Yokogawa Electric and U.S.-based Power Factors announced a global reseller agreement under which Yokogawa will market Power Factors’ Drive software platform of asset performance management (APM) solutions for renewable power facilities. Designed for solar, wind, and energy storage assets, Power Factors’ cloud-based Drive platform for APM delivers the tools and insights needed to optimize the…
By Ion Etxarri, R&D Quality & Innovation Manager of Ingeteam Wind Energy As market demand for wind turbines has grown, so too have the demands for quality and performance. This is especially the case for critical components such as power converters because the performance of the whole turbine depends on them. The response is focused…
By David Clark, CMS Wind About 50% of drivetrain failures are in the generator, and they are predictable by months with the right detection. The failures are grouped into three specific categories: bearing-related, electrical-related and misalignments. We’ve already discussed electrical fluting and misalignments, so now let’s talk about bearing failures. How specific is vibration? How early…
