Wind Turbine Gearboxes
The gearbox is a critical component of gear-driven wind turbines. It converts the motion of the rotating blades to a higher speed which is required to drive an electric generator. The load and torque characteristics of wind applications are such that the design and manufacture of wind turbine gearboxes is very demanding and requires specialist expertise and highly specialised manufacturing capabilities.
Hansen’s wind turbine gearboxes are designed by us in close collaboration with our customers for use around the world. Our wind turbine gearboxes have developed over time to meet customer demands for larger and more powerful wind turbines. Our first range of wind turbine gearboxes were of a standard type with an initial capacity of 30kW, increasing to 1.5MW by 1995, which today is at the smaller end of the scale in our wind turbine gearbox product range.
Increased trends towards larger and more powerful turbines in recent years have led to the development of larger wind turbine gearboxes with increased capacity and we are in the process of developing larger and more powerful gearboxes and integrated gearboxes with additional accessories. Hansen’s current wind turbine gearbox product is the Hansen W4 which is a tailor-made gearbox for wind turbines in a power range that varies between 1.5MW and 4.5MW, and we are also currently developing gearboxes with a capacity of up to 6MW.
Our extensive expertise in the design and manufacture of gearboxes has resulted in high quality products and efficient manufacturing processes. Our tailor-made wind turbine gearboxes have low noise and vibration levels and high torque density and power to weight ratios.
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