Clyde Berhemann, Inc.

Clyde Bergemann Gmbh

Schwade, Hans

Weinkle, Steve

Wadkins, Tony

Steve Weinkle

Hans Schwade

Tony Watkins

Tony Wadkins

A modular canopy having standardized side panels, trusses and tracks. The modular canopy includes parallel opposing sidewalls formed from multiple standardized side panels. Each sidewall extends from a front mounting structure to a rear mounting structure and carries a track that typically extends the almost entire length of the sidewall for supporting the carriage of the sootblower within the canopy. Trusses connect adjacent side panels together and extend from one sidewall to the other over the top of the sidewalls. The modular canopy may also include standardized removable or permanently attached covers. The canopy is typically assembled with permanent fasteners, such as lockbolts, that cannot be removed without destroying the fasteners. A sootblower canopy of any desired length can therefore be manufactured or repaired from a common set of component parts with one of the sections, typically an end section, cut to the desired length as needed.

Sootblower with modular canopy

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Atlanta, GA, United States of America

Steve Weinkle