CUSTOMER SUCCESS STORY
CUSTOMER SUCCESS STORY
Nordex – Reduction of material and production costs
Situation
Loads especially on long rotor blades of wind turbines must be monitored.
Customer Benefit
Reduction of loads, material costs and complexity as well as increase of energy yield.
Implementation
Series integration of the sensor platform in close cooperation with customers.
Audit for quality assurance as a series supplier
“Through the successful audit, the confidence in fos4X and the quality of their products are reaffirmed.”
Stefan Grundmann, Quality Assurance, Nordex
Situation
With the aim of producing more profitable wind turbines and making better use of weak wind locations, the rotor blades of wind turbines are becoming larger and larger, as are the rotor blades of Nordex wind turbines. The longer rotor blades are subjected to higher loads. In order to withstand these loads over the entire lifetime, loads must be reliably measured and an intelligent control system implemented. To solve this problem, Nordex turned to fos4X.
Solution and Customer Benefit
The measurement of blade bending moments in real time enables active load reduction through intelligent control algorithms such as individual blade adjustment. In this way, loads, material costs and complexity in development and production can be reduced and the annual energy yield increased at the same time.
Implementation
The project required close cooperation between Nordex and fos4X, which was accompanied by transparent data exchange on both sides. All parties were able to gain new insights through the cooperative exchange and thus jointly optimized the system. The measurement fos4X sensor system was precisely matched to the platform and components of the Nordex wind turbine and got series integrated within Nordex` production.
CAPEX Reduction
AEP Improvement
OPEX Reduction
Lifetime+
Situation
With the aim of producing more profitable wind turbines and making better use of weak wind locations, the rotor blades of wind turbines are becoming larger and larger, as are the rotor blades of Nordex wind turbines. The longer rotor blades are subjected to higher loads. In order to withstand these loads over the entire lifetime, loads must be reliably measured and an intelligent control system implemented. To solve this problem, Nordex turned to fos4X.
Solution and Customer Benefit
The measurement of blade bending moments in real time enables active load reduction through intelligent control algorithms such as individual blade adjustment. In this way, loads, material costs and complexity in development and production can be reduced and the annual energy yield increased at the same time.
Implementation
The project required close cooperation between Nordex and fos4X, which was accompanied by transparent data exchange on both sides. All parties were able to gain new insights through the cooperative exchange and thus jointly optimized the system. The measurement fos4X sensor system was precisely matched to the platform and components of the Nordex wind turbine and got series integrated within Nordex` production.
CAPEX Reduction
AEP Improvement
OPEX Reduction