Expertise in Bearing Technology and Service for Wind Turbines

Schaeffler Group ranks among the world’s leading manufacturers of rolling bearings. With its INA and FAG brands, it has been developing and producing bearing supports for wind turbines, e.g. for rotor shafts, gearboxes, generators, and nacelle and blade adjustment, for over 30 years. Rotor bearing housings, special greases, state-of-the-art simulation and calculation methods, mounting and maintenance tools and various services round out our program.

Within Schaeffler Group Industrial, the specialists from the business unit “Wind power” work closely with designers, manufacturers and operators of wind turbines. This has resulted in unbeatable know-how: detailed attention is paid to customer requirements already at the concept phase. Bearing selection and documentation are backed up by sophisticated simulation and calculation methods. Products developed to a mature technical level are optimally matched to the particular task. With „Astraios“, the most modern, largest, and highest performing large size bearing test rig in the world, Schaeffler is making a major contribution to shortening development times for wind turbines as well as making the design process more reliable and increasing the cost-effectiveness and safety of these turbines.

Schaeffler Group Industrial also offers products and services for all aspects of condition monitoring, e.g. remote monitoring and diagnosis, offline measurements, endoscopy, thermography and speed measurement. In this way, Schaeffler Group Industrial helps to achieve low operating costs for wind turbines.