Wind Generator - Erection Day - Blog One

September 22, 2009. A day to remember at the Matrix Compound. There will probably be at least 2, maybe 3, sections to this day. Because of the oddities of the compose window of blogspot.com, I feel the need to chop it up in order to provide a balance of text and pictures. Well, around 8 am this morning the equipment showed up to erect the monopole with the generator/fins already attached.

Unloading and aligning three sections of the monopole was the first major step. These sections are precision made to the point that each pole set has a serial number.The first picture is moving the pole sections into place with the second picture of the 12 ton wench from a stationary truck pressure squeezing the two compression joints of the three sections together.

The ground flange end of the monopole is attached to a rig/gig/device that will automatically align the holes in the flange with the bolts in the foundation/pier.

Check out Blog Two of this day as I am tired of trying to deal with pics and text in this one :-) It will continue!