Ship&Offshore | Ausgabe 06/2016
Fatigue life analysis of gearboxes
DigitalClone | For wind turbine operators wanting to extend the life of their gearboxes, Germany-based Rewitec® has developed the lubricant additives treatment DuraGear® W100. The company recently contracted US-based Sentient Science to use its DigitalClone® technology to predict and compare the contact fatigue life of key gear and bearing components with field-measured surface roughness inputs from the Winergy 4410.2 gearboxes before and after the treatment with Rewitec’s DuraGear® W100 treatment.