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Safety equipment for the summer heat
Pyramex o ers a variety of products to help combat the summer heat including the HPSHADE hat shade series, which has an oversized brim with a neck shade, the CNB series, which provides additional cooling, and the CNS1 series which features a padded neck shade. ey also o er cooling and moisture wicking towels, cooling towel wraps, breathable skull cap, and cooling hard hat pads. Pyramex’s full line of hi-vis short sleeve and long-sleeve shirts and cooling vests are adjustable, durable, and ultra-lightweight. Constructed of a thin polyester material, the breathable and moisture-wicking material won’t stick to wearers when they sweat. e material also o ers UPF30 sun protection and is ANSI rated.
Expansive bolt size tightening tool
Enerpac’s HM-Series HydraMax for bolt tightening is engineered to achieve accurate bolt-load in single
or multiple tensioner con gurations, delivering reliable bolt tensioning with extreme performance on critical joints. e HM-Series HydraMax tensioners are designed to generate high-bolt loads associated with compact anges, overcoming dimensional restraints with 15 load cells for bolts from 3⁄4"
to 4" and M20 to M100, covering all standard sizes with multiple load cell options. e HM-Series is designed
to t all standard anges, including ANSI, API, and compact anges based on Norsok L005, and generates 30% more load capacity than traditional tensioners. With its compact t and high load generation, alongside the exibility to work with all standard anges, the new HydraMax tool can be used in almost every industry and in a vast number of di erent applications.
Enerpac /// www.enerpac.com
Modular wind turbine base
RUTE Foundation Systems’ new concrete-saving, CO2-reducing foundation system for wind turbine towers has been awarded the
2019 Merit Award from the Post- Tensioning Institute (PTI), based on
the rst installation of the foundation technology. e modular wind turbine tower base, developed by with early support from climate impact accelerator VertueLab, cuts the amount of concrete needed by 75% over the life cycle of a wind farm. Because concrete contains cement, a material that generates large amounts of CO2 during production,
the RUTE system also reduces CO2 emissions. e precast, modular components in the RUTE system are made in beam manufacturing plants and use post-tensioning technology.
RUTE Foundations
/// www.rutefoundations.com
Easily send alerts to smart devices
e Lu t I-Box and Opus20 combination makes it easy to set
up E-mail alerts from a Datalogger
to smart phones and other devices. e Lu t I-BOX is a gateway for almost every measurement task, thanks to exible app-technology. Users select an app for data input, data handling, and data output. For example, a particular Data Entry App will query 10 OPUS20 devices, the Data Processing App can generate an alarm, and the Data Output App will send the data to a database. e I-Box “plug-and-play” solution gives a uniform query to live data from di erent instruments such as the OPUS 20 Datalogger. In addition,
an app for controlling alarms is included with the I-Box. Other apps are available at the I-Box App Store to suit individual needs.
Abbeon Cal, Inc.
/// www.abbeon.com
Do more with less
2-in-1 impact sockets by Klein Tools allow hands-free adjustment to switch between two sizes within the same socket. These deep 1/2" drive sockets work great for pole hardware installation and removal. The high-torque 6-point design KL66004 reduces round-off and is available individually. The high- torque 12-point design KL66001 works on square fasteners and is also available in a 6-piece 2-in- 1Impact Set KL66010.
Hi-Line Utility Supply Co.
/// www.hilineco.com
PyramexSafety /// www.pyramexsafety.com
1. Optimization
Data is collected and optimum yaw settings are calculated for each turbine.
3. Iteration
Machine learning platform uses data from all turbines in the network to improve optimization models over time.
Beyond increasing a wind farm’s power output, yaw o sets also have the potential to reduce maintenance costs and reliability concerns. It is believed that alleviating stress from wakes may diminish fatigue loading on turbines, thereby improving a turbine’s component lifetime.
e industry is well positioned for
wind farm optimization. Just look at
the numbers; Overall capacity of all
wind turbines installed worldwide is
600 gigawatts, according to the World Wind Energy Association. e market is growing at an amazing rate, with nearly 54 gigawatts added last year. Of this additional generation, 7.6 gigawatts originated
from the United States, which is now the second-largest wind power market. Most wind farm operators face the challenge of optimizing megawatt output in order to maximize clean energy output. By using AI and other advanced technologies to adjust yaw settings for each individual turbine, all of the turbines are managed so that they work cooperatively. e end result is the diminished impact of turbulence, and increased power generation across the entire wind farm.
Increasing energy output may also have a positive bottom-line impact. Of a mere fraction of the approximately 450 wind farms in the United States, more
than $500 million in incremental revenue opportunities have been identi ed. Traditional full-scale repowering projects can cost millions and disrupt operations. AI-powered optimization technologies o er a cost-e ective alternative that does not require replacing existing wind turbines and control systems. By combining smart investment in optimization with machine learning and AI, wind farm operators can aggregate power output, achieve their nancial objectives, and deliver clean power to their communities.
Glen Wagner is Vice President, Power Projects for Emerson’s Automation Solutions business, which helps process, hybrid, and discrete manufacturers maximize production, protect personnel and the environment while optimizing their energy and operating costs.
Emerson /// www.emerson.com
Jim Kiles is CEO of the VAYU Corporation, a cloud computing service provider for the delivery of optimization and machine learning software services to wind farms and stakeholders.
VAYU /// www.vayuai.com
2. Actuation
Yaw settings are implemented on wind farm and power output is compared to model prediction.
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