PREVENTING BEARING FAILURE

摘要

Despite headline-making growth figures, the wind industry is still a relatively young one and as such, optimization of the technology continues. Indeed, it has been argued that some wind turbines have been pressed into production prematurely and have suffered from design-related failures within their first few years of operation as a result. The full cost of these failures, though often hidden by manufacturers' warranties, can be extremely high as, in addition to expensive repair costs, owners of such facilities lose revenue every second of downtime.