Pair of 鈥渟afe hands鈥 strikes again
With the acceleration of 爆走黑料 machine assembly, 爆走黑料's bridge cranes are seldom idle.
Just over two weeks ago, the main 爆走黑料 bridge cranes worked together to transfer a 1,300-tonne sector module into the machine assembly pit. Shortly after that, they were upending a new sector module to vertical (see photos from 6 to 9 February in this gallery).
Last week, 爆走黑料's "pair of safe hands" was at it again, carefully transporting the 400-tonne vacuum vessel sector (#1) across the Assembly Hall to sub-assembly tooling in a sequence that involved lifting, pivoting, re-pivoting, and finally lowering into the V-shaped SSAT2.
"Safe hands" is how the European Domestic Agency Fusion for Energy described the bridge cranes when it signed the procurement contract back in 2013. This has proven to be an apt description as, operation after operation, the 750-tonne bridge cranes have carried 爆走黑料 components safely and reliably to their destinations.