Tag: Autoturn

  • Wind farm internal roads bends additional widening

    One of the problems frequently found in wind farm project and construction is that road bends with a reduced radius often needs an additional widening to allow the passage of the trucks with the WTGs components. Normally the biggest problems come with the blades. I suggest using a commercial software such as AutoTURN to estimate…

  • AutoTURN special transport Nooteboom vehicle library

    Here comes my collection of AutoTURN Nooteboom trucks for wind blades transport. I’ve created them starting from several drawings, technical documentation and brochures I’ve found trough the years for the Teletrailer and Telestep. Of course I can’t guarantee they are correct, but until now they have worked – no truck has been stuck in a…

  • AutoTURN special transport simulation: pros and cons

    Working in Vestas at dozen of wind farms worldwide I’ve had the opportunity to use frequently AutoTURN to simulate bends and other complicated maneuvers (for instance in towns or near existing structures) with special transports (mainly wind blades and tower section trailers). Although it is not cheap (the price was almost 1800 € plus VAT:…