socoblade Protects Against Leading Edge Erosion
Leading Edge Protection for wind turbines that lasts 8 years – or more – in extreme weather conditions sounds amazing. And it’s here.
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Turbine Blade Maintenance
Articles about wind turbine blade maintenance and how it affects performance, AEP, and blade longevity. Expert advice and descriptions of upgrades, lightning protection, diagnostics, and basic turbine maintenance.
IntoMachines Reinvents Bolt Tensioning for Wind Turbines
Listen to the entire interview on Spotify With wind turbines growing larger and bolts getting bigger, the industry needs smarter ways to handle critical
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AC883 Solves the Turbine Spare Parts Problem
AC883: Delivering Parts, Solving Problems, Fast Special bolts from Germany, legacy parts for a 20-year-old turbine, and monster markups from OEMs. If headaches like
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You CAN Reduce Wind Turbine Blade Lightning Damage
Wind turbine blade lightning damage is increasing. All blades are experiencing more lighting damage, regardless of make/model.
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Beyond on-the-job-training for Blade Repair Technicians
After more than six years performing wind turbine blade repairs on ropes and platforms, Alfred Crabtree founded Blade Repair Academy, a controlled training environment to bring up new blade repair technicians.
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Cold Weather Safety Tips for Wind Turbine Technicians
Safety tips from the field! Wind turbine technicians working in cold weather freezing conditions need warm clothing, food, lots of extra batteries and they should avoid steel toe boots. Learn more in this practical guide.
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Lightning monitors: a shockingly vital investment
Lightning strikes are occurring at a much higher rate than initially predicted by the IEC 61400-24 standard. Here’s what to do now to protect your wind turbines.
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Lightning Damage and Blade Protection: What We’re missing
In rare instances, when lightning does tremendous damage, experts may say “it’s force majeuere.” But we know lightning is just air – so what really matters in turbine lightning protection?
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What affects the severity and cost of wind turbine blade lightning damage?
Only 1-3% of lightning strikes to wind turbine blades result in wind turbine blade lightning damage – some catastrophic, some not worth repairing. Find out how to minimize your losses and understand when repairs are really needed.
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Lightning Damage: Not always Force Majeuere
It’s springtime in the northern hemisphere, which means more lightning strikes to wind turbines. Most of the time they can handle the strikes, no
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