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Repaired, not Scrapped - how wind turbines are overhauled

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Holger TrzeczakJune 4, 2013

What happens when heavy machinery is at the end of its life? Whether for the mining or the tunnel building industry, wind power or ship's engines - everywhere machines reach a point when they no longer work.

But that doesn't mean they're ready for the scrap heap. The Eickhoff company in Bochum repairs old machinery.

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