Wind turbines last longer than ever thanks to continuous engineering improvements. Gearboxes in wind turbines, more than those in any other application, tend to fail prematurely. In fact, at some wind ...

Dublin, May 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Global Wind Turbine Gearbox Repair and Refurbishment Market (2024 Edition): Analysis By Type (Repair, Refurbishment), By Service Type, By Location of ...

Over the past decade, land-based wind turbines have grown from about 700 kW to well over 2 MW. This up-scaling in size, however, has subjected gearboxes and other components to even greater loads and ...

Bad things can happen when the mechanical gearbox in a megawatt-scale wind turbine gets overstressed. An unexpected wind gust can drive turbine blades hard, so hard that the torque on the gearbox they ...