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Heat exchanger transportation

Alstom Power Systems GmbH, Karlsruhe, Germany

Alstom Power Systems GmbH, Mannheim, plans, builds and sells worldwide fossil-fueled power plants and turbines. Mannheim provides power plant modernization, gas and combined cycle power plants, and engineering and control systems.


Moving the heat exchanger

The heat exchanger, weighing 196 tons and extending 12.5 meters high and 4.2 meters wide, had to be lifted and moved safely. A special transporting mechanism had to be built to move the unit, requiring a strong crane that could maneuver quickly and reliably.

Constructing a strong lifting beam


Placing the exchanger

The heat exchanger was lifted by the crane – free-floating — 36 meters high and transported along the crane runway for about 100 meters, before being turned 90 degrees in the air and then placed flat on its side in the support close to the ground.

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