State-of-the-art analytics combine data from gearbox manufacturing and life cycle monitoring with advanced reliability models to reduce the levelized cost of energy.
Through its advanced services ZF is directly supporting partners to reduce the operational costs and increase the energy output of wind turbines. With processes in place to capture, store and process data, we enable the lifetime extension potential of the gearbox.
The digitalization portfolio is also benefitting customers with digital capabilities such as the intelligent powertrain.
Digitalization at ZF Wind Power
Increasing energy output
ZF enables partners to increase energy production and avoid unscheduled downtime by early anomaly detection, pro-active planning of repairs and guaranteeing availability of spare parts and field service technicians.
We further support to unlock insights of gearbox lifetime extension potential and load increase potential.
Reducing operational cost of turbines
Operating costs to manage the turbine are greatly reduced through our digitalization services.
Thanks to early anomaly detection, wind farms are able to avoid consequential serious damages and also have up tower repairs as opposed to cost associated with a crane and gearbox exchange.
Through our predictive analytics of gearbox and its remaining lifetime, windfarm operators are able to better manage their inventory, significantly reducing their operational costs.
Enhanced performance of new turbines
Developing our learnings from the field and from our vast expertise of manufacturing data we are in constant pursuit in updating our products to reduce costs by eliminating uncertainties in design.
Enhanced performance ensures gearboxes yield lower costs of energy with the benefits directly transferred to our partners.
