My WES18 Maintenance

Little and simple maintenance, 2 times a year, keeps your WES18 running.

WES18 wind turbines have a live expectancy of more than 20 years. But in reality WES18 turbines spin much longer than 20 years. Maintenance is the key to successful and profitable service for many years. A WES18 wind turbine needs little maintenance compared with other wind turbines. The smart WES18 design with few moving parts, passive pitch and with limited loads on blades, gearbox and tower result in less forces and less wear.

Maintenance is done once every six months by a certified maintenance engineer on site who climbs up in the tower. Maintenance engineers are trained and certified in the Netherlands by WES. WES dealers work with the right maintenance engineers to do maintenance for you. If needed WES maintenance specialists assist the WES dealer.

Your WES18 is connected to the Internet, its behavior is monitored and the monitored data is stored. This data and the general behavior of the WES18 is collected in a database. This database can be approached through a website. Every WES18 has its own website and can be checked over the internet. Maintenance engineers check these site before they go to a turbine for a maintenance job. Some parts need maintenance every six months. Other parts need less maintenance once in 1 or 3 years for example. Small maintenance jobs on a WES18 can be done in a few hours.

Wind turbine maintenance is a bit like car maintenance in this perspective, not all maintenance jobs on your car are similar.

Typical things that need to be done during half years maintenance are: General inspection of nuts and bolts, sensor check, safety features check. Typical things that need to be done during one and 3 years maintenance are: Lubrication and oil sampling.