Method and apparatus for assembling field erected cooling tower frame
AssigneeEvapco, Inc.
InventorMark Andrew Muder
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Abstract
A method and structure for assembling field erected cooling. A first cell or cell portion is assembled at the opposite end of the cooling basin from its final location and used as a scaffold from which the rest of the structure is assembled. This first “assembly” section is fitted with temporary walkways, safety railings and enclosed ladders and workers assemble each new section of the cooling tower frame from the scaffold affixed to the first section. After assembly of each section or bay of the cooling tower frame is completed, the assembly section is advanced away from the newly constructed section to make room for the assembly of a new section. To advance the assembly section, movable lifts are positioned under the bottom transverse beams of the section.
Claims12
A method for assembling a multi-cell field-erected cooling tower frame, comprising:
- assembling framework for a first section of the cooling tower frame, said first section having an advancing face and a trailing face;
- affixing one or more scaffold walkways and railings in said first section adjacent to said trailing face;
- advancing said first section a predetermined distance in a direction faced by said advancing face;
- assembling a second section of the cooling tower frame, with said scaffold walkways on said trailing face of said first section supporting assembly workers as they assemble said second section;
- when said second section of said cooling tower frame is assembled or nearly assembled, advancing said first section in a direction away from said second section to make room for assembly of a third section;
- assembling a third section of the cooling tower frame, with said scaffold walkways on said trailing face of said first section supporting assembly workers as they assemble said third section;
- assembling subsequent sections and advancing said first section following assembly of each subsequent section until said first section is advanced into a first section final location;
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- assembling a final section and attaching said final section to a last previously assembled section and to said first section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.