Windmill Energy Torque Measurement

Getting more power out of a wind turbine, with less wear on the bearings, comes down to understanding exactly how much torque the blades are generating at every stage of a power ramp. Interface's T2 Ultra Precision Shaft Style Rotary Torque Transducer is installed between the turbine blade and the electric generator, feeding torque data straight into the customer's data acquisition system as the blades turn. Paired with Interface's shaft-style torque transducer couplings for stability, this setup let the customer analyse performance across the full ramp and determine the optimal blade pitch. The result was a turbine generating more power while placing less stress on its bearings, exactly the kind of gain that comes from having real torque data rather than guessing at blade settings.