and how will they unload it. Something that heavy you wold think they would build on site. Incredible.
Most of that really heavy stuff is jacked around. Jacks under it to lift it etc.
Got to a power station or a switchyard, and the transformer "runway" has usually got rails embedded in the (immensely thick) concrete. At "intersections", there is a crucific piece that gets picked up, rotated through 90 degrees and thus changes direction.
When a tranny needs to be moved, it's jacked up, wheels put under it, wheeled to the slot it needs to go to, then jacked again, the wheels and the crucific rotated, and then pushed to position...jacked up again, and left with it's service supports underneath it.
I have to ask how did they even pick-up to load it and how will they unload it. Something that heavy you wold think they would build on site. Incredible.
Most of that really heavy stuff is jacked around. Jacks under it to lift it etc.
Got to a power station or a switchyard, and the transformer "runway" has usually got rails embedded in the (immensely thick) concrete. At "intersections", there is a crucific piece that gets picked up, rotated through 90 degrees and thus changes direction.
When a tranny needs to be moved, it's jacked up, wheels put under it, wheeled to the slot it needs to go to, then jacked again, the wheels and the crucific rotated, and then pushed to position...jacked up again, and left with it's service supports underneath it.
Here's a shot that shows the whole train...
http://www.lithgowmercury.com.au/story/3656987/heavy-lifters-did-the-job-for-mt-piper/
http://www.lithgowmercury.com.au/story/3656987/heavy-lifters-did-the-job-for-mt-piper/
Too many Volvos. When they put in the 380MW unit in here in 2005, the power company spent $3 million upgrading our bridge to take the load. Win, win, win for the town.
That's a transformer? I would like to see how they wound the coils...
Originally Posted By: Oldmoparguy1
That's a transformer? I would like to see how they wound the coils...
They don't install the ceramic high voltage bushings until they are on site.
One in that pic is 220,000V, the one on the truck was 330,00V, so the bushings are even larger/longer.
That's a transformer? I would like to see how they wound the coils...
They don't install the ceramic high voltage bushings until they are on site.
One in that pic is 220,000V, the one on the truck was 330,00V, so the bushings are even larger/longer.
How do you sync up all of those trucks to pull evenly?
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