Wind Energy

With an expected lifetime of 20 years or more, it is of paramount importance to inspect wind turbines – both in production and onsite. This does in particular apply for the highly exposed wind turbine blades. The goal is to optimise the wind turbines performance and reduce operating expenses. Operational costs due to unexpected downtime are namely one of the largest expenditures costs throughout a wind turbines lifetime. Our services to the wind turbine industry covers:

• Aerodynamics
• Non-destructive-testing (NDT of the wind turbines’ bearing steel constructions and of the wind turbines concrete and composite materials)
• Materials and surface technology
• Produktion optimisation and quality control
• Accreditation and certification
• Logistics related to transportation and installation
• Condition monitoring and control
• Development and implementation of maintenance programmes.

Our services and products to the wind turbine industry are amongst others supported of these services:

• Vindtunnel tests
• Siting in complex wind environments
• Automatic scanning of wind turbine blades
• Automatic scanning of weldings on wind turbine towers
• Thermography
• Control of surface treatment
• Logistic simulation -  amongst others with Promodel
• Sensors that are built into the wind turbine blades and towers
• Control and surveillance of the concrete foundations.