Moog's Technology Moved Retractable Roof for Wimbledon's Center Court
07 Julho 2009 - 12:36PM
PR Newswire (US)
EAST AURORA, N.Y., July 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Moog Inc.
(NYSE:MOG.A andNYSE:MOG.B) announced today that its
high-performance electric actuation system successfully operated
the newly installed retractable roof above Wimbledon's Center
Court. Wimbledon's staff closed the 1,100 metric-ton roof for the
first time in competition on Monday, June 29th after rain stopped
play during the second set of a match at Center Court. "This was a
unique challenge that brought together engineers from our
facilities in the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Ireland and the
United States to design a motion control solution that is highly
efficient and reliable," said Steve Huckvale, President of Moog's
Industrial Systems Segment. "By drawing on our 25 years of
experience designing electric actuation solutions for motion
control, we put in place the engineering that creates an
all-weather field of play for the Wimbledon Championships." The
Wimbledon Retractable Roof consists of two sections which deploy
56,000 square feet of fabric above Centre Court. Moog's technology
moves the two sections of roof along two sets of parallel rails
over a span of 250 feet in less than 10 minutes. Moog Inc. is a
worldwide designer, manufacturer, and integrator of precision
control components and systems. Moog's high-performance systems
control military and commercial aircraft, satellites and space
vehicles, launch vehicles, missiles, automated industrial
machinery, marine and medical equipment. Additional information
about the company can be found at http://www.moog.com/. DATASOURCE:
Moog Inc. CONTACT: Ann Marie Luhr, +1-716-687-4225 Web Site:
http://www.moog.com/
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