An elevating platform that installs and services turbine components at any hub height,
faster and at lower cost than cranes, with the reach to go taller when a project needs
it.
48% lower install cost than crane-based installs, with the same platform across new
build, MCR, re-powering, and decommissioning. Site-specific designs delivered for
Siemens Gamesa, Vestas, and GE Vernova platforms.
Conventional crane install vs KINKA LIFT™. Modeled from real project values. USD
primary; EUR in parentheses.
Conventional install
Mobile cranes, full project
$36M
(€33M)
KINKA LIFT
Same project, scaled platform
$18.6M
(€17M)
Saved
$17.4M
48%
§ 01
How it scales
Conventional cranes scale exponentially with height. Lifting 100 tons to 10 meters uses
a 100- or 200-ton crane. Lifting the same load to 100 meters needs a crane 5 to 10 times
larger. KINKA LIFT scales linearly: the same system reaches 100, 200, or 300 meters by
adding chord sections, with no step up to a larger capacity class.
A small crane lifts to roughly 10 meters to load components onto the elevating platform.
Above that, KINKA LIFT carries the lift.
Control stays sensor-informed and operator-directed throughout. Real-time sensors track
connection, load, and motion, and automatic safety locks are designed into the lift
mechanism. The operator stays in command.
§ 02
What it does
New build installations
Major component replacement (MCR), including blades, gearboxes, generators
Tower section replacement
Re-powering
Decommissioning
The principle
The tower is largely bypassed as a load path.
Vertical lift loads travel from the platform through KINKA LIFT's structural chords into
the existing concrete and steel foundation. The tower only sees a small stabilizing load
at the flange, its strongest point, used to maintain verticality and prevent buckling on
the slender chord members.
This is why existing towers, new towers, and retrofit candidates across most OEM
platforms are compatible, with no cutting or welding on the tower.
Site-specific designs
Reference designs delivered for these platforms.
01 · OEM
2.7 MW
Siemens Gamesa
02 · OEM
4.2 MW
Vestas
03 · OEM
6.1 MW
GE Vernova
How it connects
Temporary structural couplers. No cutting. No welding.
For major component replacement and retrofit lifts, KINKA LIFT uses temporary structural
couplers. The couplers are non-intrusive: no cutting, no welding, no modification of the
existing component. The same coupler technology is already deployed in offshore marine
heavy-pulling operations, so the underlying engineering is field-proven before it ever
touches a wind turbine. For new build and full intermediate flange installations,
conventional bolted connections are used. Chord sections are transported in roughly 10-meter
lengths and bolted into a full chord on site.
FIG. · KINKA LIFT MCR configuration (indicative). Chord legs carry vertical lift loads
into the foundation.
Operational envelope
Stable load. Wider weather window.
Once a component is fastened to the elevating platform, it is carried on a guided path,
not suspended from a hook, so it does not swing. The only crane lift is the short
transfer to the platform at the base of the tower, and because that lift is short,
pendulum and dynamic amplification are reduced.
Wind stops a tall crane lift long before it stops the rest of the site. With KINKA LIFT
the only suspended lift is the short one at the base of the tower, so more of the
calendar is workable.
Operational advantages
Built for the realities of onshore work.
01 Works with most OEM platforms. No cutting or welding on the tower.
02 No new foundations. Less road and pad work than a hub-height crane needs.
03 Wider operational weather windows. More working days.
04 Reuses readily available local cranes and labor.
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