The average cost for a replacement wind turbine is around $5,000. We recently learned that a leading European Wind Turbine company throws ALL their faulty PCBs away!
A turbine controller board made by ENERCON (below) was tested and diagnosed with the ABI #BoardMaster running a complete fault diagnostic procedure, including a selection of Power Off and Power On test techniques. These tests are being executed from the board connectors and at IC level through the use of custom cables and adapters.
Leading companies like GE Renewable Energy follow the same process in 8 countries saving GE over 20 million dollars since 2018. The amount of test data generated and logged automatically by the unparalleled BoardMaster software provides insights into a range of design flaws such as poorly specified components that can be corrected at the time of repair improving system reliability and robustness. The Device Degradation Rate can be ascertained through the in-depth evaluation of a number of sample boards aiding the implementation of effective predictive maintenance strategies.
Check out the following links to learn more about ABI solutions and the Repair, don't waste! movement:
GE Case Study https://lnkd.in/eeF5WA-H
My interview for Interesting Engineering
https://lnkd.in/ewNV97Hs
Predictive Maintenance with BoardMaster (by Tuncer Tezik)
https://lnkd.in/e2mwJA93
BoardMaster Demo Videos (#ABILabs)
https://lnkd.in/dUeQQXh
#RepairDontWaste #ukmfg #electronics #sustainability #repair
#windturbine #renewableenergy
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