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May 2012

 

FEATURES

Company Profile: Rockwell Automation

By: Russ Willcutt

This company provides integrated safety, control, motion, and vibration monitoring solutions to maximize uptime while protecting your capital investment.

 

Automated Wind Blade Production

By: Sandeep Vennam & Juan C. Serrano

In this article, valuable material benefits that arise from wind blade automation are highlighted by the experts at PPG Industries.

 

Streamlining Your Maintenance Program

By: Don Bridges

Organized documentation can be the foundation of an efficient maintenance program that maximizes uptime and reliability, and can strengthen the organization.

 

A Virtual Toolbox of Technologies

By: Greg Zimmerman

The BEAST tool from SKF simulates the behavior of a complete bearing, including cages, using a fully three-dimensional specialized tribological contact model.

 

Gearbox Fault Detection

By: Zijun Zhang & Andrew Kusiak, Ph.D.

At the University of Iowa, detecting wind turbine gearbox faults based on vibration acceleration data provided by NREL is augmented by data mining techniques.

 

Inspecting Gears for Wind

By: Michael Hayes

The new 3000GM analytical gear inspection system from Gleason helps its global wind customers achieve faster, more-accurate gear production.

 

Seeking a Skilled Workforce

By: Mike Moore

As the Boomers retire, how do we begin building the renewable energy workforce of the future? Early outreach is key, according to Shermco Industries.

 

Comprehensive Tool Management

By: Andy Lobo

A comprehensive tool management system includes organization, visibility, security, trackability, and accountability. Snap-on Industrial can help.

 

DEPARTMENTS

CONSTRUCTION

By: Chris Martin

Wind speeds change at various heights, making hoisting projects on wind farms particularly challenging. All the more reason to hire experienced operators.

 

MAINTENANCE

By: Merritt Brown

In addition to the latest technologies, maintenance professionals can use their physical senses to detect gearbox problems, as this first in a two-part series makes clear.

 

TECHNOLOGY

By: Matthew A. Lackner, Ph.D.

Uncertainty in the soil properties can have significant effects on the reliability of offshore wind turbine support structures with monopile foundations.

 

LOGISTICS

By: Michael Graska

Reporting straight from the jobsite, the author relates lessons learned during his career that help keep projects on track.

 

Q&A: Kevin Coplan

President /North America, Capital Safety

 

 

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