Hi-Line Utility Supply, a tools and equipment provider for utility construction and maintenance, now offers the Tradesman Pro Lighted Tool Bag. The new tool bag comes with a removable, twist-on and off LED light that easily positions in the best spot to illuminate the inside of the bag or a work space. The light features…
DNV GL’s new software helps reduce turbine development time and costs
DNV GL, the world’s largest resource of independent energy experts and certification body, recently unveiled new software for turbines and wind farms. The Turbine.Architect tool helps to reduce the product development time and costs of wind turbines by using integrated algorithms based on decades of design experience. The Turbine.Architect software enables engineers and component developers to quickly assess…
Tool tethering for safer up-tower maintenance and repairs
By John Salentine | Vice President Hammerhead Industries (Gear Keeper) Wind turbine blades require year-round monitoring, maintenance, and repairs to ensure maximum production and efficiency. As of 2014, there were an estimated 700,000 blades in operation globally with an average of 3,800 incidents of annual blade failure, according to a report released from renewable energy…
SKF offers new entry-level laser shaft-alignment system
SKF announced the introduction of the TKSA 31 shaft-alignment tool for easy laser alignment at an entry-level price. Developed for rotating machines in industrial applications, the instrument helps customers identify and correct shaft mis-alignments to improve equipment uptime and reliability, and lower maintenance costs. The TKSA 31 and previously announced TKSA 41 are sharing the…
Specialized tool from seebaWIND Service facilitates gearbox changes
Manufacturer and independent service provider, seebaWIND Service, has changed the gearbox on a wind turbine for the first time using a special tool. The company was able to replace the gearbox of a Senvion MM92 turbine using a tried and tested construction method in only three days at the Waldhausen wind farm near Würzburg. It…
Greensolver Index adds 1.7 GW of managed wind assets to its database
Greensolver, the independent wind and solar farm asset manager, has announced that its unique performance benchmarking tool, Greensolver Index, has now added 1.7 gigawatts (GW) of managed wind assets to its database. With mature onshore wind projects of increasing interest to investors, there’s a growing demand for these assets to be independently managed by a…
Machine shop leans out operations, sets target on wind
Weak economies hit the manufacturing industry hard, especially in Michigan, but machine shops with the flexibility to accommodate change, diversify their customer bases and run lean, efficient operations are well-positioned to survive. Merrill Tool, a 40-year-old grinding, milling, and turning shop in Merrill, Mich., followed a strategy of diversification and lean operations even before the…