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Within the next few weeks, LiftWerx will be receiving delivery of its 7th GenHook™ crane kit in North America, increasing our total crane inventory to well over 30 specialized cranes. Shortly thereafter, this delivery will be followed by the delivery of 12 more TeleHook™, Heli-Hook™, GenHook™, GroundHook™, and RotorHook™ cranes which are scheduled to be delivered to LiftWerx in 2025. The addition of these specialized cranes will enable us to provide even more large corrective services to our customers. In 2025, we will offer more optimized geographical coverage across North America, with improved team availability, and shorter lead times.

Here's a fun little contest for all of the LiftWerx crane fans out there. This photo was taken this week at a wind farm in the Western USA. You can see three different cranes in this photo, mounted in a General Electric nacelle. What are the three crane models, from left to right? And what are the maximum lifting capacities of each of these respective cranes, from left to right? Please enter your guesses in the comment field below👇...and if you're wondering, this contest is for non-LiftWerx employees, of course. If you answer all field correctly, you'll be eligible to win a surprise LiftWerx swag package! Good luck!

Our GenHook™ LT crane systems are perfectly-suited for exchanging generators in wind turbines in the 1.5MW to 2.5MW range. There are plenty of upsides to this technology, and quite frankly, there are no downsides. Compared to traditional cranes, this technology offers the following benefits: 1). No road permits required. 2). Low mobilization cost, as all crane equipment, tools, and interfaces pack up in a single ISO container. 3). Crane assembly requires only a few hours. 4). No civil work required. 5). No crop damage or ground footprint whatsoever. 6). Higher allowable wind speeds up to 18 m/s. 7). Simpler operation. 8). Improved safety, as the crane cannot tip over due to instability. 9). The system is available across the continent, with no geographical limits. 10). The system is also suitable for fixed-to-fixed offshore applications. Are you interested to learn how crane-less exchanges can add value at your wind farm? Please contact us for details!

LiftWerx's next generation of up-tower cranes are being designed for much larger wind turbines, enabling up-tower large corrective repairs in the 3MW to 10MW range, both onshore and offshore. Are you interested to learn more about how our crane-less technology can add value to your wind farm operations? Please contact us for details!

To celebrate Halloween this year, our Cambridge office staff wore a very popular costume! Our engineering, operations, sales, Human Resources, shop, and finance staff disguised themselves as our beloved Operations Manager, Jeff Wilhelm. Can you spot the real Jeff in the photo, hidden amongst all of the wannabes?

This is what it looks like to install a new main bearing using a LiftWerx RotorHook™ crane. Unlike using traditional cranes, when we perform these main bearing lifts, nobody needs to worry about ground conditions, matting, outrigger loads, or stability of the machine within the crane chart. Why, you might ask? Well, it's because these risks have been completely engineered out of the process. Safe, smart, stable, and simple: these are the fundamental elements of our RotorHook™ technology. Are you interested to learn more about how this technology can add value to your wind farm operations? Please contact us for details!

Our RotorHook™ cranes are designed with more payload capacity than any other up-tower crane in the world, boasting more than four times the load-moment capacity of any other nacelle-mounted crane. This 127-metre rotor was lifted this week using our newest crane, RotorHook™ 60620. This crane comfortably lifts these rotors from the middle of the nacelle, while maintaining a healthy distance between the rotor and the tower. Having high confidence in the strength, safety, stability, and simplicity of the crane design, our technicians can focus on the most important details: replacing our customers' major components, and bringing their valuable assets back online.

Here's a glimpse of a foggy October rotor lift that our team completed this week in the USA. This rotor, which measures 127 metres in diameter and weighs 75 tonnes (165,000 lbs), is lifted with ease by our team using a RotorHook™ up-tower crane with assistance of a Liebherr tailing crane. This process might look effortless, but we can assure you that it is not. This specialized operation is a testament to the operational and engineering excellence that has been developed by our teams over the past 8 years.

After having already worked with a Liftra crane for five years, this rockstar LiftWerx team has recently upgraded to a Version 2.0 GenHook™ up-tower crane. This powerful new crane offers the following benefits over its Liftra predecessor: - Payload capacity is increased by 25% - No winching container required on the ground beside the tower - No requirements for ground matting, as the entire crane is mounted in the nacelle - Simpler operations - The tower has the ability to yaw while the crane is installed This video was captured this week at a wind farm in the western USA. Thanks to a great site team! We are proud of you.

Designed for safety and technician comfort, our RotorHook™ crane systems are the most efficient way to exchange main bearings, blades, full drivetrains, and pitch bearings on large wind turbines. These up-tower cranes also provide the following benefits: - No civil work required - Low mobilization costs - No road permits required - Low ground footprint - Minimal crop damages - Crane stability risks are engineered out of the process This video was captured this week at a wind farm in the western USA. Are you interested to learn more? Please reach out to us at info.americas@liftwerx.com.