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    General Electric's latest space frame tower saves 50% steel

    • Last Update: 2022-11-18
    • Source: Internet
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    General Electric announced at the AWEA-2015 Wind Energy Show in Orlando, Florida, that its latest space frame tower has begun shipping to Germany, and the new tower can save 50% of steel
    .

    The new five-legged lattice tower uses construction textiles to reduce the amount of steel used and save the production and manufacturing costs
    of the tower.
    This five-legged enclosed lattice tower has 4,500 bolts, compared to 450 in conventional tubular
    towers.
    The tower is easy to load into a 12.
    2m container or flatbed trailer for sectional transport
    .

    This type of tower can be used for GE's 2.
    5MW and 2.
    75MW wind turbines in the United States, which are sold in low-speed wind farms
    in northern Germany and Sweden.

     

    General Electric announced at the AWEA-2015 Wind Energy Show in Orlando, Florida, that its latest space frame tower has begun shipping to Germany, and the new tower can save 50% of steel
    .

    General Electric

    The new five-legged lattice tower uses construction textiles to reduce the amount of steel used and save the production and manufacturing costs
    of the tower.
    This five-legged enclosed lattice tower has 4,500 bolts, compared to 450 in conventional tubular
    towers.
    The tower is easy to load into a 12.
    2m container or flatbed trailer for sectional transport
    .

    This type of tower can be used for GE's 2.
    5MW and 2.
    75MW wind turbines in the United States, which are sold in low-speed wind farms
    in northern Germany and Sweden.

     

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