Moventas Americas has released a suite of technologies called XL – Extra Life, designed to improve the lifecycle of the gearboxes in the GE1.5 fleet in North America.
The company said the XL for GE 1.5 gearbox carrys a five-year warranty that covers both crane costs and turbine downtime.
It added that an important feature of the XL is the industry’s strongest planet stage, which has a special case carburized structure with integrated planetary bearings and improved pitting safety.
The XL also has upgraded bearings to address white etch cracking bearing failures that plague all gearboxes.
Additionally, its upgraded raw material specifications for the intermediate and high speed gearing should eliminate inclusion-based failure modes.
Moventas will begin deliveries of the XL for GE 1.5 in the first quarter of 2016 to customers in North America.
Moventas Americas VP of sales and marketing Mike Grunow said: “We leveraged our many years of experience in gearbox service and repair to have our engineers develop a worry-free gearbox designed to save our customers money and downtime.”
Image: Moventas facility (Moventas)
