CNC Machining Services
What & Why
Preventative, planned and emergency maintenance is a constant challenge for wind farm operators. Ensuring the optimum availability while reducing maintenance costs to optimise productivity while constantly ensuring the safety of all those who work around the assets.
How can we help
Working with CNC Onsite’s precision machining tool allows us to offer a wide variety of up tower and ground based machining services. These services allow us to reduce costs, mitigate many risks and reduce downtime. The combination of innovative and market leading equipment with highly specialised technicians (GWO) enable us to provide a flexible yet responsive service to enable safe turbine performance
Up-tower repair and maintenance solutions
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-Yaw ring teeth
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– Yaw ring sliding surface
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– Rotor lock
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– Broken bolts/threads
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– Generator shafts
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– Torque arms
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– Housings
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– Disc resurfacing
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– Generator shaft repair
Other services
– Blade root repair
– Partial or full repair of loose or worn inserts
– Bolts jammed or broken
– Damaged or worn flanges
– Flange milling
– Monopiles
– Transition pieces
– Towers
– Tower stands
– Sea fastening
– Transport frames
Vertical and horizontal milling machines up to current 1mm diameter with no flange width limitations
The advantages of up tower or on-site machining and repairs
– No disassembly of turbine
– None or limited use of cranes
– Reduced downtime
– No bottlenecks
– Crane availability
– Spare part availability
– Less dependence on weather windows
– Reduced co-ordination required
– Reduction in transport of costs
– Repair instead of replace