Barnhart was contacted about an emergency job to remove and replace the core of a 350,000-pound generator at a power plant in Delaware. The failure of the generator had caused a forced outage, so time was of the essence. The new generator was coming in by rail, so the team assembled a lift system for the generator. They loaded it onto a Goldhofer trailer.
The new generator was hauled one mile to the site. The crew staged the new generator on stands and beams.
The entire generator had to be removed to access its 172,000-pound core. It was lifted from its pedestal using jacks, and a slide system was installed beneath it. The damaged generator was positioned under gantries and the core was removed.
The replacement core was brought in on a trailer, then set into the generator base. The crew jack and slid the generator back onto its foundation. The project was completed on schedule with a delighted customer.