Damaged Wind Turbine - Controlled Demolition, Inc.

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  • Опубліковано 1 гру 2022
  • In mid-October of 2022, a wind turbine located near Taft, Texas, experienced a thermal event in causing damage to its nacelle and blades. Given the hanging debris from the damaged wind turbine and the condition of the tower, the wind farm owner decided to keep all personnel and investigators away from the damaged unit until a decision was made on how to safely proceed with the damaged structure. Less than a week later, high winds caused the damaged nacelle and blades to fall to grade near the base of the unit, leaving only the 78-meter-tall tower standing. The wind farm owner subsequently determined that the damaged unit was not a candidate for crane dismantling for reasons of duration of exposure to worker safety and looked for an alternative means of bringing the tower down quickly to reduce exposure of the foundation to tower oscillation and for potential reuse of the foundation for a replacement wind turbine unit.
    The manufacturer took the lead and contacted CDI directly regarding our ability to fell the 78-meter-tall tower within a 45-degree arc in a direction that would avoid below-grade collection lines and disruption of debris at grade that had not as yet been inspected by consulting engineers/insurers. The goal was to retain use of the existing foundation for rapid erection of a replacement unit. A main demolition contractor was selected to prepare the unit in accordance with CDI’s plan under the supervision of the CDI field representative. CDI felled the tower at 9:37 AM local time in that direction of fall which would not disrupt debris at grade or cause damage to the foundation.
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  • @Imkrhn
    @Imkrhn Рік тому +14

    Secret shaped-charge tech!

  • @MrUranium238
    @MrUranium238 Рік тому +20

    Why blurring the explosive area? trade secret?

  • @RandomRandomnessKCMO
    @RandomRandomnessKCMO Рік тому +37

    Blurring was silly, not like we couldn’t see the exact location of the cuts as it fell 🤣🤣

    • @sloth0jr
      @sloth0jr Рік тому +2

      I assume it was more placement of shaped charges - competitive reasons?

    • @dheyes803
      @dheyes803 Рік тому +1

      It’s not like we were witnessing an execution. ⚡️⚡️

    • @demef758
      @demef758 Рік тому +2

      Can UA-cam get any dumber?

  • @hendrikjbboss9973
    @hendrikjbboss9973 Рік тому +10

    Going down 💣 exactly as intended by The MASTERS in the Art of Demolition 😎 👍🏻

  • @paulgidney2001
    @paulgidney2001 Рік тому +22

    Why did you blur one part of the video just before the explosion ?

    • @DouglasPFresh
      @DouglasPFresh Рік тому

      So you cant sell the same product.

    • @snoozeflu
      @snoozeflu Рік тому

      I don't think it was blurred intentionally, I think it was just the placement of the watermark made it appear blurry.

    • @CollinTheSav
      @CollinTheSav Рік тому +4

      Possibly in accordance to YT's absurd policies

    • @Atreid3s
      @Atreid3s Рік тому +2

      I wondered this too since you can just zoom in at 1:01 and see it all fairly clearly

    • @LilyWilkerson
      @LilyWilkerson Рік тому +5

      Probably aren't allowed to / supposed to show zoom shots of explosives on UA-cam

  • @gus473
    @gus473 Рік тому +8

    Awesome as ever, with terrific audio on this one! 1:44 The Sandhill Cranes seemed to enjoy it too! 😎✌🏼

  • @craigw.miller9820
    @craigw.miller9820 Рік тому +7

    Another terrific job by the dynamic dynamiters of CDI

  • @CarbonPhysics
    @CarbonPhysics Рік тому

    Videos on this channel never get old. Thank you for sharing.

  • @damienalicea8696
    @damienalicea8696 Рік тому +4

    0:16 3... 2... 1... Fire I'm The Hole!
    0:24 TIIIIIIMMMBEEEEEEEEERRR!!!

  • @electrolytics
    @electrolytics Рік тому

    Thank You CDI! Making the world a better place one charge at a time.

  • @anb7408
    @anb7408 9 місяців тому

    You can almost literally hear all the birds rejoicing when this hits the ground!

  • @MrEcm51
    @MrEcm51 Рік тому +12

    I love watching your videos! You get the perfect camera angles every time!

  • @oneshotme
    @oneshotme Рік тому

    Great shot as always!!!

  • @ChrisB257
    @ChrisB257 Рік тому

    Excellent job as usual - nothing much a few well placed shaped charges can't handle! :)

  • @EthanGilt145
    @EthanGilt145 Рік тому

    The birds:WHAT THE HELL IS THAT

  • @snoozeflu
    @snoozeflu Рік тому +1

    I'm surprised the door on the bottom withstood the blast and stayed on it's hinges.

  • @hughezzell10000
    @hughezzell10000 6 місяців тому

    Some of those wind turbines in the background look nervous...

  • @borisobrucicov8630
    @borisobrucicov8630 Рік тому

    Well that explosion woke up all the birds.😂😅😂🤣😂🤣😂

  • @Ekka007
    @Ekka007 Рік тому

    Who cut the scarf? Like tree felling, just that the release back cut was with explosives

  • @paulshewmaker4568
    @paulshewmaker4568 Рік тому +1

    i heard those cranes that were there to help with the clean up. 1:40

  • @Sir_Uncle_Ned
    @Sir_Uncle_Ned Рік тому

    That was such an odd sound that thing made as it fell, but it was extremely satisfying. I can see why you would want to keep the foundation intact, pouring a new foundation is hard, but removing an existing foundation would be much harder. You did a great job of this one and I'm sure the property owner is happy with the result.

  • @atnstn
    @atnstn Рік тому +1

    Ecologically very sound indeed.

  • @KuznetsovMN
    @KuznetsovMN Рік тому +1

    Why is the explosion site at the time of the explosion blurred? New idiotic UA-cam rules?

  • @RomeKG471
    @RomeKG471 Рік тому +2

    Don't we all just love this "green" energy?????????

  • @robertmailhos8159
    @robertmailhos8159 Рік тому +2

    That was a sad thing to do that to the wind turbine but it was not in great shape another one is going up in the place of the One that got messed up

  • @Gemmygay
    @Gemmygay Рік тому

    hey guys, gemmygod here!

  • @andyrbush
    @andyrbush Рік тому +3

    Can you do the rest of them please while you are there. Useless blots on the horizon, total waste of money and land when whole life cycle evaluated.

  • @jeffj2495
    @jeffj2495 Рік тому

    It's dead Jim....(from Star Trek)

  • @dynamicelementsphoto2015
    @dynamicelementsphoto2015 Рік тому

    If you’re ever needing a photographer to document projects I’m available for assignment.

  • @GAIS414
    @GAIS414 Рік тому +1

    Gotta love when these abominations go down.

  • @PilotLeoRoblox
    @PilotLeoRoblox Рік тому

    It looks like this wind turbine caught fire burned up and the naccel fell off

  • @haticebugday
    @haticebugday Рік тому

    5₺❤😢🎉

  • @AmericanMinutemen
    @AmericanMinutemen Рік тому +3

    Please, destroy more of those unsightly wind turbines.

  • @petenikolic5244
    @petenikolic5244 Рік тому +19

    Should happen to every single one of them rotary murder machines should be totally outlawed

    • @somejoe7777
      @somejoe7777 Рік тому +20

      Because the pollution from other energy plants never killed any living thing?

    • @lohphat
      @lohphat Рік тому

      35,000 people die on the roads every year in the US, so we should outlaw roads too? 🙄
      Coal plants release MORE radioactivity into the environment than nuclear plants do along with mercury and other persistent pollutants.
      So what's your point?

    • @IstasPumaNevada
      @IstasPumaNevada Рік тому

      I almost hope you're a troll for your sake, Pete, because otherwise you've got some serious gaps in cognition.

    • @ayedunno3255
      @ayedunno3255 Рік тому

      House cats kill way more birds than wind turbines. Cats don’t even provide clean energy. No bird can live in a world on fire anyway.

    • @jamesalinio5277
      @jamesalinio5277 Рік тому

      Pete Nikolic, my sentiments exactly

  • @maryanngarillocommailangel2362

    #100