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Nacelle Testing for the Wind Industry
Wind turbines will certainly contribute a great deal towards covering the world’s energy demand. Following onshore installations, offshore installations are targeted. Such systems work under extreme conditions and are hence expected to provide maximum reliability and minimum lifetime costs without compromising performance. It is hence an important challenge to fully test the nacelle units before they leave the factory. Such tests include vibration testing as well as simulation of fluctuating wind exposure. Converteam offers the entire range of related equipment and services including high performance and reliable variable speed drive systems, automation packages, switchgear and transformers.
Large Gearbox Testing
Converteam offers a wide variety of test bench solutions for large gearboxes. The majority of the large gearboxes are installed in wind turbines. Such applications require extreme reliability since maintenance costs or replacement costs are extremely high. In order to ensure the highest reliability, gear units are developed and tested under worst-case conditions. Converteam can refer to projects of up to 17MW in high performance mode. We offer the entire range of drives, electrical machines, test and simulation software and services including infrastructure. The variable speed drives ensure maximum performance in terms of dynamic response, accuracy and maximum overload testing capability.