Government | Power & Motion Technology | By Samantha Lotz | Oct 16, 2014
Magnetek’s Material Handling team spent time working inside the Hoover Dam’s concrete structure alongside Precision Crane & Hoist Services of Nevada to modernize the facility’s aging AC static crane controls with state-of-the-art control technology developed by Magnetek.
The Hoover Dam has two power plant wings, one located in Nevada and one located in Arizona. Each wing is 650 feet long and rises nearly 300 feet above the foundation of the power plant. Two 300-ton cranes are located inside each power plant wing and are used to move and maintain the 17 main vertical hydraulic turbines housed within the wings.
The Hoover Dam Power Plant, one of the United States’ largest hydroelectric installations, generates approximately four billion kilowatt-hours of hydroelectric power on average each year, enough to serve 1.3 million people in Arizona, Nevada, and California.
Magnetek controls were retrofitted on each of the four 300-ton cranes over a seven-month period, which began in December 2014. The new crane control systems utilize Magnetek’s technologically advanced drives and radio controls, providing crane operators at the Hoover Dam Power Plant with improved productivity, safety, and reliability.
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