Weidmüller is a global market leader and expert in monitoring the condition of rotor blades on wind power turbines. To reach the next level of automated condition monitoring of turbines, the company is cooperating with three renowned partners in the wind energy industry: Turbit Systems GmbH, Unleash live and Thomas Wilmes Ingenieurbüro GmbH. The company announced these collaborations at the HUSUM WIND trade fair.
Damage to wind turbines can quickly become expensive – this is true for onshore turbines but particularly critical for turbines installed offshore. Onshore wind farms are usually relatively easy to reach for repairs, but on the high seas expensive ship or helicopter deployments are often necessary for maintenance and repair activities. This becomes even more expensive when an unforeseen damage occurs that requires a fast response. To prevent unexpected defects, Weidmüller, a renowned electronics and connection technology company, offers solutions for the remote monitoring of rotor blades and bolted connections.
The future of offshore wind lies beyond the flat shores. Floating wind turbines can generate electricity at almost any sea depth, thus offering outstanding potential for CO2 reduction. Weidmüller, a world-wide pioneer and partner for digitalisation and automation of industry for more than a decade, has for the first time equipped a prototype of this floating future technology with two newly developed customer solutions: The integrated LED system illuminates all accessible parts of the wind turbine on the high seas and the TwinCap remote maintenance system detects damage to the screw nuts in the blade bearings at an early stage.
