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Mainshaft bearings inside wind turbines are subjected to extremely harsh operating conditions that result in failure patterns which include surface-initiated fatigue, abrasive wear and uneven internal load distribution. This webinar will introduce you to the latest engineering advancements in spherical roller bearing design, including solutions that allow potentially damaging thrust to be safely transferred through the bearing to the housing support. The resulting reduction in torque, friction and heat significantly improves the overall efficiency of the system, thereby enabling the wind turbine to generate more power – more reliably!
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Mechatronics simplifies traditional engineering concepts across most
industrial segments. By combining mechanical, electrical and computer technology into a single, integrated solution, products become systems
that are more efficient, reduce
operator error and cost less to
manufacture.
At Hannover Messe, Power
Transmission Engineering
had the opportunity to sit
down with Stefan Hantke,
president of
the Industrial
North America
division
of Schaeffler
USA, to discuss
the current
stateof-
the-art
in bearings
manufacturing,
the trends in industrial
bearings and the current state of U.S. manufacturing.
(In the meantime Stefan Hantke has taken over responsibility for the global sales activities of Schaeffler
Industrial)
After a sluggish 2013, annual installations of new wind turbines grew by 44% in 2014, according to the Global Wind Energy Council. And while much of that growth has been in Asia— particularly China, which now leads the world with 114 GW of installed capacity—the USA, Europe, and the rest of the world expect steady growth for the next couple of years as well (Fig. 1).