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Global blade services
WindCom is a global blade service company with headquarters in
Houston and o ces in Madrid, Spain, and Brazil. e engineering sta
provides blade repair work instructions and quality assurance while the operations sta coordinates projects worldwide. With OEM materials, modern access equipment, and highly trained technicians, projects are completed safely with high quality and value. Services include inspections, leading edge protection VG installs, lightning damage, leading or trailing edge splits, structural cracks, and balancing. WindCom provides free counseling, planning
for preventative maintenance, and quotations for damages.
WindCom | www.windcomservices.com Booth 2012
Over-dimensional transportation solutions Totran Transportation Services is an independently owned and operated Canadian heavy haul specialized company operating across North America from their head o ces in Calgary, Alberta, and US o ce in Conroe, Texas, just north of Houston. Since their beginnings in 2006, they have provided transportation and niche customer needs for the movement
of project cargo for all di erent types
of industries requiring heavy haul transport. ey have worked with many industries including, oil and gas, wind and power generation, mining, and construction. Totran Transportation Services is not limited to working with these industries; but are open to hauling over-dimensional loads for other industries as well.
Totran Transportation Services www.totran.ca
Booth 3451
Wind project services
Sargent & Lundy brings the knowledge, experience, and resources to help
their clients tackle all aspects of wind energy projects: from planning to commissioning; from due diligence
to complete facility design; to grid interconnection solutions. ey
have been providing engineering, consulting, and support services to the wind power industry for over 15 years. eir experience spans the spectrum of geographic sites, wind turbines, complex terrain, and grid interconnection requirements as well as integrating battery energy storage into renewable generating facilities. Sargent & Lundy has been serving clients including utilities, developers, nancial institutions/lenders, constructors, and manufacturers worldwide for over 125 years. Sargent & Lundy www.sargentlundy.com
Booth 2019
Repair services for wind turbine components Ludlum Wind provides new upgraded ESS and non-ESS rotor and line
IGBT assemblies for the GE 1.5 series turbines. ey have provided thousands of IGBTs to the industry since 2010, featuring short delivery times (typically 3 days) with products maintained in stock. Ludlum has over 400 employees and over 55 years of manufacturing experience. Upgraded components
and Ludlum’s custom AEBM board
are integrated to provide improved operation at high temperatures and a long operating life. Reusable packaging with custom cut high-density foam and custom reusable steel shipping plates protect the berglass stando s and the bus connections during shipment to
the customer, ensuring products arrive safely every time. Ludlum’s highly integrated manufacturing allows them to have control over product quality, delivery time, costs, and allows them the capability to o er long-term support. Ludlum Wind | www.ludlumwind.com Booth 4647
Renewable energy consultants
Natural Power is an independent consultancy with hands-on and in-
house expertise in the entire wind
farm development, construction, and operations cycle. eir operations experience, full lifecycle services,
and products provide perspective for renewable energy project developers, owners, and nanciers alike. ey take a practical, proactive, and engaged approach to conducting technical due diligence and prioritize customer care. As plant operators of over 175 sites across four countries,
they are positioned to provide insight
into wind plant and turbine performance, turbine technology, as well as long-term operational planning considerations including OPEX and CAPEX.
Natural Power | www.naturalpower.com Booth 3420
Wind turbine condition monitoring unit
B&K Vibro’s DDAU3 (Diagnostic
Data Acquisition Unit) is a condition monitoring platform designed with the newest technology to meet the condition monitoring challenges of today and many years to come. It will help customers with their increasing need to optimally reduce downtime and overall life-cycle costs of wind turbines by implementing enhanced condition monitoring methods, easy system integration, built-in cyber security and simple IT solutions. DDAU3 is backward compatible to existing DDAU2 devices, and has a seamless interface to the VibroSuite Condition Monitoring Software or popular data historians. DDAU3 is exible, scalable, and o ers application/machine speci c monitoring strategies as well as customized solutions. e DDAU3 functionality and design concept make it a solution for nearly any remote condition monitoring task.
Brüel & Kjær Vibro | www.bkvibro.com Booth 2823
Proactive blade lifecycle management
BladeEdge is an arti cial intelligence-driven software portal that transforms big data from aerial inspections into actionable intelligence which informs maintenance and repair decisions. BladeEdge was designed to help improve wind farm safety and e ciency while reducing costs. Degraded blades are ine cient, even small amounts of leading edge erosion can lead to tremendous e ciency loss. e BladeEdge software portal automatically tracks conditions over time and identi es damage and wear in early stages. BladeEdge can help users develop a blade management program, improve AEP, and take charge of proactive maintenance and repair.
BladeEdge | www.bladeedge.net
Booth 2928
Making Logistics Easy
By providing logistics management services through every step of the supply chain, TP&L ensures your shipments arrive at project sites economically, safely, on time and to the quality standards set by the manufacturer. We currently are storing and maintaining 14,769 components in our yards.
Services and Capabilities: • Distribution Services
• Inventory Management • Rail Logistics
• Trucking Logistics
• Indoor/Outdoor Storage • Maintenance
Check out our distribution centers:
Casper, WY | Garden City, KS | Enid, OK | Grand Forks, ND | O’Neill, NE
tpandl.com • 307-262-6748
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From ltration and condition monitoring to custom hydraulic power units and advanced accumulators and cooling solutions, Parker has the precision-engineered products and turnkey systems to help the most sophisticated wind power plants generate energy more ef ciently, while improving reliability and uptime.
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VDH/GSMI
34.5 kV Vacuum Circuit Breaker and High Speed Grounding Switch for Wind and Solar Power Substations
Ema Electromechanics is the designer and manufacturer of model VDH/GSMI® combined 34.5 kV vacuum circuit breaker and high speed, mechanically interlocked grounding switch (aka “grounding breaker”), a unique and patented system specifically designed for switching and grounding of wind and solar feeder circuits.
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