Our team covers all the necessary steps to carry out a complete process of operation and maintenance of wind farms through manual, robots and drone procedures
During a wind farm´s operation and maintenance (O&M) phase, we contribute to the industry by providing the ability to analyze preventive maintenance plans and the results they display in order to optimize them, being able to space them out more and therefore achieve optimization of the maintenance performed by the client, resulting in reducing costs in O&M.
We also collaborate with our clients in the development of new maintenance procedures, such as the design and manufacturing of a relubrication suitcase that will automate and facilitate the task of relubricating the gear motors. This new task will extend the service life of the gear motors.
Additionally, SOLUTE collaborates in the development of TSR Wind robots for internal and external blade inspection, and ultrasonic inspection of tower welds. Our team of O&M covers the following capabilities:
Operation & Maintenance
Spanish engineering firm specialized in wind turbine inspections through robotics technology, ensuring state-of-the-art quality and data-driven solutions.
Considering the critical tasks within the wind turbine maintenance, SOLUTE, with our electrical engineering team, has developed the gear motor suitcase. This suitcase allows relubrication to be conducted directly from the turbine’s nacelle, reducing the operation time to just 30 minutes.
The relubrication process is fully automated, allowing operators to save time and complete this O&M task more efficiently and without additional risks. To initiate the process, the operator must enter the amount of oil to be injected into the gear motor via a touchscreen console on the front of the suitcase.
The system begins by extracting all old oil from the gear motor, followed by a flushing process to clean internal parts, and finally, injecting the new oil.
This entire procedure is automated thanks to sensors and actuators within the suitcase. A manual mode is also available, allowing the operator to manually inject or extract oil from the gear motor.
The SOLUTE energy forecasting team, under its Aphelion Wind brand, participated in a technical seminar with VTC Energy, one of Turkey’s most renowned energy trading
Our web and mobile weather forecasting platform launches a new version focused on enhancing user experience.
Gear motor suitcase, an innovative tool that reduces inactivity periods, improves safetyness and optimizes the efficiency in the wind turbine maintenance.
