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Bolt securing Structural bolting
Wind turbine slip rings
systems
Cooper and Turner provides a wide Moog slip rings provide the performance and quality needed in demanding
he Nord-Lock Group manufactures range of hot and cold formed fasteners environments. Wind turbines require reliable transmission of power and data signals
wedge-locking washers designed to for the wind power market for use
from the nacelle to the control system for rotary blades. Costly downtime is eliminated
secure bolted joints with tension in tower construction, nacelles, and by using iber brushes and robust mechanical components in the slip ring design.

instead of friction, keeping bolts foundations. hey operate their own Moog developed and patented the iber brush technology for slip rings. In addition,
tight even when subjected to extreme production sites in the US, Europe, Moog provides direct replacement pitch control slip rings for numerous wind turbines.
vibration and dynamic loads. Also and Asia; manufacturing high-strength Advantages include: maintenance-free operation for 100 million revolutions; minimal
available are Superbolt multi-jackbolt bolting up to 4" diameter (M100) wear debris generation; no lubrication required; wide operating temperature, and lower

tensioners (MJTs) designed to in-house, and adhering to local and life-cycle cost.
eliminate unsafe and time consuming international standards. hey also Moog Inc. | www.moog.com/wind
bolting methods. MJTs replace or have licensed coating and lubrication Booth 4204
retroit existing nuts and bolts,
facilities on premises. he certiied, in-

and only require hand/air tools for house testing facilities include tensile
installation and removal of any size testing with 4,000 kN capacity, torque 34.5 kV Vacuum Circuit Breakers & High Speed
tensioner.
vs tension testing equipment capable
Nord-Lock, Inc. | www.nord-lock.com of testing bolts up to M80, and grain Grounding Switches for Wind Power Substations

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and structural analysis.
Cooper and Turner Limited
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Blade enhancement
system

3M has developed a maximum
performing, highly reliable, and quick-
to-install aerodynamic enhancement Gear Oil
system: 3M Wind Vortex Generators. Kluber Lubrication’s Kluebersynth
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he blades of large, pitch-regulated
GEM 4-320 N is a synthetic gear oil
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wind turbines often have sub-optimal that is highly tuned for wind turbines.
aerodynamic properties at the root, he performance of this oil has been
frequently leading to airlow separation validated with numerous lab tests as

and negatively impacting wind turbine well as operation in the ield. Synthetic VDH/GSMI® Series
eiciency. Each Vortex Generator is base stock covers a wide range of
tailored to a speciic blade type, and is temperatures with long service life while Combined vacuum circuit breaker and high-speed, mechanically-
designed to improve blade performance additives impart high resistance to wear interlocked grounding switch rated 38 kV, 1200 A, 25 / 31.5 / 40 kA
A unique and patented circuit breaker specially designed for application in
by energizing the low around the and foam. he formulation reaches the wind energy collection circuits were 34.5 kV radial feeders are used to collect
surface. his reduces low separation and highest levels of protection against the power output of the individual wind turbines. It totally replaces traditional
increases the turbine capability. Made
corrosion, scuing, and micro-pitting. use of grounding transformers combined with conventional circuit breakers
of a highly durable thermoplastic with Converting to Kluebersynth GEM 4-320 improving TOV mitigation and reducing costs.

dimensional stability and strength, this N is easily accomplished by utilizing
VDH Series
product provides superior weathering a proven process coupled with a high-
resistance. Furthermore, Vortex performance cleaner.
Vacuum substation circuit breaker up to 38 kV, 3000 A, 40 kA
Generators are equipped with 3M Acrylic Kluber Lubrication NA LP | www. This series is particularly used in wind power substations as main
breaker, bus-tie breaker and capacitor bank breaker.
Foam Tape, which provides excellent klueber.com
durability and holding power in spite
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of the long-term fatigue and harsh
environmental conditions the wind
EMA Electromechanics, LLC
blades are faced with.
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