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A bird’s eye view of the two coating booths for offshore wind turbine towers.
GEINSA Supplies Haizea Wind with a Second Booth for its Offshore Wind Turbine Towers GEINSA, a Spanish company that designs and builds industrial plants
by means of control and safety regulating thermostats commanded
for surface treatments, supplied Haizea Wind Group, a manufacturer
through the general control panel.
of offshore wind turbines and plinths, with a large-size booth for
In order to guarantee perfect air filtration, the booth is equipped with
coating its towers.
ceiling air-release filters, fire-retardant, self-extinguishing covers,
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dry-filtration pigment capture systems, and Paint Stop filters in the suction
aizea Wind Group, a manufacturer of offshore wind turbines and
fan area. The booth’s entrance features Aplidoor high-speed roll-up doors,
plinths, needed a second large-size booth for coating its turbines’
one door for the entrance and another for the exit of the wind turbine
towers. One of the reasons why Haizea Wind turned to GEINSA for
towers, and eight glass doors for staff access.
the design, construction, and assembly of this system is its extensive
Lighting with LED technology includes bright screens arranged
experience in the sector. Indeed, given the size of the tower, the booths’
longitudinally in the booths’ upper part and vertically on its sides. This
structure matches a three or four-storey building: this called for a
guarantees uniform and complete lighting for a smooth coating process.
challenging structural project, which was implemented thanks to the
Finally, the booth is equipped with a fire prevention system, electrical
expertise of the entire GEINSA technical office.
panels with general synoptics, a PLC for automation, and a touch
The booth is equipped with two sets of fans for air suction and intake
screen that greatly facilitates the management of the machine and the
respectively, whose function is to extract air during the coating phase and
monitoring of its operation.
recirculate it in the drying station. It includes a heating thermal unit with an air vein burner (direct flame), in which the temperature is programmed
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