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BENEFITS IN A MARINE ENVIRONMENT What are the benefits to the marine industry of this technology? Improved safety and often reduced costs!
From a safety aspect, in rain or heavy spray window wipers are completely redundant. The Captain has 100% visibility through all the windows all the time, and not just the parts that are covered by wipers. A spin off benefit of this is reduced eye strain and fatigue.
Maintaining wipers and motors is an expensive business. If they are not being used they don’t wear out and don’t need to be replaced, hence the cost savings.
CUSTOMER INVOLVEMENT AND SIGNIFICANT COST SAVINGS The customer’s personnel were also on- site throughout the operation and reported high satisfaction with the completed repair. Firstly the repair was completed on schedule reducing down-time and getting
Intermediate pinion is lifted out of the truck for up-tower
the turbine generating again providing energy and revenue. Significant savings were also achieved as the gearbox was not removed from the nacelle, therefore no replacement gearbox was required, crane costs were minimised along with transportation costs.
OPTIONS • ‘Domestic’ type products – not really an option as they are not designed to work in a marine environment
• Shoreside contractor applied systems – whilst performing well, they tend to be expensive and inconvenient to accommodate on a busy operational vessel
THIRD OPTION There is now a third option which has been designed specifically for the marine industry. It combines the ease of application of the ‘domestic’ products with the performance benefits of the ‘contractor’ systems. It comes in a kit form that can be shipped anywhere in the world for the crew to use. It is currently in use on over 700 vessels worldwide, including a rapidly growing number of offshore vessels in the wind, gas and oil industries which Kleetec can supply.
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Overall it is estimated that a repair of this type compared to the alternative provides a savings of tens of thousands of euros. This is a significant benefit to the customer and ultimately a reduction in the cost of energy production.
PREVENTION BETTER THAN CURE It may seem counter-intuitive for a wind turbine gearbox repair/service company to take pro-active measures to avoid gearboxes being removed from the nacelle and returned for factory/workshop service. For some this is like turkeys voting for Christmas, however the Moventas service philosophy is “Prevention is better than cure” By use of a sophisticated condition management system like CMaS and pioneering up- tower repair capabilities it is our goal and should be the goal of everyone to keep turbines running with the minimum of interruption.
Since the repair in Germany, the turbine has been in service without problem. The CMaS continues to provide valuable data on the drivetrain condition and validation of the repair effectiveness.
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