Alimak Hek for the Power industry
In coal-fired, gas-fired, combined cycle, refuse-fired, nuclear, hydroelectric, wind, solar or any other type of power plant there are always various needs for vertical access transportation of personal and material.
For more than four decades Alimak Hek has serviced the power industry with safe, productive and economical solutions, from space saving small passenger elevators in narrow paths to solving multi-tonnage lifting demands without the need of a shaft.
Why an elevator?
- Increased plant output
- Improved efficiency
- Increased availability
- Reduces operating costs to a minimum
It is paramount to identify potential sources of failure to provide preventive maintenance, and, should an un-planned production stop occur, respond rapidly to the failure. Installing an elevator is often the least expensive way to decrease down-time.
Alimak Hek also supports in the construction of power plants with temporary vertical access solutions.
Suitable Products
Reference Examples
Wind power plant, Kaiser Wilhelms Koog, Germany
Alimak elevator provides access inside a wind turbine.
Bobov dol power plant, Bulgaria
An Alimak elevator provides access to the power plant's chimney for emissions monitoring and general inspection.
Callide "C" power station, Queensland, Australia
An Alimak service and inspection elevator was installed in a new 220-meter chimney stack at the Callide Power Station in Queensland.
Electricity transmission towers, Yangtze River Crossing, Jiangsu province, China
The 346.5 m-high structures near Shanghai are the tallest of their kind in the world. Access for service and maintenance posed unique challenges and the solution has been to install a specially adapted Alimak access elevator in each tower.
Nuclear power reactor, Oskarshamn, Sweden
The well-known Alimak rack & pinion-driven elevators have once again proven to be the best solution for quick and easy installation. This installation included putting an access lift down into a nuclear reactor pressure vessel in Oskarshamn, Sweden.
Sodequara LNG power station, Japan
One success story comes from Gadelius Trading K.K., Alimak Hek's distributor in Japan. Since 1993 the company has installed over 30 Alimak elevators in Japanese power plants, and has generated a lot of interest, which is expected to substantially increase the number of installations in the future.
Torsvik heat and power plant, Jönköping, Sweden
High above the ground towers the 120 meter-high chimney, through which purified smoke gas is released. Inside, an Alimak inspection elevator has been installed. With eight landings, the elevator makes access easier when it comes to inspection and maintenance of the chimney.
United Illuminating Company’s power plant, Bridgeport, CT, USA
The United Illuminating Company’s Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA plant has two Alimak elevators on its chimney stacks. One unit qualifies as the tallest outdoor lift in New England.
Boardman coal plant, Boardman, Oregon, USA
Retrofitted elevator gives economic payoffs.
Uong Bi Extension 1 Power Station, Vietnam
An ALIMAK SE 400 permanent elevator, with a lifting height of 185.4 meters, has been installed inside the chimney of the Uong Bi no. 1 Extension Power Station in Vietnam.
E.ON's Cottam Development Centre Power Station, Retford, UK
An Alimak rack and pinion elevator has been installed at E.ON's Cottam Development Centre Power Station near Retford in the UK. The Alimak elevator is being used for service and inspection work on the boiler house.