Case Study: PSI Upgrades Wind Turbine Pitch Drives and Saves Wind Farm $165K
Customer turns to PSI after ongoing issue with pitch drive failures
Overview: | A wind farm approached PSI to analyze an ongoing issue with pitch drive failures. |
Root Cause: | PSI Engineering Services performed failure analysis and discovered that the failures were due to a failed IC. |
Solution: | PSI Engineering Services upgraded the OEM design by installing an IC that limited the IC input voltage, which eliminated the failures. |
Results: | By upgrading the OEM design, PSI saved the wind farm over $165,000 in one year. |