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Wind

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  • Concept of test bench for zf wind power to be developed by r 0d test systems
    September 28, 2022

    ZF Wind Power and R&D Test Systems to Develop 30MW Test Bench

    In its largest order to date, Danish wind turbine test specialist R&D Test Systems will develop the 30 MW powertrain and gearbox test bench for ZF Wind Power’s future “Test & Prototype Center” at Lommel, Belgium, that will house the world’s most powerful validation test bench for wind turbines. 

  • Igs featured
    July 15, 2022
    By Ruben Carranza Fernandez

    IGS to Increase Wind Gearbox Torque Density

    To increase cost efficiency in wind turbines, the wind industry has seen a significant rise in power density and an increase in the overall size of geared components. Current designs for multimegawatt turbines demand levelized cost of energy (LCOE) reduction, and the gearbox is a key part of this process. Since fatigue failures nearly always occur at or near the surface, where the stresses are greatest, the surface condition strongly affects the gear life. Consequently, an improved surface condition effectively avoids major redesign or increased material cost due to an increase in part size. Additional finishing methods such as shot peening (SP) and superfinishing (SF) significantly increase the gear load capacity, but these effects have not yet been adequately considered in the current ISO 6336 standard or in any other gear standards. The combination of SP followed by SF will be described here as an “improved gear surface” (IGS).

  • July 1, 2020

    Influence of Planet Carrier Misalignments on the Operational Behavior of Planetary Gearboxes

    This study deals with the modeling and consideration of misalignments in planetary gearboxes in the optimization and design process. Procedures for taking into account misalignments in cylindrical gearboxes are standardized and established in industry. Misalignments of central elements like carrier, sun gear or ring gear in planetary gearboxes, cause varying contact positions and variable loads, depending on the angular position of the central elements. This load, which is variable over the circumference, is not taken into account in the standardized procedures, despite its effects on the loads on the gears.
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  • May 1, 2020

    New Guideline for Determining the Reliability of Planetary/Spur Gear Units

  • June 1, 2017

    Wind Turbine Gearbox Reliability

  • March 1, 2017
    By Alex Cannella

    Shifting Fortunes

  • March 1, 2016

    Taking on Tight Margins in Wind Energy

  • January 1, 2016

    Looming Large

  • July 1, 2014

    Industry News

  • November 1, 2013

    Understanding Oil Analysis: How it Can Improve Reliability of Wind Turbine Gearboxes

  • August 1, 2013

    Turbine Gearbox Inspection - Steady Work in a Shaky Wind Market

  • June 1, 2013
    By Michael Goldstein

    Boom or Bust - Are You in the Right Markets

  • May 1, 2013
    By Randy Stott

    Delivering Big Gears Fast

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Blog Posts

  • September 16, 2020
    By Charles D. Schultz

    Learning the Ropes

  • June 13, 2019
    By Charles D. Schultz

    Rockford: Should it be Renamed Gear City USA?

  • August 13, 2018
    By Matthew Jaster

    International Gear Conference 2018

  • March 1, 2018
    By Charles D. Schultz

    Out of Your Depth?

  • October 31, 2017
    By Charles D. Schultz

    Gear Expo Swag Report

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    Matthew Jaster
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    Randy Stott
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    Michael Goldstein
  • Alex cannella
    Alex Cannella
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