Wind Turbine Repair / Wind Generator Repair

IPS offers Wind turbine and generator repair coast to coast, giving wind turbine owners and operators single-source up-tower services, in-shop repairs and product sales. IPS TRICO leads and manages all IPS wind turbine repair service initiatives, ensuring up-tower safety, certifying repair shops, and providing dedicated repair services, field services and products for wind power customers across North America.

Everything we do, including wind generator repair, generator unit exchange, and up-tower repair, is backed by one standard for safety, quality, repair procedures and commercial terms. Do business with one IPS regional service center and you’ve done business with them all. The efficiency and added value of our single-source wind turbine service capabilities make owning or managing wind turbines and generators more predictable and more profitable.

To discuss our in-shop and up-tower services for your wind turbine assets, talk to your regional IPS sales representative or contact us.

Resources:

• Wind Service Brochure (PDF)
• Wind Generator - Exchange & Storage
• Wind Power Mechanical Services
• Wind Turbine Repair - Gamesa G52 and 2.0 MW
• Wind Turbine Repair - GE 1.5 MW
• Wind Turbine Repair - Mitsubishi 600, 1.0 and 2.4
• Wind Turbine Repair - Neg Micon 600, 700, 750, 900, 950, 1.5, and 1.65
• Wind Turbine Repair - Siemens 1.3 and 2.3 MW
• Wind Turbine Repair - Suzlon S64, S66 and S88
• Wind Turbine Repair - Vestas V-44, V-47, V-80, V-82, and V-90
• Wind Turbine Repair- Zond 750 Series

In-shop wind generator repair

IPS continues to define and document best practices and OEM repair standards for the wind industry, drawing on long-established relationships with wind power customers and industry OEMs.

Electrical repair

• Authorized OEM repair
• Wind generators up to 3+ MW
• Electric Motors
  • Pitch and yaw
  • Cooling fans
  • Hydraulic pumps
• Main breakers
• Electronic boards
  

Mechanical repair

• Authorized OEM repair
• Wind gearboxes
• Wind turbine main shafts
• Slip rings
• Heat exchangers
• Generator and gearbox housings

Stator coil manufacturing

• Random-wound coils up to 2 meters
• Form-wound coils up to 15 kV

Premium VPI insulation systems

• MegaSeal™ HV (up to 15 kV)
• EnduraSeal® MV (up to 6.9 kV)
  

In-house machining capabilities

• CNC precision-machined parts
• 145-ton lifting capacity
• Lathe: to 76” x 564”
• Vertical, horizontal and planer milling
• Pressing up to 600 tons

Dedicated truck fleet for coast-to-coast delivery

Up-tower wind turbine repair

IPS leads the industry in up-tower repair services. We’ve done several hundred bearing and slip ring replacements, and offer a full range of predictive and preventive maintenance services.

General wind power services and capabilities

• Wind generator and gearbox repair
• Bearing changeouts and upgrades
• Slip ring changeouts, upgrades & turning
• Grounding system upgrades
• Rotor lead changeouts
• Housing and component rebuilds
• Brush holder upgrades
• Wind turbine and blade cleaning – via rope access
• Blade inspection–via rope access
• General labor and maintenance
• Scheduled and emergency repair and maintenance
  

Predictive and preventive maintenance

• Laser alignment
• Vibration and Modal Analysis
• Thermography
• Bore Scoping

Diagnostic testing

• Baker Surge Test
• Motor Circuit Evaluation (MCE)
• Doble®
• Partial Discharge

Pre end-of-warranty wind turbine inspections
to detect and address:

• Imbalance
• Misalignment
• Mechanical looseness
• Rotor eccentricity
• Shaft bends
• Lubrication condition
• Bearings
• Gears and gearbox problems
• Generator faults
• Rubbing
  
• Natural frequency and resonance

Wind turbine parts sales

IPS offers industry-leading product sales as part of our single-source capabilities. Learn more about our wind parts sales.

• Wind generator and gearbox components
• Bearings — steel, Insocoat and ceramic
• Stator coils up to 15 kV
• Motors — pitch yaw and cooling pumps
• Generator couplings
• Pitch control battery packs
• Encoders — hollow and solid shaft
• Power slip rings
• Pitch control slip rings
• Custom slip rings
• Shaft grounding rings
• Auto lubrication systems
• Grease and oil
• Brushes and brush holders