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Lubrication and oil monitoring for wind turbines

Lubrication and oil monitoring for wind turbines - Seminar (2 days)

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Lubrication and oil monitoring in wind turbines – Efficient maintenance and cost optimisation

In our seminar on lubrication and oil monitoring for wind turbines, you will acquire practical knowledge on selecting and applying the right lubricants for the economical and reliable operation of your turbines. You will learn how to reliably distinguish between different types of lubricants and find out how you can extend oil change intervals through targeted filtration and maintenance. There is a particular focus on the early detection of wear and tear, as well as the professional collection and evaluation of oil samples for proactive maintenance. We also provide you with important warning and limit values for assessing gear damage and lubricant conditions in order to prevent breakdowns and reduce maintenance costs

In addition, you will gain valuable insights into the use of multi-grade hydraulic oils and strategies for simplifying grease selection and optimising relubrication intervals. This allows you to expand your specialist knowledge in a targeted manner and ensure the long-term, trouble-free operation of your wind turbines.

  • Reliably identifying and assessing differences between lubricant types
  • Selecting the optimum lubricant for economical and reliable operation
  • Extension and optimisation of oil change intervals for gearbox and hydraulic oils
  • Cost reduction through improved filtration and oil maintenance
  • Early detection of wear and potential malfunctions
  • Root cause analysis of damage cases after failures
  • Professional extraction of meaningful oil samples
  • Use of oil analyses for proactive maintenance
  • Interpretation of analysis results based on warning and limit values
  • Communicating the advantages of multigrade hydraulic oils
  • Simplification of grease selection and optimisation of relubrication intervals
  • Evaluation of used lubricating greases based on warning and limit values
  • Maintenance managers and service technicians for wind farms
  • Service technicians, fitters and service partners of wind turbine manufacturers
  • Managers at wind farms with their own maintenance staff
  • Technical specialists from the design, service and sales departments of wind turbines
  • Manufacturer of main and bypass filters for transmission and hydraulic oils
  • Supplier of gearboxes, rolling bearings and components for wind turbines
Seminar (2 days)

Content

Fundamentals of Lubrication

  • Basic principles of lubricant film formation (hydrodynamics, hydrostatics, EHD)
  • Most important lubrication-related characteristic values of a lubricating oil (viscosity, viscosity-temperature behaviour)

Fundamentals of Lubricants

  • Mineral oils and synthetic oils in comparison
  • Advantages and disadvantages of the individual fluid types and the resulting application
  • Function and effect of additives, matching to the respective lubricant

Gear oils

  • General tasks of a gear oil
  • Specific lubrication requirements of different gearbox designs, especially planetary gearboxes
  • Standardised gear oils according to gear oil standards
  • Minimum requirements and manufacturer approvals
  • Advantages and special features of using synthetic lubricating oils

Hydraulic fluids

  • Tasks of a hydraulic oil as a hydraulic fluid
  • Most important parameters for selecting a suitable hydraulic oil
  • Standardised hydraulic oil types and their areas of application (mineral oils, bio-oils)

Lubricants in use

  • Ageing of lubricants
  • Changes in the base oil, oil oxidation
  • Degradation or consumption of additives
  • Causes and consequences of contamination
  • Foreign oil ingress or mixing
  • Practical problems and their causes: Air and water in the oil (foaming, cavitation)
  • Mixing and miscibility of oils

Sampling

  • Sampling: where, when, how often and how
  • Sampling devices
  • Information for the laboratory: Handling the information on the sample label
  • Information from the laboratory: structure of the laboratory report – how the customer’s details can be found there
  • Effects of missing information

Research methods

  • Method for determining wear metals, oil condition and impurities
  • Significance and areas of application of the most important test methods
  • Scope of examination for routine checks

Basics of the evaluation of oil analyses

  • Basic procedure
  • Warning and limit values, trend evaluation
  • Examples from the OELCHECK pool of gear oil analyses for wind turbines

Evaluation of analysis results

  • Independent evaluation of results as group work
  • Evaluation on the basis of real practical examples from the pool of wind power samples at OELCHECK

Use online service effectively

  • Sample labels, effective sample management
  • Laboratory reports online
  • Create statistics and graphics
  • Category “Knowledge from A-Z”

Oil purity and service life

  • Contamination by particles, water
  • As pure as necessary, not as pure as possible: practical purity requirements
  • Measures to ensure that requirements are met
  • Filtration
  • Examples and practical tips

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Seminar price includes:

  • Participation in the seminar
  • Hot lunch
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  • Coffee/tea and snacks*
  • Water and juices
  • Detailed seminar documents
  • Certificate of participation
    (*with presence in Brannenburg)

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