21-10-2020 Upending tools for handling foundation piles of wind turbines

We produced two upending tools for a customer in the offshore industry, which were used to pick up 1000 tonne mono tubes from a horizontal position, place them vertically and then pile-drive them. In this way, the mono tubes anchor wind turbines at sea.

The project required the production of a rotating lifting and clamping component, which required a pipe section 220mm thick. We took care of the heavy rolling work, the welding of the high-strength steel, the processing and the corrosion protection in Genemuiden. We made our site in IJmuiden available to the client’s specialist contractors for the assembly.