Wind turbines last longer than ever thanks to continuous engineering improvements. Gearboxes in wind turbines, more than those in any other application, tend to fail prematurely. In fact, at some wind ...

Wind turbine gearboxes have been designed with a life-expectancy of 20 years, but the harsh reality is that they are not lasting for a quarter of that time, says Leyla Alieva, CEO and co-founder, NEOL ...

The potential financial benefits from Industry 4.0 are apparent to plant owners in almost all sectors. The wind power industry is no exception, and existing vendors such as GE (Predix/Digital Windfarm ...

Over the past decade, land-based wind turbines have grown from about 700 kW to well over 2 MW. This up-scaling in size, however, has subjected gearboxes and other components to even greater loads and ...

This file type includes high resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. The simplest axial magnetic gearboxes consist of two disks each containing alternating positive and negative magnets ...