Customer: 

Wind Turbine Installer

Customer Job Reference: 

150KW Wind Turbine

JJ Loughran Job Reference: 

Job No: 17848

Background: 

Our customer had purchased a second hand wind turbine and had asked JJ Loughran to complete a full overhaul on the turbines 20 year old 150KW generator as a result of JJ Loughran’s extensive experience in this filed.

The Solution: 

The Generator in question was delivered by the customer to our engineering workshop.

JJ Loughran engineers carried out a full detailed mechanical and electrical inspection of the generator.

Engineering manager briefed the customer on the extent of works that where required and their costs. before any work commenced.

A Full disassembly and cleaning of all parts was carried out and a further detailed inspection of the 150KW generators main components was completed

Measuring all critical dimensions to ensure there was no mechanical wear on shaft of bearing housings.

Balancing of generator rotor on JJ loughran’s new state of the art IRD soft balancing machine, which gives our customers more detailed and comprehensive balancing reports.

Supply an installation of SKF Drive and Non-Drive end bearings.

Full varnish / Re-lacquering and stoving of generator windings.

Please Note: We can if necessary, carry out a full rewind of a generator turbine if there has been a catastrophic failure in the generator windings. We also have extensive expertise in converting the generator from 690 VAC Star to 400VAC Delta.

Reassembly of all parts and test run the turbine generator on our state of the art test bed. All results including rpm, torque, speed and amps were recorded.

Full re-spray of generator to original Brook Crompton Paint specification.

Dispatch to customer, with a 5 working day turnaround.