The charge towards generating more energy from renewable sources has seen the wind turbine industry witness emphatic growth levels over recent years. The economic downturn and subsequent strangling of ...

XL hybrid bearings are designed specifically for wind-turbine generators. Engineered to provide insulation against electric currents, they virtually eliminate the risk of premature bearing failures.

Encouraging results from recent up-tower testing at a wind farm in Oregon indicate that the conductive-microfiber bearing protection ring is preventing generator bearing damage. Designed by the ...

XL hybrid bearings are designed specifically for wind-turbine generators. Engineered to provide insulation against electric currents, they virtually eliminate the risk of premature bearing failures.

The test bench is bound for LORC’s new main bearing test facility in 2025 Completed: the 3,700 metric ton foundation for the new test bench for main bearing for wind turbines up to 25MW Peter Winther ...

The Timken Company TKR is joining forces with GE Renewable Energy to supply main shaft bearings for its Haliade-X, the world's most powerful offshore wind turbine. Each Haliade-X turbine will have a ...

NORTH CANTON, Ohio, June 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Timken Company (TKR) (NYSE: TKR; www.timken.com), a global industrial leader in engineered bearings and power transmission products, today ...

Rolling contact fatigue (RCF) in bearing steel is a phenomenon where repeated cyclic loading leads to subsurface microstructural alterations and eventual material degradation. This process is pivotal ...

While all of these elements have influenced the rapid expansion of wind turbines worldwide, environmental and geopolitical ...