Motion+Drives
Why Integrated Bearing Designs Reduce Wind-turbine Gearbox Failures
A bearing typically has three pieces: the rollers, an inner race that is pressed onto a shaft, and an outer race that is pressed...
Wind Turbine Grease Sampling
This video demonstrates how to take a grease sample from wind turbines with and without access ports. In order to use the t-handle design...
Sampling from Wind Turbine Blade Bearings
A bellows-style purge can removed from a wind turbine blade bearing is sampled using an adapter and Grease Thief for further analysis and testing...
Update on What Causes Micro Cracks That Eventually Fail Turbine Bearings
One big root cause of gearbox failures has led scientists and engineers to look more closely at the white etched areas that form just...
What Journal Bearings May Contribute to Wind Turbine Gearboxes
If a wind turbine gearbox is not yet fitted with upgraded roller-bearing arrangements in its planet stage, it soon will be when it is...
History of Wind Energy – IN 60 SECONDS
Do you know when men started using the power of the wind for technical applications? We are pleased to introduce to you our first...
High Reliability Roller Bearings Reduces Operation Costs for Wind Turbines
Among the latest trends for roller bearings in wind energy plants is the employment of application-specific special materials and designs, the integration of roller...
Understanding Serial Failures in Wind Turbines
Pitch bearings are one of the subassemblies with high failure rates and largest contributors to overall downtime. The average life of a pitch bearing...
NSK Collaborates with DMG Productions to Explore Advancements in Bearing Technologies...
NSK Americas (NSK) will be featured in an upcoming episode of the highly acclaimed TV series; Innovations with Ed Begley Jr. Airing is scheduled for...
Global Wind Turbine Bearing Market 2016 – Timken Company, Scheerer Bearing,...
This report provides detailed analysis of worldwide markets for Wind Turbine Bearing from 2011-2016, and provides extensive market forecasts (2016-2021) by region/country and subsectors....
