Smart Bolting Tools for the Wind Power Industry
In today’s multi-megawatt wind towers, various types of bolting equipment are used to tighten the thousand or more bolted connections in each wind tower. The time when most of these bolts need to be tightened is during the site installation, and the bolting equipment used requires generators and lifting equipment in order to be operated.
By Marcel Birkhoff, General Manager, RAD Torque Systems BV, The Netherlands