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How to Double your Gearbox Life Using New
Materials, Components, and Methods
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Presentors
Wesley Thomas
Business Development
Sentient Science
Doug Herr
General Manager
Aerotorque
Jeff Grabowski
Manager of Applications
Development and
Commercialization
QuesTek Innovations
Joe Reisinger
VP Product
Management
Broadwind Energy
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What If?
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Business Challenge We’re Trying to Solve
Operators Push
Performance
Failures Increase on
Rotating Components
New Failure Solutions Emerge
There is Limited Time to
Evaluate All Solutions
Different Applications
Have Difference
Value
Expensive and Time
Consuming to Try New Solutions
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Why a Trusted Third Party Can Help
Quantify Benefits and Business Case Quickly and Early
Life Modeling Approach
Specific Application
Solution I.P.
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Component Risk Failure risk ranking down to the component
level
DigitalClone Life Models
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Presenter
Doug Herr
General Manager
Aerotorque
How to Double your Gearbox Life Using New Materials, Components, and Methods April 22, 2015
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• AeroTorque was spun out of PT Tech Inc. in March of 2013. • PT Tech has spent the last 36 years working to reduce transient
torque loads in many different types of equipment. • Both companies are under EBO Group, an 100% employee
owned company.
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April 22, 2015
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April 22, 2015
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April 22, 2015
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Rotor inertia
Generator inertia
April 22, 2015
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April 22, 2015
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Photo courtesy: Aaron Greco/Argonne National Laboratory
April 22, 2015
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A control system can only react as fast as the mechanical system that it controls.Can a control system react fast to prevent a torque reversal?
Sense the Wind speed
Initiate blade pitch
Stop pitching
How quickly can it respond to a gust or an emergency stop command?
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1.65 MW turbine 750 KW turbine
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April 22, 2015
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April 22, 2015
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April 22, 2015
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Presenter
Jeff Grabowski
Manager of Applications Development and Product
Commercialization
QuesTek Innovations LLC
How to Double your Gearbox Life Using New Materials, Components, and Methods April 22, 2015
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Agenda
• Background on QuesTek Innovations LLC
• New advanced gear steels:
• properties
• leading applications
• benefits to wind gear boxes
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QuesTek Innovations LLC - Background
• A global leader in Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME)
• A licensor of four new ultra high performance steels to Carpenter Technology
• QuesTek steels fly as safety-critical landing gear on U.S. Air Force and Navy platforms + key applications in industries where high performance is valued
Ferrium M54 hook shank forging Completed Ferrium M54 steel T-45 hook shank
The U.S. Navy has estimated that using QuesTek’s Ferrium M54 steel for T-45
hook shanks will provide a $3 Million cost savings
NAVAIR Public Release #2014-
712 Distribution Statement A-
"Approved for public release;
distribution is unlimited"
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Ferrium C61 & C64 high performance carburizing steels:A significant upgrade from incumbent wind turbine gear materials
Commercially Available
C61 (AMS 6517): ~61 HRC case, ultra high-strength & high-toughness core
C64 (AMS 6509): ~63 HRC case, high-strength core For gears, shafts, integrally-geared shafts, pins, ball screws, actuators, etc.
Aerospace-qualified design minima for flight critical components
Longer fatigue life and greater pitting resistance
Greater strength = lighter-weight, or increased power density
High tempering temperature = greater temperature resistance / survivability
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C61 and C64 steels: Superior fatigue performance
vs. “best-in-class” aerospace gear steels
Single tooth bending fatigue: ~20%
higher performance of C64 steel vs.
Pyrowear 53 (based on 50% failure
criteria)
Greater core strength of C61 steel
leads to ~45 ksi increase in axial
fatigue threshold stress vs. 9310
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Chinook rotor shafts, Block II upgrade (Boeing):
C61 replaces 9310 to provide ~20% increase in power at same geometry
Crankshaft for aerospace steering actuator:
C61 addresses core strength deficiencies of 9310 (full scale production 2015)
Off-road racing (e.g., BAJA 1000)
3-4x life improvement vs incumbent 9310 steel
NASCAR pinions
Eliminated in-race failure issues of incumbent steel
Oil and gas pinions
Solved core failure of 9310
F-1 components
Under evaluation for longer fatigue life
Ferrium C61
Leading application examples
C61 steel forward rotor shaft
undergoing rough machining,
successful rig testing in 2014
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Ferrium C64
Leading applications examples
Next Generation Helicopter Gear
Steel
“C64….allows gears to run at high load levels
without failure and carry more loads through
the gearbox,” March/April 2015 issue of Army
Technology Magazine
• Multi-year programs with Bell
Helicopter and Sikorsky
And…
• Currently under evaluation by several
major global aerospace companies for
next generation engines and gearsBell Helicopter’s tiltrotor V-280 Valor, with
Ferrium C64 as main gear material,
scheduled to fly in 2017 (Artist’s rendering
courtesy of Bell Helicopter)
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Ferrium C61 and C64
The Benefits for Wind Turbine Gear Boxes
• Increased gear box durability and life
extension
• Reduced maintenance costs and turbine
downtime
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Resources
• Ferrium C61 and C64 are commercially available from
Carpenter Technology, stocked in a range of sizes from
1” to 14” bar diameter
• Processing documents with forging, machining, heat
treating guidelines available
• QuesTek technical support for component prototype
development and testing
• Gear Solutions Magazine, January 2015, page 31-38,
summary of C61 and C64 steels “Application of ICME to
Optimize Metallurgy and Improve Performance of
Carburizable Steels” link on upper right hand corner of
QuesTek web site.
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Presenter
Joe Reisinger
Vice President – Product Management
Broadwind Energy
How to Double your Gearbox Life Using New Materials, Components, and Methods April 22, 2015
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Introduction
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Reduce crane costs
Limit turbine down time
Reduce shipping costs
Eliminate gearbox CapEx
Proactive approach = reduced downtime
and lower gearbox repair cost
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Shop Remanufacturing
On-site engineering, machine shop
Inventory management system (MRP)
Adequate crane capacity
Clean environment
On-site test stand
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Complete Uptower Rebuild
Our unique, self-contained mobile
drivetrain service units were designed
to reduce cost and downtime.
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Deep Precision Gear and Gearbox Expertise
In-house gear hobbing & grinding
Carburizing, induction hardening, heat treat
Re-grind & requalification services
Magnetic particle inspection & Nital etch standard
RCA failure analysis services
On-site full metallurgical & NDT laboratory services
>Produced more than 3,000 gear sets for wind.
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Gearbox Upgrades
Gearing
Geometry
Heat treat
Material
Bearings
Partnering with OEMs on
RCAs and upgrades
Lubrication
Work closely with several oil
manufacturers on additives,
cleanliness, changing &
flushing procedures
Heat exchangers
Seal upgrades
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• Goal: Compare and quantify
Broad Wind ring gear design with
OEM and another gear alternative
to quantify the life extension
changes between the three
• How: Develop DigitalClone model
for wind turbine Ring Gear #C2
and run simulations to predict
dominant damage mode and
fatigue life
Ring Gear Life
Extension Assessment
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Sentient PredictionsL50 (Years of Operation)
4340Ring Gear
43B17 Ring Gear
DriveMax4340 Ring
Gear
4.72 14.93 37.84
- 3.2x 8x
LEGEND
4340Ring Gear
43B17 Ring Gear
DriveMax4340 Ring
Gear
Ring Gear Fatigue
Comparison Results
Fatigue Life Predictions – Load Case 1 – Max. Contact Stress: 1371.2MPa
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Our proven process, tools
& fixtures enable a custom
turnkey gearbox repair plan
…from simple bearing replacements
to complete gearbox rebuilds.
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DigitalClone Live – Site Level
Asset Ranking Default Most-at-Risk, Sortable, Filterable …
Asset Map View Risk Level,
Interactive, Navigable
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Trade-Off Studies Asset/Customer specific trade-off option to confidently
predict impact on life/ROI
DigitalClone Live – Trade-Off Study
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DigitalClone Live – ROI Optimization
ROI Optimization All trade-offs based on ROI at the
individual asset level/group, maximizing ROI for the fleet.Grouping Asset type,
sub-site, region, etc.
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