Poseidon Systems, LLC announced Gearbox Express shipped the industry’s first gearbox to include a direct-from-factory installed, integrated oil-monitoring system that eliminates the need for periodic oil sampling. Gearbox Express, North America’s largest independent supplier of gearbox assemblies for the wind-turbine industry, and Poseidon worked together to design an integrated sensor package shipped already installed on…
Gearbox Express partners with Eickhoff Bochum for gearbox service & repairs
Gearbox Express (GBX), the only independent company in North America focused on providing down-tower, multi-brand wind gearbox remanufacturing services, announced that it has signed a framework agreement with Eickhoff Bochum to become its preferred North American partner for all up- and down-tower service both in and out of warranty, parts supply and new replacement gearboxes.…
Gearbox Express’ 75,000 ft-sq planned facility doubles current plant
Gearbox Express (GBX), the only independent company in North America focused on providing down-tower, wind gearbox remanufacturing services, is building a new, 75,000 square foot manufacturing facility south of Mukwonago, Wisc. Founding partner and CEO Bruce Neumiller, CEO, cites lack of capacity to support the company’s growth as the major reason. “When we started operations…
Two day gearbox training from Gearbox Express and Romax
July 15 and 16, 2014 Gearbox Training ($2,500 tuition) is a two-day, hands-on training course taught by top gearbox repair technicians, designers and consulting engineers. The course is a combination of classroom and hands-on training and includes: Introduction to gearboxes Bearing, gearing fundamentals, and assembly best practices Common failure modes Borescope inspection: identifying failures Lubrication…
Gearbox Express signs master major supply agreement with Xcel Energy
Gearbox Express (GBX), the only independent company in North America focused on providing down-tower, wind gearbox remanufacturing services, announced at AWEA’s annual Windpower Expo that it has signed a Master Major Supply Agreement with Xcel Energy, for a wind turbine gearbox exchange program in the utility’s Upper Midwest service territory. As part of the agreement,…
Gearbox Express appoints director of engineering
Gearbox Express, an independent company focused on providing down-tower, wind gearbox remanufacturing services, has appointed James Snelson to director of engineering. Snelson has more than 12 years of experience in the design and analysis of rotating equipment in both the industrial equipment and wind power industries. His background includes project management, leadership, and analysis of…
Gearbox Training from Gearbox Express and Romax
Gearbox Express says it is staffed with gearbox guys that have grown up in the industry. Everything they know, they learned by getting their hands dirty. Here’s a chance to learn from them. Gearbox Training is a two-day, hands-on training course taught by top gearbox repair technicians, designers and consulting engineers. The $2,500 course, a…
Repair strategies for wind turbine gearboxes
Bruce Neumiller • Founder • Gearbox Express • www.gearboxexpress.com There is no single reason why gearboxes fail prematurely, and that is often the most confounding aspect of such failures. An experienced and independent, remanufacturing supplier can look at the various failures by model and provide upgrades to mitigate these failures. As a gearbox-repair supplier, we…
Establishing failure modes for bearings in wind turbines
Several techniques are available for finding a bearing’s failure mechanism in a wind-turbine gearbox. Once established, a root-cause analysis can determine the origins of the failure mechanism. Michael Hornemann, Reliability Engineer Dr. Ashley Crowther, VP of Engineering, U.S. Technical Center, Romax Technology Inc, www.romaxtechnology.com Drive-train failures in wind turbines are often expensive to remediate due…