Wind turbines are exposed to major stresses day after day in the form of ever-changing high loads, vibrations or highly varied operating conditions. They are also subjected to external factors such as humidity, saline air or extreme temperature fluctuations, which put additional strain on the turbines and their components. This makes regular maintenance of wind turbines a necessity, but this is an arduous task that is therefore only performed at sizeable intervals. As a result, the aim of smooth, uninterrupted wind turbine operation often remains somewhat of a pipe dream.
What can you do to help your wind turbines withstand the major stresses that they are exposed to? Selecting the right oil or grease – for both the initial lubrication of components and their relubrication during operation – is one of the main factors for consideration.
As the world’s market leader for specialty lubricants, Klüber Lubrication helps you as an operator to further push the limits of what is technically feasible: for longer component service lives, significantly extended maintenance intervals and reliable operation that is also more sustainable.
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With a range of specialty lubricants specifically tailored to the wind industry, we not only help our customers around the world provide new impetus for their ambitions, but also to profitably increase their operational efficiency. This is why OEMs, operators and service companies have been placing their trust in us for more than 30 years. You too can benefit from our experience:
Local production
Our reliable supply chain
Klüber Lubrication is not only present with its products, but also with numerous sites and local production facilities on all continents in the top wind markets, e.g. in Europe, North and South America and China.
How that benefits you:
• Outstanding delivery capability.
• Prompt reactions to any disruptions in the supply chain.
• Outstanding convenience thanks to global and local sourcing.
• Noticeable reduction in transport emissions.
• Improvement of your ecological footprint.
Preventive maintenance
Our oil/grease condition analyses
Klüber has decades of experience in oil and grease analysis plus a deep understanding and extensive expertise of the characteristics of different system models. The company is also recognised and certified by many OEMs as a specialty lubricant supplier.
What we offer you:
• Maximisation of component service lives through customised analyses and recommendations.
• Optimisation of the grease life and bearing operating hours in wind turbines.
• Advice on when to change the lubricant.
• Reduced risk of financial losses.
• Cooperation with leading bearing manufacturers, wind farm operators and energy companies.
Forward-looking planning
Our component analyses
As a maintenance engineer, you need to maximise the service life of expensive components in order to avoid downtime due to repair or replacement. Based on our many years of experience, we help you to better organise your spare parts investments.
What advantages you can expect:
• Minimisation of planned and unplanned downtime.
• Root cause analysis as a basis for improved operating conditions and lubricant changes at the right time.
• Development of recommendations for action.
• Extended functionality of machines.
• Avoidance of possible future damage.
We are more than just a supplier – we are a technology leader. And we are committed to the highest quality, reliability, and innovation. These aspects are also reflected in our range of high-performance lubricants.
With Klüber, you not only have a long-term partner for optimising your lubrication processes, but also the right product for your wind turbine every time. To help you reduce downtime, save costs and resources plus achieve your individual goals.
Eliminates cost-intensive maintenance work by extending oil change intervals.
Your benefits:
Extends the service life of rolling bearings until scheduled maintenance or bearing replacement.
Your benefits:
Do you need more information about a specific product? Or would you like support with an individual request? Our specialists in the fields of Tribology and Application Engineering will be happy to offer you advice and help you determine the optimum solution for your application.
While the wind energy sector is constantly growing and modern wind turbines are becoming ever larger and more powerful, many older wind turbines have long passed the end of their originally specified service life. And yet, they continue to be operational – in harsh environments, where they are exposed to the elements, extreme temperatures and hence constant ageing stresses day after day.
Unplanned maintenance work and even disruptions to power generation are not only very time-consuming, but will also cause great cost to your company. The focus therefore lies on optimising maintenance in order to reduce costs, increase system uptime and maximise the profits from wind turbines.
To achieve this goal, Klüber Lubrication has developed special high-performance lubricants that are not only characterised by a consistently high degree of innovation, but also designed to support you in terms of cost efficiency – for example with regard to generator lubrication:
Our globally unique product for cleaning and removing deposits.
Your benefits:
Made for technical challenges thanks to good wear protection and optimised oil release behaviour.
Your benefits:
Are you looking for a product for cleaning and flushing gearboxes in wind turbines? Then Klüber is sure to have what you need.
Concern for the environment is mounting. Corporations are feeling a growing need to integrate environmental awareness and social responsibility in the way they conduct business. As regulations are becoming stricter, any leakage is regarded as a major risk. Bearing all these aspects in mind, more and more plant operators are opting for sustainable products. There are, however, other issues, for example energy loss, wear, or even the need for general overhauls. These matters need to be taken care of to ensure profitable business in the future.
The fact that lubricants are a decisive factor for energy-efficient, low-maintenance wind turbine operation is frequently underestimated in this context.
Klüber Lubrication offers innovative specialty lubricants such as Klüberbio LG 39-701 N for yaw gear drives or Klüberbio BM 32-142 for rotor blade bearings to help you meet the growing demands for higher performance, energy efficiency and environmental compatibility. We will work with you to carefully select the perfect products for your system from our future-driven, application-oriented range. But that is not all, we also make a continuous contribution to improving the ecological footprint. At our own sites and in relation to our customers.
Our biodegradable speciality lubricants are the all-in-one solution for eco-friendly and cost-efficient offshore systems. They complement our sustainability approach without compromising on performance.
We will continue to open up further new opportunities for you to extend the service life of your systems and therefore jointly pave the way to climate neutrality. Not least for this reason, Klüber Lubrication was awarded the ‘gold medal’ by EcoVadis, a leading rating company for sustainability, for the third time in a row in March 2024.
Would you like more information about our commitment to greater sustainability? Please do not hesitate to contact us!
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