As the world seeks renewable energy alternatives, wind power has become a growing industry. To remain competitive, wind turbine operators must find ways to optimize equipment performance, increase reliability, and reduce maintenance costs. In this webinar, Waukesha Bearings introduces the NordAlign™ Fluid Film Bearing for wind turbine main shafts and how this new technology improves main shaft reliability, cuts costs, and is easy to install.
Overview
Wind turbine technology has advanced significantly over the past several decades, resulting in larger wind turbine sizes, more complex manufacturing processes, and increased operational challenges. In addition, harsh operating environments often push main bearing systems, which already have high failure rates and high replacement costs, to their limits. To remain competitive, wind turbine operators must find ways to optimize equipment performance, increase reliability, and reduce maintenance costs.
In this webinar, Waukesha Bearings explains the advantages gained from using fluid film bearings on a wind turbine main shaft and the physics behind what makes them effective. Also, meet the new, game-changing NordAlign™ fluid film bearing that enables easy installation, maintenance and uptower exchangeability without the need for jack up vessels or cranes.
Key Takeaways
- Learn how fluid film bearings maximize wind turbine efficiency and explore the core physics driving their operation.
- Discover our new, game-changing NordAlign™ bearing and how it offers a number of benefits to wind turbine operation, such as uptower exchangeability, to simplify maintenance.
Speakers
Stefan joined Waukesha Bearings in March 2023. Previously, he spent more than 25 years in the design and validation of mechanical drivetrains for wind, energy production, oil & gas, and marine industries. He has worked with fluid film bearings in a variety of capacities since 1994.
Shravan joined Waukesha Bearings in February 2024. Previously, he spent a decade designing and validating bearings for Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy. Educated across three continents, Shravan has a background in Mechanical and Materials engineering and has been involved in the wind industry throughout his professional life.
Lukas joined Waukesha Bearings in 2021. Prior to that, he spent six years at ITR in Claus-thal in tribology and eight years at RENK in Hannover’s maritime and wind business, specializing in FEM, mechanical design, advanced in-house engineering software and R&D for next-generation mechanical systems.
Michael joined Waukesha Bearings in August 2011 and has 15 years of experience in the design and development of fluid film bearings. He spent the first 12 years on designing bearings for the turbomachinery or traditional industries while the last 3 years have been focused specifically on the wind energy market.