Huge steel-plate rolling machine now takes instructions from an iPad

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Excerpt: The largest manufacturer of offshore wind towers in Northern Europe has ordered a new DAVI heavy four-roll machine with the capability rolling steel 4.0-m wide by 145-mm thick. “It’s the largest four-roll machine in the world completely dedicated to building foundations for offshore wind tow …

Lift assists improve tech moral, productivity, and safety

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Excerpt: Power Climber Wind has completed installation of 66 IBEX 1000P climb assist systems at Erie Shore Wind Farm near Port Burwell, Ontario, Canada. The wind farm is one of the largest wind power facilities in Canada, owned by Capstone Infrastructure, representing about 2.2% of installed wind capacit …

Towers 101

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Excerpt: Turbines erected in the 1970s and 1980s may have been perched on lattice towers, a design that can scale to 200 ft and more. However, for the protection of the techs who must climb the towers, it make more sense to build them from rolled steel. These protect the technician in long climbs, and better …

Report: Fighting corrosion, friction, and fouling

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Excerpt: Coatings to combat corrosion, friction, and fouling can offer big efficiency benefits, but need to offer strong balance between performance and cost, says Lux Research. The protective coatings market continues to be driven by extreme cost sensitivities and increasing environmental and regulatory …

Turbines for lower wind areas making sales

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Excerpt: Wind-turbine manufacturer Nordex has been awarded a contract by project developer ABO Wind to construct two more wind farms with a total of 13, N117/2400 onshore turbines. Located in the German regions of Central Hesse and Franconia, the planned farms will go on grid this year after project fina …

Company approved to install special offshore grout

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Excerpt: FoundOcean has been awarded ‘Licensed Applicator’ status by BASF for its cement-based Exagrout Masterflow 9500, which has been validated for use in the installation of offshore wind farms. "This ultra-high strength grout demonstrates pioneering properties and will be a welcome addition to the …

Manufacturing industries seek common solutions at Mfg4

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Excerpt: The energy, aerospace, defense, and medical industries are among the most successful sectors in manufacturing, driven by changes in national security, an aging population, energy prices, and environmental policy. Professionals from these industries will share solutions to their common manufacturing …

Unusual turbine headed to Cleveland baseball stadium

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Excerpt: Several years ago Dr. Majid Rashidi, a mechanical engineering professor at Cleveland State University, designed a wind tower to bring the benefits of wind energy to urban areas. Today, Rashidi is designing an improved version of the wind turbine for the Cleveland Indians baseball stadium. “ …

Tower manufacturer selects thick-steel bending machines

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Excerpt: The wind towers and foundations for a Canadian wind farm will be produced using two DAVI 4 roll machines, which are capable of bending plates of high-tensile steel up to 150-mm thick and 3,000-mm wide. The machines are equipped with Davi’s patented High Productivity Package System. “By choos …

Wind lidar shows good agreement in wind tunnel test

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Excerpt: Renewable-energy consultancy, Natural Power, has demonstrating matched performance of its continuous wave wind lidar, ZephIR, to a calibrated wind tunnel. The lidar unit measures wind speed and characteristics from ground level to 200 m. It was deployed in LM Windpower’s wind tunnel in Denm …