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Remote Monitoring
Safety Equipment / Fall
Protection

Campbell Scientiic, Inc.

Campbell Scientiic delivers accurate, rugged,
lexible data-acquisition systems built around

Campbell dataloggers to wind-energy profes-
sionals throughout the world. Campbell Scientiic Blaklader, LLC
offers the ZephIR300 wind lidar as a complement A global brand in workwear since 1959,

or replacement to traditional meteorological Gravitec Systems
Blaklader originated in Sweden. Blak-
masts. The ZephIR300 provides wind measure- Gravitec Systems provides a full lader produces more than two million

ments across ten user-deined heights from 10 range of fall protection and rescue garments a year and is one of Sweden’s
to 200 m. It can be used throughout the wind services worldwide, including largest manufacturers in the heavy-duty
project: site prospecting, wind-low model veri- workwear industry. The full line includes
training, engineering, testing, and
ication, power-curve assessment, permanent technical equipment sales. They of- pants, shorts, vests, outerwear, and
wind-farm anemometry, and operational wind- fer year-round, comprehensive fall safety apparel all built to meet job site
farm analysis. Data from traditional meteorologi- standards for quality and durability.
protection programs and can custom-
cal instruments and the ZephIR300 can now
ize courses to it site-speciic needs. Blaklader’s North American headquar-
be shared seamlessly on Campbell Scientiic They represent over 30 manufactur- ters are in Sarasota, FL.
dataloggers. www.blaklader.com
ers for fall protection and rescue
www.campbellsci.com/wind-energy
products, and their engineers provide
a combination of services, from full-

service system designs, fabrication
and install, or off-the-shelf system

install. Gravitec Systems has a fully
equipped ISO 17025 accredited test-
Electro Static Technology
ing lab that allows for a range of
AEGIS’ WTG-MR Rings combine wind
testing services to ensure product
turbine bearing protection with continuous integrity and conformity to CSA and
Capital Safety
monitoring of shaft voltage levels from
ANSI standards.
a remote location in real time. Combin- The DBI-SALA ExoFit STRATA from Capital
www.gravitec.com
Safety is a full-body safety harness de-
ing an AEGIS Shaft Grounding Ring and
a shaft monitoring ring in one, it ensures signed and tested with data-driven, third-
maximum uptime and reliability of wind party research, resulting in a harness that
is comfortable and cooler and lighter to
turbines and is designed for OEM instal-
lation or easy up-tower retroit. High- wear. The LIFTech Load Distribution System
frequency currents induced on the shafts takes the weight off workers’ shoulders
and redistributes it down to their hips,
of wind turbine generators can reach lev-
els of 60 amps and 1200 volts or greater, reducing forces on the shoulders up to 85%
when compared to other harnesses. Po- Guardian Fall Protection
and can cause severe electrical damage, larMesh padding keeps users’ backs
Based on the design of the Premium Edge
bearing failure, and catastrophic turbine
failure. The WTG-MR safely diverts up to cooler with greater air low. All innovations Series Harness line, the Guardian Fall Pro-
incorporated into the ExoFit STRATA are tection Tower Edge Construction Harness
120 amps of continuous shaft current at is intended especially for workers who
frequencies as high as 13.5 MHz and dis- supported by research from ergonomics
charge up to 3000 volts (peak). specialists at Northwestern Health Sci-
engage in climbing, work positioning, and
ences University.
suspension applications. The Tower Edge
www.est-aegis.com
www.exoitstrata.com
Construction Harness is comfortable, du-

rable, and is designed with either a pass-
through buckle or quick-connect buckle at
the chest, and tongue buckles or quick-

connect buckles at the waist and legs for
quick adornment and adjustment. This

fully OSHA and ANSI compliant harness
incorporates a body belt for positioning,
and a functional saddle to distribute the

pressures of extended suspension work
evenly across the worker’s body.
www.guardianfall.com