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Press Releases Flender Servicing Keeps Wind Turbines Moving
Flender’s units are in operation all over the world, and the company carries out regular maintenance on the growing number of wind turbines situated around the UK, both on site and in the Flender factory in West Yorkshire. Many of these wind turbines have been operating for more than a decade, often in hostile environments, and during scheduled maintenance periods Flender engineers carry out exhaustive checks, restore original tolerances and thereby ensure that these units continue to provide many more years of round-the-clock service. Flender introduced the gear concept for wind energy back in 1989 through its Winergy subsidiary, a concept which has since been adopted by others. The commonly used combinations are one planetary gear stage (low-speed gear unit stage) with two helical gear stages (high-speed stage), or two planetary gear stages and a helical gear stage. Flender currently offers four main types of gear units, covering power ranges from 600 to 2500 kW with an appropriate range of sizes. More information on Flender’s wind energy products from Siemens Flender on +44 (0)1274 657700, or e-mail julie.ferguson@siemens.com. Flender is part of Siemens Automation and Drives. ENDS For further media information and photo please contact Bridget Summers, Footprint, PO Box 4, Thorpe Park, Leeds LS15 8WX, UK. Tel: 0113 251 5697. Fax: 0113 251 5351. E-mail: bridget@fim.org.uk |
Siemens Flender is the world’s biggest supplier of drive technology for wind turbines, providing gear units, couplings, generators and power converters.