PP Techniq A/S specializes in providing technical solutions for wind turbine blade repair and maintenance. They offer advanced blade access platforms which are safe, flexible, and easy to operate. The SQYFlex™ is their newly developed blade access platform.
The platform can be raised up and down and adapts to the shape of the blade giving full access and alleviating the need to remove the blade for service. PP Techniq recently implemented an anchor point on their service platform, allowing them to replace personnel, equipment, and materials on the platform while it is attached to the wind turbine blade. This solution saves time by avoiding the process of lowering the platform down to the base and returning it to the blade when replacing personnel.
Challenges
PP Techniq needed to verify the anchor point solution for their service platforms to ensure that it meets the required standards. They did not have the necessary competencies in their organization to perform the strength calculations required for the anchor point. They needed to find a partner who could provide the necessary expertise to perform the calculations.
Solution
PP Techniq contacted DIS/CREADIS for support with the anchor point strength calculations. DIS/CREADIS has a team of experienced engineers with specialized competencies in structural calculations, mechanical design, electrical design, functional safety, and project management.
DIS/CREADIS performed a stress analysis of the entire platform and evaluated high-load areas through analytical calculations. They compared the results of their calculations with the required standards, DS/EN 795:2012 and Eurocode 3 and 9 and provided input to PP Techniq’s design based on their calculations. The calculations formed the basis for weight optimization of the platform, resulting in a reduction in work hours. Replacing personnel, equipment, and materials used to take 45 minutes, but now it takes only 10 minutes.
How we collaborate
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PP Techniq chose DIS/CREADIS because they did not have the necessary resources for the calculation task internally. DIS/CREADIS provided the necessary expertise and experience to perform the strength calculations required for the anchor point. DIS/CREADIS has a team of experienced engineers with specialized competencies that can tackle complex engineering challenges quickly and keep their customers’ work moving forward.
DIS/CREADIS’s approach is to handpick personnel and resources to create the right solution for their customers. They work closely with their customers to ensure that they meet their requirements and design products that partly utilize off-the-shelf technologies, solutions, and mechanisms seen in other industries but custom-designed to fit the purpose and keep the overall weight and cost low. Their expertise in different areas of engineering and project management enables them to provide complete solutions to complex engineering problems.
“PP Techniq is a small company where we do not have the necessary resources for such a calculation task. In DIS/CREADIS we found an experienced and dynamic partner who delivered a highly professional solution,” says Lars Martensen, Engineering Manager at PP Techniq.
How we collaborate
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PP Techniq chose DIS/CREADIS because they did not have the necessary resources for the calculation task internally. DIS/CREADIS provided the necessary expertise and experience to perform the strength calculations required for the anchor point. DIS/CREADIS has a team of experienced engineers with specialized competencies that can tackle complex engineering challenges quickly and keep their customers’ work moving forward.
DIS/CREADIS’s approach is to handpick personnel and resources to create the right solution for their customers. They work closely with their customers to ensure that they meet their requirements and design products that partly utilize off-the-shelf technologies, solutions, and mechanisms seen in other industries but custom-designed to fit the purpose and keep the overall weight and cost low. Their expertise in different areas of engineering and project management enables them to provide complete solutions to complex engineering problems.
“PP Techniq is a small company where we do not have the necessary resources for such a calculation task. In DIS/CREADIS we found an experienced and dynamic partner who delivered a highly professional solution,” says Lars Martensen, Engineering Manager at PP Techniq.
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