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publication_id: "OT-2026-000001380"
title: "Handling system for handling sections of a structure"
published_at: "2026-09-15T19:05:29.129798Z"
canonical_url: "https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000001380"
categories:
  - "lifting-positioning-manipulation/lift-tables-and-positioners"
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  - "b66f3/08"
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  - "b66f3/08"
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# Handling system for handling sections of a structure

## Abstract

A handling system for assembling an elongate structure such as a wind tower from a plurality of sections thereof along a vertical axis, and methods for erecting said structure and aligning sections thereof. The handling system comprises a plurality of spaced apart interfacing elements for engaging a section to be handled and a jacking arrangement for moving the interfacing elements radially and vertically.