According to industry averages, 10% of turbine servicing time is spent on relubrication. The WindLub centralized lubrication system reduces the time required for servicing and extends service intervals for lower total operating costs. It also contributes to increased operational security and limits the environmental impact by effectively collecting used grease.
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The quantity of wind energy produced is already economically significant today. Its use for the production of energy is steadily increasing around the world. Even remote areas that are difficult to access can be supplied with electricity using wind energy systems.
The increasing demand for and development of wind turbines with ever increasing outputs is also increasing the requirements for all components. The different components of the system such as blade bearings, blade pitch, primary bearing, and azimuth bearing including its gearing as well as the blade bearings with blade pitch and the generator all have to be lubricated reliably.
A centralized lubrication system like SKF WindLub is indispensable to reducing wear and retaining the value of these modern high-output systems.
Regardless of whether used in the tropics, the arctic circle or the desert, it combines a high level of operational reliability with sustained control of the investment in wind energy.
Depending on the particular application, circulating oil systems and progressive and single-line lubrication systems for grease are used.
The lubricant reservoirs contain supplies for up to two years because consumption of grease is optimized in an environmentally friendly manner.
All lubrication systems can be monitored remotely via connection to on-board system monitoring equipment.
These systems ensure stable values and serve to prevent unnecessary time and personnel effort. The insurance companies involved now also regard automatic lubrication systems as an integral, intrinsically valuable component of wind energy systems.
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