Moventas, a wind gearbox manufacturer and service provider, recently announced a breakthrough suite of technologies that are designed to address gearbox failures in the GE 1.5 fleet. XL – Extra Life is the culmination of 35 years of gearbox expertise that Moventas has gained repairing GE 1.5 gearboxes in North America. XL will carry the…
Moventas Americas rolls out breakthrough up-tower planetary repairs for GE fleet
Moventas has announce new patent-pending up-tower repair capabilities that promise to save wind-farm owners significant downtime and expense. Effective immediately, all failed ‘low-speed’ planetary stage gears and bearings in most GE 1.5-MW wind turbines can be repaired up-tower at a price that is a fraction of changing out the gearbox. The new repair process has been…
Moventas’ Exceed gearbox testing surpassed expectations
Moventas has set a new performance standard in the onshore 3-MW turbine gearbox class. Testing and verification procedures of the first prototypes of an Exceed high-torque platform gearbox have been completed, and the results are even better than estimated. Launched in August 2014, the Exceed is a 3 MW and up product platform with the…
Moventas teams up with gearbox expert, Zanini Renk, and enters Brazilian wind O&M market
Moventas has entered the Brazilian wind O&M market by teaming up with industrial gearbox expert Zanini Renk, who will become a Moventas authorized service partner. With drivetrain experience that’s unparalleled in the area, the two will offer comprehensive wind O&M services in Brazil. Moventas and Zanini Renk raise the standard of Brazilian O&M, as Zanini…
How has wind-turbine O&M changed over the last couple of years?
Global expenditure for wind turbines Operations and Maintenance (O&M) is expected to rise from $9.25 billion in 2014 to an estimated $17 billion by 2020, according to research and consulting firm GlobalData. The increasing number of installations and aging turbines are the primary cause for the predicted price hike. A wind farm’s O&M is an…
Moventas receives occupational health and safety certification
Moventas, a promoter of wind industry health and safety standards, has received an occupational health and safety certification for its field service. The company has had a documented occupational health and safety system since 2010, and received good feedback on health and safety management from customer audits. This year, Moventas sought for an independent OHSAS 18001 certification…
Moventas receives AA credit rating
Moventas Gears Oy has received an AA (Good) credit rating from the Finnish independent credit rating party, Suomen Asiakastieto Oy, which now includes Moventas in Finland’s strongest tier. The classification is a sign of a positive credit rating and that Moventas, which ended its corporate restructuring program in January, has performed well. The financial restructuring of the Moventas company…
Moventas extends gearbox expertise to tidal energy with Alstom Oceade
Moventas has been chosen as the sole gearbox development partner for Alstom to equip the raz Blanchard pilot tidal farm in Northern France. Moventas’ gearbox technology expertise will soon be harnessed in tidal energy for the first time. Alstom has been chosen to supply for a pilot tidal energy farm in raz Blanchard, and Alstom…
The past, present, and future of up-tower turbine repairs
Not too many years ago, working up-tower on a wind turbine was challenging if not impossible. Nacelles weren’t designed for easy access. If anything needed fixing inside, whether it was a high-speed shaft or an intermediate bearing, down came the gearbox. What Mark Eagle, General Manager of Moventas, remembers most about those early days in…
A sneak peek at Moventas’ latest gearbox testing results
Moventas has been testing their high-torque gearbox, the Exceed, and they can already shed some light on the promising results. The Exceed offers the highest torque-carrying capacity platform for high and medium-speed drivetrains in three-megawatt (MW) turbines and up. The platform approach enables adaptability, scalability, and cost efficiency. As per the image shown here, testing…
Moventas’ new zero-down condition monitoring lease program offers reductions in O&M costs
Moventas North America is proud to introduce an innovative financial solution with their Condition Monitoring Lease Program that converts the upfront installation costs for condition monitoring into an affordable monthly payment for wind farm owners. Additionally, this financial innovation translates condition monitoring from a hardware only business to a complete life-cycle service. Developed by Moventas,…
Moventas may have your replacement gearbox
Moventas says it stocks and offers replacement gearboxes globally for OEMs such as Vestas, WinWind, RePower (Senvion), Nordex, NEG Micon, GE, Gamesa, Acciona, and DeWind turbines. Its list of quickly available new or refurbished replacements in stock is now online and updated weekly with its global inventory. Check out this week’s selection globally Browse the replacement…
Moventas’ Senior Engineer answers gearbox questions
The Senior Engineer column has been in the wind industry since the 1980’s. The column’s author has spent his entire career in power transmission and knows darn near everything there is to know about gearboxes. In an industry as young as ours, he says, there are false beliefs that he wants to correct. Because all…
Moventas provides an update on its 3 MW Exceed gearbox
The Exceed prototype assembly is proceeding in the developer’s Jyväskylä factory. As a result of the design work to make Exceed as lightweight and small as possible, the outer diameter of this helical stage is almost as small as those of kilowatt class gearboxes, although this the Exceed is rated at 3 MW+. In addition…
Moventas completes 1st ever Clipper up-tower service
Moventas USA recently carried out the 1st Clipper Liberty intermediate assembly roller bearing replacements that has ever been made up-tower. Mastering this type of challenging repairs is another example of the innovative, highly skilled SkyService that Moventas offers in North America and Canada. Moventas’ Big Spring SkyService team completed yet another first when they replaced…
Moventas announces mobile workshop tour in North America
Moventas, a wind gear manufacturer and service provider, has announced a multicity tour of the company’s innovative mobile workshop in North America. The tour started from Spearville, Kansas last week. During the Mobile Workshop Tour, wind farm owners and operators will have the opportunity to see the self-contained, climate controlled workshop first hand and gain…
Moventas launches new Exceed series high torque density 3 MW gearbox platform
Moventas officially launches its new high torque density gearbox platform, Exceed, in Hamburg. In addition to Acciona Windpower, another customer has placed orders for the Exceed. The Exceed Series is a 3 MW and up product platform for medium and high speed drivetrains, with the best ratio price/nominal torque in the market that’s now available…
Moventas to expand footprint in USA by setting up midwest workshop
Moventas will expand its network of high quality wind gearbox services in North America by opening a service workshop in St. Paul, Minnesota. The new workshop will be opening by 1 February, 2015. Moventas already has several U.S. locations but is now investing in the Midwest, where many wind OEMs are located. The investment is…
Moventas to service two turbines in EESTI Energia’s Aulepa wind park
At year-end, Moventas will carry out a WinWind 3 gearbox changeout for two of Aulepa wind park’s turbines. Moventas will also perform a lubrication upgrade on the two gearboxes, to further prolong gearbox lifetime. The Aulepa wind park in Western Estonia was opened in 2009 and has 16 turbines with a total capacity of 48…
Moventas strengthens South European service presence with an Italian subsidiary
Moventas, a wind-gear manufacturer and service provider, has established a subsidiary in Italy to reinforce its presence and service portfolio in the country. Existing and new customers will now enjoy local technical and commercial support. Moventas Italy already has a good customer portfolio, which will now benefit from this investment by having a local technical…