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Two generations of gearboxes. To the left, FLS-type integrated
gearbox from 1942 as used on the Bogø and the first Gedser
windmill. The white gear to the right came from Tacke Getriebe
in 1992. It is installed in Hanstholm, on the 525 kW windmill
designed by Folkecenter and similar Tacke wind turbines.
Figure 7.5
Figure 7.6
Inside of the nacelle of the Gedser wind turbine: chain gearbox,
anti-shaking system (red ball—when falls, the windmill stops).
The nacelle is exhibited at the Danish Energy Museum, Tange.
The Bogø windmill was overlooked and forgotten in the history
of technology of the post-war years, because the newer and bigger
Gedser windmill was still standing there, when the interest in wind
energy was revived in 1973. In the meantime, Johannes Juul died, and
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