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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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In this seminar, you will learn how to reliably distinguish between different types of lubricants and select the optimal lubricant for economical and reliable plant operation. One focus is on extending oil change intervals and reducing costs through better filtration and oil maintenance. You will learn how to detect wear at an early stage, take meaningful oil samples and use oil analyses for proactive maintenance. We also provide you with important warning and limit values for assessing gear damage and lubricant conditions.

In addition, you will gain practical insights into the advantages 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 reliable operation of your wind turbines.

Target Group

  • Maintenance managers and service technicians for wind farms
  • Service technicians, fitters and service partners of wind turbine manufacturers
  • Managers of wind farms where maintenance work is carried out by their own staff
  • Technical specialists from construction, service and sales for wind turbines
  • Sales engineers and sellers of lubricating oils and greases
  • Manufacturer of main and bypass filters for transmission and hydraulic oils
  • Supplier of gearboxes, rolling bearings and components for wind turbines
  • Technical purchasers for lubricants and operating fluids
  • Technicians in oil change vehicles and in on-site condition monitoring and fluid management
  • Appraisors and surveyors for damage analysis and machine malfunction
  • Technically interested employees who want to extend their knowledge in the areas lubrication techniques and tribology

Aims

  • Know and assess the differences between lubricant types
  • Selection of the most suitable lubricant for economical and reliable system operation
  • Optimisation and extension of oil change intervals for transmission and hydraulic oils
  • Cost reduction and longer oil service life thanks to better filtration and oil maintenance
  • Early detection of unusual wear processes and possible faults
  • Investigation of causes of faliure after breakdowns
  • Extraction of meaningful oil samples
  • Oil analysis in pro-active maintenance
  • Interpretation of lab reports
  • Warning and limit values for assessing gearbox damage and oil condition
  • Advantages and function of multigrade hydraulic oils
  • Simplification of grease type selection, optimisation of relubrication intervals
  • Warning and limit values for used lubricating greases
Seminar (2 days)

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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Services included in the seminar price:

  • Participation in the seminar
  • Hot lunch
    on all days *
  • Coffee/tea and snacks*
  • Non-alcoholic beverages*
  • Detailed seminar documents
  • Certificate of participation
    (*with presence in Brannenburg)

Participation via live video stream:

  • via Microsoft Teams
  • You will receive the access data
    by email

    you need:
  • PC / Notebook
  • Headphones or speakers
  • optional: camera
  • stable internet connection

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