Independent service provider PSI Repair Services reports that it recently shipped its 20,000th repaired wind turbine component to a wind energy company. The company, a subsidiary of Phillips Service Industries, provides component repair and engineering services for GE, Vestas, Gamesa, Siemens, Senvion and Clipper wind turbines.
PSI covers the electronic, hydraulic and precision mechanical components that drive the turbines' pitch and yaw systems and down-tower electronics.
Commonly repaired components include printed circuit boards, pitch drive systems, inverters, hydraulic pumps, pitch and yaw motors, encoders, slip rings, transducers, yaw modules, blade bearing automatic grease dispensers, active crowbars, line reactors, and oil-level sensors.