Repaired, Not Scrapped: How Wind Turbines Are Overhauled
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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