ITI
May 2007 - May 2009
Prospect, Hallin Marine’s engineering design and analysis division, has provided ITI Scotland Ltd with conceptual development and design services to the Orangutan® R&D programme.
The Orangutan® is a lifting device with clamping assemblies, which ‘hug’ a wind turbine tower and move up and down the tower in a ‘caterpillar-like’ motion. This unique tool is intended to significantly reduce maintenance costs for both onshore and offshore wind turbines.
Project support included detailed structural analysis to simulate the effects of loadings from the Orangutan® tool on the tower in conjunction with successful1/5th scaled testing, completed in 2009, to validate the commercial feasibility of the £2.3 million technology investment.
Following successful completion of the R&D programme, ITI Scotland is currently seeking investment from private bodies to develop a prototype of the design prepared by Prospect.