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Project
DUESSELDORF -Development of an equipment for inspecting the cables of cable-stayed bridges

Location
Germany, Duesseldorf

Development
Strassen-, Bruecken- und Tunnelbauamt, Duesseldorf
Grassl consulting engineers, Duesseldorf
Patent right by M. Grassl

Services
Development

Processing time
Since 1986 in action

Kind of equipment
Inspection equipment for cable stayed bridges with hanging platforms

Description
Development for the cable-stayed bridges of the "Duesseldorf Rhine bridge family". Usable for all other cable-stayed bridges. This equipment uses the existing cables as supporting cables for three platforms. Normaly, the only upper cable is directly used. The inspection of the lower cables is possible by two vertical movable platforms.

Dead weight
1,400 kg

Note
Publication:
Vollrath, Tathoff: Kabelbefahrgerät für die Prüfung und Wartung von Brückenseilen, Beton, 1987, H. 4, S. 165-166





 
last update: 07/09/2010
 
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