Electrom motor testers and winding analyzers are sold worldwide to motor repair companies; motor, generator and coil manufacturers and OEMs; and to companies in countless industries including power generation, mining, oil & gas, automobile, food processing, pulp & paper and various processing and manufacturing plants.
Condition Monitoring/Analysis
MISTRAS Group
MISTRAS Group, Inc. is a “one source” multinational provider of integrated technology-enabled asset protection solutions, helping to maximize the safety and operational uptime for critical industrial and civil assets.
MISTRAS enhances value for its clients by integrating asset protection throughout supply chains and centralizing integrity data through a suite of Industrial IoT-connected digital software and monitoring solutions. The company’s core capabilities also include non-destructive testing field and in-line inspections enhanced by advanced robotics, laboratory quality control and assurance testing, sensing technologies and NDT equipment, asset and mechanical integrity engineering services, and light mechanical maintenance and access services.
S. Himmelstein and Company
S. Himmelstein and Company has been designing and manufacturing the world’s best torque measurement transducers, torque sensors, and instrumentation since 1960. Our products offer significant advantages over competitive models, enhancing their overall performance under real world conditions, not just in the calibration stand.
Highest Available Mechanical Overloads
Select from 200%, 400%, 500% and 1,000% overload models. The flexibility to select torque sensor mechanical overload allows optimal sizing of the sensor to suit the application, even in the presence of peak torques that exceed the average running torque.
High Electrical Overrange
All Himmelstein Torque Transducers and Instruments with high level dc analog output voltages, have significant electrical overrange (130% to 150% in most cases.). This means that the output signal does not clip at full scale. All rotating mechanical systems have oscillatory signals. When operating at or near full scale, insufficient overrange on the output signal will cause clipping of the peak values and result in incorrect display of the average torque. Himmelstein Torque Transducers will provide accurate measurement, even beyond full scale.
Best Dynamic Measurements
Our Bearingless Torque Flanges are the best choice for dynamic measurement and control. That’s because the world’s highest torsional stiffness yields wider installed bandwidth and faster installed response than any competitive device. They also feature industries highest overrange and greatest isolation from clamping and other extraneous loads. Those features reduce errors from clipped torque peaks and parasitic loads.
World Class Temperature Performance
Superior temperature compensation results in sensor temperature performance that greatly reduces errors caused by drive heating and thermal gradients. This level of temperature performance allows us to offer Dual Range Torque Transducers with high accuracy.
Broadest Available Range of ISO17025 Torque Calibration Services
Available calibration ranges from 10 ozf-in to 4,000,000 lbf-in (0.07 Nm to 452,000 Nm). Accreditation is through NVLAP, an arm of the United States NIST, lab code 200487-0. Nine calibration stands are available to provide optimal measurement uncertainty for the range of transducer being calibrated. Services are offered for torque transducers manufactured by Himmelstein as well as those of other manufacturers. ISO 17025 accredited NIST traceable calibration certificates are provided with each calibration.
Specialties
Torque Transducers, Torque Transmitters, Torque Sensors, Signal Conditioners, Calibration
Meggitt Sensing Systems
Modern energy-generation plants contain myriad rotating parts, ranging from vast turbine blades to tiny cooling fans. Because they are constantly in use, enclosed in protective casings and often operating in inhospitable temperatures, pressures and chemical mixes, it is difficult for engineers to check they are functioning correctly. This is where health monitoring comes in. Machinery protection, condition monitoring, industrial vibration monitoring and partial discharge monitoring are related services provided by Meggitt to enable operators to remotely monitor the health of their machines while they are in action.
Highly durable sensors placed close to critical pieces of equipment relay information on everything from vibration anomalies to electrical currents back to a central computer system. By inspecting patterns within the signals, analysts can easily see if their equipment is in fine fettle or in need of some attention. Because any potential problems show up early on, engineers can schedule physical inspections and repairs for optimal times, when energy demand is low. Most important, health monitoring avoids catastrophic failures, potentially saving billions of dollars.
In the wind industry, industrial vibration monitoring has proven to be so effective that many insurance providers won’t provide cover without it. When the first wind turbines were installed in Europe, their planetary-style gearboxes were prone to failure due to gear-oil overheating and mechanical wear caused by gusts of wind and misalignment. Turbines often caught fire, resulting in lengthy and costly downtime. Operators needed a way to monitor the health of their turbines and turned to vibration monitoring.
When properly positioned and monitored, vibration sensors effectively identify the changes in the mechanical performance of wind turbines that are the tell-tale signs of a developing fault. Correcting malfunctions at an early stage can save thousands of dollars in repair fees, as well as reducing costs from lost output. Today, Meggitt’s sensors and systems help monitor vibration on as many as 10,000 wind turbines.
FreeWave Technologies
FreeWave Technologies, Inc. radios provide the Wind Power industry with a superior wireless solution for Wind Farm Communications Systems.
Since its inception in 1993, FreeWave has been recognized as a leader in wireless data solutions. FreeWave radios are trusted for mission critical communications in essential industries, technologies and military applications the world over. FreeWave radios transmit data with better reliability and sensitivity than other wireless technologies.
Wind farm communication systems face ongoing technical challenges to their equipment due to turbulence, vibration and flow displacement. Renowned for their high performance, reliability and security, FreeWave radios are the smart choice for your communications systems.
Whether you are a wind power company, public and private utility, OEM, reseller/integrator or an O&M provider, FreeWave radios ensure the ongoing success of your operation by providing:
• Superior stability and Accuracy
• Superior Reliability
• Secure, Dependable Data Transmission
Our ability to offer superior performance and service at a competitive price is another reason to partner with FreeWave. Our radio technology does not require a license or connection fee. Our radios are manufactured in the USA.
Finally, FreeWave radios enable communication systems by providing dependable data
transmission for:
• Condition Based Monitoring
• SCADA, Met Tower
• Productivity Reporting
Organizations that count on radio data communications for operational success – where failure and down-time are not an option – trust FreeWave for custom network design, system engineering and customer support that are unparalleled in the market. For additional information, contact FreeWave directly at 866.730.1466 or moreinfo@FreeWave.com. Visit us at www.FreeWave.com
Rev1 Power Services, Inc.
Founded in 2001 by Richard Ehrgott and Dick Emery, Rev1 Power Services, Inc. and subsidiary Rev1 Wind, Inc. currently serve all segments of the energy industry. Our global reach and reputation for providing high-caliber engineers and technicians offers clients an unparalleled resource in project commissioning, maintenance, and operations.
Rev1 Wind, a provider of skilled wind turbine technicians and support to the wind industry, assists clients with their scheduled maintenance and ongoing O&M needs. Services include turbine inspections, maintenance cycle completion, and post-warranty operations and maintenance. We offer flexible service packages that provide an economical approach to annual maintenance from a single mobilization schedule. In addition, our electronic service tracking system assures continuity of our inspections and repairs from construction inspections through post-warranty cycle maintenance.
Services Provided:
• Construction and Warranty Quality Inspections
• Cycle Maintenance
• Wind Turbine Operations & Maintenance
• Vibration Analysis
• Borescope Inspections
• Infared Testing
• Training Programs
• Electronic Service Tracking
Rev1 takes customer service and client loyalty seriously. Our reputation in the energy industry has been formed through relationships that span entire corporations, and we are committed to sending only the most qualified technicians to do the job. We uphold this company value with constant feedback from our clients, ensuring we meet their needs every step of the way.
M4 Wind Services, Inc.
M4 Wind Services, based Long Beach, CA is a complete maintenance, inspection and repair services company where “Engineering Meets the Field.” M4 started as a high technology engineering company in 2001, focused primarily on extremely challenging problems in the aerospace and defense industries. Many of M4’s most challenging projects were in the composite materials and structures area, so we quickly built a strong team of analysts, designers, and technicians that could quickly design, optimize, build, and repair composite structures. Our transition into the wind industry began in 2003, when our team started a production line for 30+ meter blades in California. Since then, we have designed and built blades as large as 70m for turbines in use worldwide. We have recently developed proprietary designs and patents for revolutionary wind turbine blades and are currently entering low rate production. Building on our in-factory expertise, M4 expanded into field inspection and repair of wind turbines; clocking over 200,000 hours over the last two years. Our quality control inspectors, field engineers and technicians have performed some of the most challenging repairs in the industry, and the fact that they access to our home office staff of excellent engineers gives our service teams significant advantages in diagnosing and correcting problems from the simplest to the most complex.
Since its inception, M4 Wind Services has expanded its portfolio of support activities to include complete tower maintenance and repairs, QC services for the complete life cycle of a WTG from component supplier audits through decommissioning, due diligence pre-warranty expiration inspections of the entire WTG, focused major component inspections of gearboxes and blades, complete blade servicing from washing to up-tower remediation and independent 3rd party fault analyses with root cause determinations and corrective action recommendations. Expanding support now includes active load and threat monitoring equipment (Rotor Redline) to extend the life of WTG’s and reduce maintenance costs as well as strategic partnerships to provide low-cost gearbox repair and overhaul services and long-term warranty repair services to stabilize maintenance costs for the WTG’s operational life.
Ludeca, Inc.
PRÜFTECHNIK and LUDECA, Inc. (U.S. partners) operate as suppliers for portable and online remote monitoring systems and expert service providers. With more than 1,000 VIBROWEB® XP online monitoring systems sold worldwide, PRÜFTECHNIK and LUDECA have a strong presence in the wind industry.
The Germanishe Lloyd (GL) Wind certified VIBROWEB XP Wind online monitoring system was developed exclusively for wind turbine condition monitoring. It is an easy-to-install, intelligent, and compact unit that operates autonomously without a PC.
To continue the expansion within the industry, LUDECA introduces its LUDECAwind Division to provide system support services which include installation and start-up of condition monitoring systems, telediagnosis services with remote monitoring, laser alignment and geometric measurement systems, continuous alignment monitoring and consulting services.
LUDECAwind
A Division of LUDECA, INC.
Alignment | Vibration | Balancing
