This is the Siemens SWT 2.3 101. 100m(326ft) hub height. Our normal accent to top is made easy by means of a service lift. Ride along and join me in the best job ever !
dumb question... why the tie off in the lift cab? Is the floor considered too weak to contain dynamic loading if the cable/winch fails & e-brakes stop the car? fascinating. I used to haul blades & loaded nacelles.
@@acemobile9806 This lift manufacturer specifies that you must tie off , I guess they fear the floor falling out or something under loaded situations lol. However silly it is , I follow the procedure from a legal standpoint if anything were to happen.
@MikeMac89 so it's precisely what I thought. any idiot can build a bridge but leave it to an engineer to build one that barely stands up. evidently all the strength is in the roof & attachment of the support cable in that lift car. absolutely nothing silly about tying off, especially if the dufus that built the thing instructs you to do so. kinda lets you know where maintenance techs like yourself fit into the grand scheme of things tho 🤦♂️
@MikeMac89 forgot to say carry on & always do it safely. enjoying seeing the insides of these spectacular machines I used to haul up & down the roadways 👍 utmost respect from me, I'm scared of heights
I presume it's because elevators intended for lifting people without harness is required to adhere to some strict regulations and to have safety features that will make lift inside wind tower to big and expensive. So from legal and technical strandpoint it's a freight elevator or something like that, which person can ride only with harness. In my opinion, pretty understandable compromise in an area where people use harnesses anyway.
I don't understand why you need to even safety clip inside the lift if it falls what will it do to keep you safe? Why did he send lift back down, was he expecting company? I thought the sliding door to get into the nacelle a cool touch until he had to use it as a floor, what's to keep it from sliding open in heavy wind? I'm totally flabbergasted when dude opened the top of the nacelle. Why would they need the top to open like that, how often are they expecting to need to remove the generator motor from it's housing? This video was an insightful look into wind generation maintenance, but frankly it's left me with way more questions than I thought possible. Now I'm annoyed!!
We tie off because it is the manufacturer policy to do so. Its not there to protect us if the entire lift falls , there are other safety measures in place that makes that very unlikely to happen. For our own safety we must work in teams of two. The lift is sent back down so the technician who is responsible for hooking up the tool bags to the chain hoist can ascend the tower. The sliding hatch locks in the closed position and must self close by itself to pass inspection , the technician must push up before sliding it open to access the nacelle. The Nacelle canopy opens not only to allow access to the generator and cooling rads but to allow various maintenance and repair tasks to be carried out , it is very cramped in the rear of the nacelle if you were to leave the canopy closed. You also must open the canopy to operated the internal crane and chain hoist to get tools/parts/safety gear up tower, and in the summer it is pretty darn awesome to not have a nacelle that is 40+ degrees C.
@jayb2617 I'm not alone, we work in teams of two. We arnt allowed to access a Turbine by ourselves for the obvious safety reasons. I was first to go up this turbine to send the chain down to hoist up our tools. The other tech then comes up before any work is started.
Imo, the reason might be because they only have so much spaces, they designed that elevator starting from those space constrain rather than from weight capacity.
@@MikeMac89. I drive through a wind farm i. That area on a foggy day in March. Those towers would appear out of nowhere from the mist like giant Martian fighting machines. Positively spooky the first few times.
@@MikeMac89the landscape looks very much like northern Germany, that's where I live. They now build 5.6 Megawatt wind turbines on 166 m towers here. Very interesting video anyway.
The fact there are wind turbines now big enough to not just have a ladded but an elevator for convenience is mind boggling to me.
Then you have a pretty simple mind. There has been manlifts on towers for decades.
dumb question... why the tie off in the lift cab? Is the floor considered too weak to contain dynamic loading if the cable/winch fails & e-brakes stop the car?
fascinating. I used to haul blades & loaded nacelles.
@@acemobile9806 This lift manufacturer specifies that you must tie off , I guess they fear the floor falling out or something under loaded situations lol. However silly it is , I follow the procedure from a legal standpoint if anything were to happen.
@MikeMac89 so it's precisely what I thought. any idiot can build a bridge but leave it to an engineer to build one that barely stands up. evidently all the strength is in the roof & attachment of the support cable in that lift car.
absolutely nothing silly about tying off, especially if the dufus that built the thing instructs you to do so. kinda lets you know where maintenance techs like yourself fit into the grand scheme of things tho 🤦♂️
@MikeMac89 forgot to say carry on & always do it safely. enjoying seeing the insides of these spectacular machines I used to haul up & down the roadways 👍 utmost respect from me, I'm scared of heights
@@acemobile9806 likely specified by avanti who make the ladder guidedlifts used in wind turbines
I presume it's because elevators intended for lifting people without harness is required to adhere to some strict regulations and to have safety features that will make lift inside wind tower to big and expensive. So from legal and technical strandpoint it's a freight elevator or something like that, which person can ride only with harness. In my opinion, pretty understandable compromise in an area where people use harnesses anyway.
In the very near, dystopian future, these will be converted into sniper nests and gun turrets, don't question me, i saw it in a dream.....
When you go out with your sniper rifel don't forget your samaria sword.............
That saves some real man hours there
I don't understand why you need to even safety clip inside the lift if it falls what will it do to keep you safe? Why did he send lift back down, was he expecting company? I thought the sliding door to get into the nacelle a cool touch until he had to use it as a floor, what's to keep it from sliding open in heavy wind? I'm totally flabbergasted when dude opened the top of the nacelle. Why would they need the top to open like that, how often are they expecting to need to remove the generator motor from it's housing? This video was an insightful look into wind generation maintenance, but frankly it's left me with way more questions than I thought possible. Now I'm annoyed!!
We tie off because it is the manufacturer policy to do so. Its not there to protect us if the entire lift falls , there are other safety measures in place that makes that very unlikely to happen.
For our own safety we must work in teams of two. The lift is sent back down so the technician who is responsible for hooking up the tool bags to the chain hoist can ascend the tower.
The sliding hatch locks in the closed position and must self close by itself to pass inspection , the technician must push up before sliding it open to access the nacelle.
The Nacelle canopy opens not only to allow access to the generator and cooling rads but to allow various maintenance and repair tasks to be carried out , it is very cramped in the rear of the nacelle if you were to leave the canopy closed. You also must open the canopy to operated the internal crane and chain hoist to get tools/parts/safety gear up tower, and in the summer it is pretty darn awesome to not have a nacelle that is 40+ degrees C.
Apenas hay espacio en la góndola para un operario realizar una reparación se antoja tarea muy difícil
Don't forget your blue valve when you go into nacelle . Em Avanti lifts are a dose
Wow, super cool
And then you forgot your plier.
surprised you are alone, what if you are incapacitated?
@jayb2617 I'm not alone, we work in teams of two. We arnt allowed to access a Turbine by ourselves for the obvious safety reasons. I was first to go up this turbine to send the chain down to hoist up our tools. The other tech then comes up before any work is started.
What happens if a breaker trips on that lift??
@@mobilcams Get out and start climbing !
That 533 lbs is oddly specific🤔
Imo, the reason might be because they only have so much spaces, they designed that elevator starting from those space constrain rather than from weight capacity.
Wheres this wind farm located? Looks familiar 🤔
Ontario Canada :)
@@MikeMac89. I drive through a wind farm i. That area on a foggy day in March. Those towers would appear out of nowhere from the mist like giant Martian fighting machines. Positively spooky the first few times.
@@MikeMac89the landscape looks very much like northern Germany, that's where I live. They now build 5.6 Megawatt wind turbines on 166 m towers here.
Very interesting video anyway.
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