Moog’s Technology Moves Retractable Roof for Wimbledon’s Centre Court

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July 9, 2009 – Moog Industrial Group in Tewkesbury, a part of Moog Inc. (NYSE: MOG.A and MOG.B), has put in place a high performance electric actuation solution that operates the newly installed retractable roof above Wimbledon’s Centre Court.  Wimbledon’s staff closed the 1,100-metric-ton (1,212.50 tons) roof for the first time in competition on Monday, June 29 after a light rain stopped play during the second set of a match at Centre Court. 

 

The Wimbledon Retractable Roof consists of two sections (southern and northern sections), which together support 5,200 square meters (17,060 square feet) of fabric when deployed above Centre Court.  Moog’s technology moves the two sections of roof along two sets of parallel rails over a span of 77 meters – within a tolerance of 2-3 millimetres (0.09 inches) – in under 10 minutes.  The retractable roof’s 10 trusses each weigh 110 metric tons (121.25 tons).

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