Patent ID: 8984842
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: E04G,E04H

Abstract:
1. A method for assembling a multi-cell field-erected cooling tower frame, comprising: assembling framework for a first section of the cooling tower frame, said first section having an advancing face and a trailing face; affixing one or more scaffold walkways and railings in said first section adjacent to said trailing face; advancing said first section a predetermined distance in a direction faced by said advancing face; assembling a second section of the cooling tower frame, with said scaffold walkways on said trailing face of said first section supporting assembly workers as they assemble said second section; when said second section of said cooling tower frame is assembled or nearly assembled, advancing said first section in a direction away from said second section to make room for assembly of a third section; assembling a third section of the cooling tower frame, with said scaffold walkways on said trailing face of said first section supporting assembly workers as they assemble said third section; assembling subsequent sections and advancing said first section following assembly of each subsequent section until said first section is advanced into a first section final location; and assembling a final section and attaching said final section to a last previously assembled section and to said first section.