Global Drivetrain Analysis and Wind Turbine Lifecycle Engineering
Company, Romax Technology has been awarded the GL Renewables (GL)
A-Design Assessment for it's new range of WT2000 licensed 2MW gearboxes.
Achieving this high level of certification means that the gearbox
design has passed the most stringent independent requirements set for
the wind industry and is another significant achievement for Romax
Technology.
The WT2000 2MW gearbox is the fourth successful Romax gearbox and
driveline which includes 1.5MW, 2.5MW & 3MW. , Romax is continuing
to work with GL to ensure its latest designs meet with the high
standards set by the GL guidelines with the aim of achieving further
A-Design Assessment certification for designs in the range of 750KW to
5MW.
The 2MW, WT2000 certification represents the culmination of
successful collaboration between Romax, AMSC-Windtec and a number of key
gearbox manufacturers. The gearbox will be manufactured by Romax
customers in China, Taiwan, India and South Korea and has been designed
for Windtec’s WT2000FC and WT2000DF Wind Turbine Models.
The Romax engineering design team has achieved compliance with the
stringent guidelines set by GL, and has also delivered a gearbox design
that meets the varying production criteria stipulated by each of the
manufacturers within a very competitive timeframe. This has resulted in a
refined, fully certified gearbox design, available in multiple regions
which in turn will strengthen and improve the offering of the local
supply chain.
The WT2000 design is based on our licensable 2MW wind turbine gearbox
design, said Andy Poon, Director of Renewables at Romax, and working
closely with AMSC-Windtec and GL Renewables Certification has proven our
design to be straight forward to certify and easy to produce in volume
by many manufacturers.
Romax Technology provided a full manufacturing technical solutions
package which included gearbox design, manufacturing, testing support
and technology training. This process was supported by Romax’s unique
simulation technology software, RomaxWIND, the only software to have
been certified by GL Renewables Certification as a recognised method of
calculating gear loads.