90 vertical ladder rail protects without restraining movement

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Excerpt: The Railok 90 vertical rail offers fall protection for ladders, while allowing freedom of movement. The shuttle runs along the length of the rail allowing movement up and down without snagging. The shuttle locks onto the rail to arrest falls, but doesn’t restrict foot space on rungs. A metallic ab …

Magnetic encoders for on and off shore turbines

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Excerpt: Magnetic hollow-shaft encoders, hermetically-sealed magnetic encoders and heavy-duty encoders detect wear and maintenance issues. Baumer's line of encoders can be mounted onto generator shafts up to 740 mm in diameter and feature a 27 mm profile.  HDMag encoders provide 17-bit single-turn resolutio …

New ventilation ideas clean the air in plants

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Excerpt: The blades on wind turbines, and to some extent nacelles, are now made of composites, often fiberglass reinforced plastics (FRP) and in some cases carbon fibers. When these components come out of a mold, they require a little grinding and milling that put dust and debris into a plant’s air. Althou …

Less maintenance for new wind turbine

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Excerpt: Siemans Energy announced today the new SWT-3.0.101 with a rated power of 3 megawatts (MW) offers innovation through a new direct drive concept introducing a permanent magnet generator. With half the parts of a conventional geared wind turbine, and much less than half the number of moving parts, the …

Bronto Skylift unveils 90m aerial platform

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Excerpt: The 90m working height Bronto S-90 HLA is able to drive directly to a turbine and, in a matter of minutes, be fully operational. These capabilities result in faster, safer and more accurate inspection and maintenance of turbine exteriors and blades at a lower cost than other methods currently in use …

Sandvik Coromant CoroDrill 880 offers increased productivity to Wind Manufacturers

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Excerpt: Sandvik Coromant’s CoroDrill 880 represents a breakthrough in the U-drill evolution that allows substantially improved productivity in holemaking. The CoroDrill 880 offers cost savings potential to wind manufacturers due to the large number of short-hole drilling required in components like connec …

Pressure and temperature transmitters 101

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Excerpt: Joe Arena/Director, Industrial Automation, North America Kevin Liekweg/Sensors Application Manager, Industrial Automation, North America Danfoss/Baltimore, Md. / www.danfoss.com/ia The harsh conditions in a turbine nacelle give pressure and temperature sensors a critical role ensuring equipment …

Bearing and steel manufacturer unveils many new products

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Excerpt: By making investments during the recession to expand its wind power offering and capacity domestically and internationally, The Timken Company, in Booth 2803, has introduced what it says is a record number of new product developments for the industry. For example, the manufacturer of propriet …

Fire suppression for wind turbines made automatic

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Excerpt: The FIRETRACE automatic fire suppression system from Firetrace International is on display in Booth 11948. The device was developed for the fast and reliable protection of critical components in onshore and offshore wind turbines. The system operates without need for external power so it can act …

NREL & Samsung Obtain Decades of Wind Power Data in Two Months of Testing

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Excerpt: In a coupling of giants recently, the 2.5-megawatt dynamometer at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory blasted 12.6 million inch pounds of torque at Samsung's 185,000-pound wind turbine drive train. The King Kong of wind turbines battled the Godzilla of dyna …