Designing the world’s largest test system for wind turbines

When designing on the limit of what is physically possible, the things you might not consider a problem can become a huge challenge. R&D Test Systems experienced this when designing and developing the world’s largest nacelle test bench, “HALT XL”, at Lindø Offshore Renewable Center (LORC) in Denmark.

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The HALT XL test bench is built to fatigue-test the next generation of offshore wind turbines and simulate 25 years of wear in just six months. For the test bench to tolerate record-breaking loads, everything on the test bench had to be specially engineered and designed.

R&D Test Systems is the developer of structural testing technology and was the turnkey supplier of the HALT XL. One of the challenges that the company faced was the design of the bolted joints in the main shaft of the test bench.

Read the full article in DPA's April issue