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Wind turbine bolt inspection


Services designed and delivered by wind industry professionals

Bolt preload inspection

Advanced inspection service to eliminate routine retightening

  • Confirm installation preload

  • Monitor bolt condition

  • Manage end of warranty

  • Validate life extension

Bolt defect identification

Advanced phased array ultrasonic technology to identify defective fasteners before failure

  • Technology optimised for bolt geometries

  • Angle encoded scans for defect sizing

  • Up to 2mm defect resolution

Equipment hire

EchoBolt's BoltWave device simplifies preload inspection for customer technician use

  • Mobile application user interface

  • Wireless data transfer

  • Compact and lightweight

Analysis & visualisation

BoltWatch is a cloud based application  designed to manage  bolt integrity data

 

  • Manage data securely

  • Quickly interrogate findings

  • Monitor fleets effectively 

Testing and calibration

Bolt and complete assembly testing and calibration services

  • Ultrasonic equipment calibration

  • Temperature gauge calibration

  • ISO 16047 Torque/clamp force testing

Technician training

Training programmes designed to enable adoption of bolt inspection technologies

  • Training designed around client assets

  • Bolt elongation and preload measurement

  • Bolted connection  engineering

We are continuously looking for ways to improve our maintenance strategy and activities. This is an approach to bolt integrity management that we can deliver ourselves using EchoBolt's technology and support.

Colton Morrow

NextEra Energy

Success stories

Offshore foundation
bolted connections
– Condition monitoring

EchoBolt has supported RWE with a long-term monitoring and inspection campaign for offshore wind monopile foundations.

Blade bearing exchange
– Bolt management
 

A significant part of replacing wind turbine drive train components is ensuring high quality, efficient tightening of critical bolted connections.

EchoBolt technology deployed on world's largest wind farms
 

Providing  training, inspection equipment and data analysis to support Ørsted in inspecting the ongoing integrity of bolted connections.

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