The disclosure relates to a crane (200) for erecting a tower including a plurality of tower segments (171, 72, 173, 174, 175), the crane (200) comprising: a telescopic mast (210), and a jib (230) rotatably mounted with respect to the telescopic mast (210) and comprising lifting equipment (240). The telescopic mast (210) comprises a lower mast segment (211) having one or more lower clamp assemblies (202, 204) for selectively gripping portions of the tower and a roller assembly (300) for rolling along the tower, and comprising one or more further mast segments (212, 213, 214, 215, 216) having an upper clamp assembly (206) for selectively gripping portions of the tower, the further mast segments (212, 213, 214, 215, 216) being slidable with respect to the lower mast segment (211). The disclosure also relates to methods for climbing a tower with a crane (200) and methods for mounting a wind turbine tower.
Cranes and Methods for Erecting a Tower
2021-05-27
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B66C Krane , CRANES |
MOBILE FOUNDATION FOR TOWER CRANES AND FAST-ERECTING CRANES
European Patent Office | 2022
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