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5 Key Components to Prolonging Wind Turbine Usage

05/15/2023 07:15 AM

Wind turbines have become a critical component in the United States’ drive towards sustainable energy. As more wind farms are being constructed across the world, ensuring that the wind turbines remain operational and efficient is vital. Wind turbine maintenance is essential for the turbines to be in good working condition, minimizing downtime, and ensuring the […]

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Maximizing Wind Turbine Efficiency with E-RAD Torque Wrenches

04/27/2023 10:15 AM

The offshore wind energy industry has seen tremendous growth in recent years, and with that growth comes the need for high-quality tools and equipment. With over 1,500 bolts on a turbine, the tool of choice is the ERAD electric torque wrench,  which has proven to be a valuable asset in growing and maintaining the offshore […]

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RAD Torque Tools in the Wind Industry

05/04/2022 08:00 AM

RAD Torque tools have been instrumental in the explosive growth and expansion of the wind industry in the world for the last 15 years.   Partnering with key manufactures such as GE, Vestas, and Siemens-Gamesa, along with major wind turbine installers, RAD is the go-to torque tool manufacturer that helps these companies move forward in the […]

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Torque wrench uses in the renewable energy industry

12/27/2021 07:45 AM

The renewable energy industry is on the rise, registering an impressive 8.9% growth between 2016 and 2020. According to Business Wire, the global industry raked $692 billion in revenue in 2020. Considering the average wind turbine uses about 25,000 fasteners, including at least 6,000 bolts, that means you need robust and reliable tools to get […]

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Wind Industry's Number 1 Tool: E-RAD Torque Wrench

06/17/2021 11:26 AM

New World Technologies set the industry standard when the E-RAD electric high-capacity torque wrench debuted in 2005. There was nothing like this tool on the market at that time: a calibrated, accurate, electric torque wrench with a capacity as high as 4,000 feet/pounds. Around the same time, the American wind energy business started to take […]

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Bolting and Fastening for Wind Turbines

06/24/2020 10:30 AM

Wind Turbine Torque Tools and Why You Need Them Most, if not all, machinery needs maintenance at some point in time, and wind turbines are no different. A big part of maintenance involves taking off nuts and bolts and re-attaching them during the assembly stage. This is when torque settings become especially important. Bolts need […]

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Wind Turbine Jobs – Titles, Salaries, Training and Certification

03/10/2020 09:30 AM

Wind generation has become America’s number one source of renewable electricity generation, according to figures from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The EIA says that wind generation totaled 300 million megawatt hours (MWh) last year, compared to 26 million MWh generated by hydroelectric power. And that’s good news for people in the wind turbine industry […]

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Wind Turbine Design: To Torque or Not to Torque (Wrench)

05/07/2019 05:35 AM

Contact us today We write quite a bit about torque equipment for the wind industry here. It makes sense: torque wrenches are crucial to ensuring wind turbines function properly. Today we wanted to take a different approach, writing about the turbines themselves and exploring the difference between the standard wind turbine design and some interesting […]

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Torque Tools for the Wind Energy Industry

03/08/2019 09:28 AM

When you’re working on a wind turbine high off the ground, there isn’t much time to worry whether you’ve brought the right tools. That’s why so many professionals in this field trust the wind industry torque tools made by RAD, designed to be precise yet extremely durable. Companies like General Electric and Siemens trust RAD […]

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Wind Turbine Supply Chain Could Face Bottleneck

02/06/2019 09:19 AM

More than 23 gigawatts of new wind power capacity are predicted to be built across the country over the next two years, which seems like good news for the wind industry. However, a new report from the consulting firm Wood Mackenize Power and Renewables has found that supply chain bottlenecks could postpone or even cancel […]

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