This two-day conference will focus on structural failure analysis performed in wind turbines. Guillaume Badard from The Timken Company, Ralf Hambrecht from the company REpower and Andrew Smith from the company Wikov Industry will address feasible options how to increase the reliability of transmissions. Experts from HMS and the Spanish National Research Council will talk about damage patterns and types in rotor blades and their early detection.
Experts from the companies GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies and Gamesa will show how to identify structural damage as early as possible by means of monitoring systems for the main components so as to prolong their service lives and to reduce cost.
Expert presenters will also come from the Renk company, the Delft University of Technology and from the University of Southampton.
The programme will also present feasible solutions to deal with damage occurring in offshore plants exposed to special loads. Speakers from the companies Hempel and Cotes A/S will demonstrate how to protect offshore installations from the impacts of corrosion and moisture.
For registration and the program, please go to www.vdi.de/failureanalysis or contact VDI Wissensforum Customer Service, PO Box 10 11 39, D-40002 Duesseldorf, E-mail: wissensforum@vdi.de, Tel.: +49 211 6214-201, Fax: -154.