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Dependable renewable
ser vices
Wanzek offers a single source for
wind services including construction, management, monitoring and maintenance of civil, crane, turbine, blade, substation and T-Line
collection, as well as continuous improvement services. They specialize in comprehensive wind power maintenance services using a regional deployment strategy, helping their clients maximize their investments in renewable power generation. Wanzek Renewable Services provides a suite of self-performed maintenance and repair services to assist in meeting manufacturers’ and owners’ requirements for wind turbine, electrical collection system, substation and civil components of a wind power generation site. Wanzek Renewable Services
has dedicated industry experienced leadership, regional managers, project managers and wind technicians. They deliver renewable services in a skilled and professional manner on a turnkey basis or by providing services as required. They have the regional locations, leadership, financial stability, training, equipment, and experience to be a valuable resource for the successful operation of a wind site.
Wanzek Construction
www.wanzek.com
Wind blade services
WindCom’s AI inspection tool, Chronos, provides quality images without stopping the turbine. WindCom’s on-line database
Tools for in-situ slip ring machining
The Mersen portable lathe for up-tower generator slip ring resurfacing is a quick method to bring a slip ring back into operational specification. By eliminating the need to swap out an affected slip ring, maintenance crews can reduce downtime associated with slip ring issues. Ground rings are known to be susceptible to wear in the brush track under certain operating conditions. Poor grounding ring surface conditions can also lead to erratic temperature readings in a wind turbine and affect other electrical components. The portable lathe allows technicians
to resurface just the affected ground ring and bring the turbine back online. Advanced tools to verify slip ring surface condition after machining and the Total Indicate Runout (TIR) are also available. Mersen offers technical training and hands on up-tower training sessions to use these tools which help maintenance crews increase availability numbers at their respective wind farms.
Mersen
www.mersen.com
Customizable SCADA analytics
Bachmann's Wind Power SCADA is a customizable, easy-to-use solution that helps manage wind farms. Maximum flexibility ensures rapid implementation, ease of operation, and the possibility to expand the installation efficiently. Users can prioritize the information they want
to see and achieve the security levels required to keep data and assets safe. Live data from different farms and turbines
can be compared to support detailed analysis, including power curve, wind distribution, energy production, and switch counters in the form of graphs and/ or tables. Bachmann’s Wind Power SCADA is based on pure web technology, allowing for a wide range of devices; a browser is all that's needed to access secure, extensive, and detailed information on an entire fleet.
Bachmann Electronic
www.bachmann.info
Natural hazard monitoring and alerting
The Indji Watch solution partners with and delivers data from trusted and reliable sources to provide customers with accurate real-time weather alerts, and hourly-updating forecasts. Their Plan of Day dashboard helps to quickly identify rapidly changing weather at-a-glance, allowing users to be more proactive
in mitigating potential impacts to the operation and employee safety. From a system-wide overview right down to an individual asset, Indji Watch will ensure that their customers have an accurate picture of what the weather will be doing in the near future, as well as analytic capabilities to what happened in the past.
Indji Watch
www.indjiwatch.com
and reporting system enable repairs
for technically demanding damages. WindCom is fully committed to safety and provides services that ensure success.
WindCom
www.windcomservices.com
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