Articles - 2012

Ultimate Reliability: Wind Turbines

26 December 2012

Discussion on wind turbine reliability featuring Moog New Remote Terminal software which offers remote access, real-time operational monitoring, and troubleshooting for the pitch system of a wind turbine. 
 
As seen in the December 2012 issue of Design News.

 

Software Remotely Monitor Blade Pitch and its Controls

18 December 2012

The recent Remote Terminal Software gives wind farm operators and turbine manufacturers greater control of the operation of pitch systems, which are critical to the efficiency and safety of wind turbines.
 
Posted to the Windpower Engineering & Development website in December 2012.

 

Moog Releases New Software for Remote Monitoring of Wind Turbines

18 December 2012

Moog has introduced its new wind turbine remote terminal software designed to give wind farm operators and manufacturers greater control and understanding of the operation of pitch systems, which are critical to the efficiency and safety of wind turbines.
 
Posted to the North American Windpower website in December 2012.

 

Putting Inventory into Sharper Focus

8 November 2012

Moog works with Westmoreland Mechanical Testing & Research Inc. to decrease repair and replacement expenditures by 52%. 
 
As seen in the November 2012 issue of Hydraulics and Pneumatics.

 

Testing and Research Streamlines Servo Valve Service, Increases Uptime

3 October 2012

Moog helps Westmoreland Mechanical Testing and Research (WMTR) reduce its servo valve repair and replacement expenditures by approximately 52 percent.
 
As seen in the October 2012 issue of Product Design & Development.

 

India Beefs Up Its Automotive Testing

9 August 2012

Moog supplies servohydraulic test equipment, including simulation tables (also known as multiaxis shaker tables or MASTs), tire-coupled simulators, universal test benches, and hydraulic power units to new India NATRiP facility

Printed in the August 2012 issue of Machine Design.

 

Individual Pitch Control and Its Impact

7 July 2012

The impact of individual pitch control systems for larger wind turbines with longer rotor blades and higher tower structures.

As seen in the July 2012 Issue of Wind Systems Magazine.

 

Moog Pitch Control & Blade Sensing Systems Highlight Reliability at WINDPOWER 2012

3 June 2012

At the Georgia World Congress Center, Hall A, Booth 2511, Moog experts will showcase electric pitch control systems for controlling the angle of inclination of a wind turbine’s blades.
 
Posted to the North American Clean Energy website in June 2012.

 

2012: Trends in Motors and Drives

31 May 2012

Ray Opie, senior project engineer at Moog, discusses pitch control as a key safety system in pitch systems.
 
 Featured on the Windpower Engineering & Development website in May 2012.

 

Moog to Provide Tech for Offshore Wind Turbine Blade Testing Center

24 May 2012

Moog Industrial Group to supply test system to National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec) to evaluate and test wind turbine blades at new 100 m blade testing facility in Blyth, Northumberland, UK.
 
Posted to the North American Windpower website in May 2012.

 

Evaluating 100-m Wind Blades

24 May 2012

Moog Industrial Group to supply test system to National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec) at new 100 m blade testing facility in Blyth, Northumberland, UK.
 
Posted to the Windpower Engineering & Development website in May 2012.

 

Moog to Supply Test System to World's Largest Wind Turbine Test Facility

24 May 2012

Moog Industrial Group to supply test system to National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec) to evaluate and test wind turbine blades at new 100 m blade testing facility in Blyth, Northumberland, UK.
 
Posted to the North American Clean Energy website in May 2012.

 

Motion Control Manufacturer Opens Office in Istanbul

1 May 2012

Moog opens sales and services office in Instanbul, Turkey to support existing customers and business prospects.
 
As seen from May 2012 on the Windpower Engineering & Development website.

 

Simulation Table Produces More Realistic Testing

5 March 2012

Moog hydraulic simulation table provides a hexapod assembly achieving six degrees of motion for Exova Group Ltd.
 
As seen in the March 2012 issue of Hydraulics and Pneumatics.

 

Advance Motion Control For Harsh Environments

27 February 2012

Describing a variety of advanced motion control solutions that are being implemented in a wider set of harsh environments than ever before.
 
As seen in the February 2012 issue of Design News.

 

Electrical & Electronic Components 101

13 January 2012

Wind applications in motors and drives, inverters, transformers, and circuit breakers.
 
Featured on the Windpower Engineering & Development website in January 2012.

 

Changing Wind Farm Requirements

1 January 2012

Moog recently conducted a worldwide survey of wind farm operators and wind turbine builders to better understand their needs vis-à-vis blade pitch control.

As seen in the January 2012 Issue of Wind Systems Magazine.