While performing maintenance on wind turbines, it is common for technicians to swap out old parts for new ones. Such repairs, however, are likely to be repeated a few months down the road. A better idea is to upgrade the component and avoid the repeat repair. Brian Lapcewich/E.I.T Mechanical Product Support Engineer Weston R. Smith/E.I.T.…
Turbine Doctors Revive a ‘Dead’ Vestas
It took two engineers from Availon North America a matter of hours to repair and bring on-line a Vestas V27 225-kW wind turbine that belongs to the Story County Medical Center in Nevada, Iowa. The turbine was commissioned at the end of 1994 but stopped working in April 2011 when the power supply for the…