Tucumcari, N.M.-based Mesalands Community College's North American Wind Research and Training Center (NAWRTC) recently received condition-monitoring hardware and software valued at approximately $30,000 from SKF Group. The SKF @ptitude Asset Management System will allow NAWRTC to monitor and record data trends to understand the health and reliability of the college's 1.5 MW wind turbine.
The SKF @ptitude Asset Management System consists of hardware and software to monitor vibration data that will assist NAWRTC in predicting possible failures. The college will also be able to perform preventative and proactive maintenance, in order to reduce unnecessary downtime.
‘This donation will assist the college in acquiring sophisticated data to continue to develop the research portion of the North American Wind Research and Training Center,’ says Phillip O. Barry, president of Mesalands Community College.
Representatives from the SKF team installed the new hardware inside the nacelle of the turbine.
SOURCE: Mesalands Community College
