Windpulse Release: Wind Energy Inspection Tool with New Functions

Norderstedt, Germany - The IT consulting company Lufthansa Industry Solutions has released its inspection solution for wind turbines (WT) from the Windpulse product suite and implemented a number of improvements and further developments.

The latest version enables plant managers, operators, service providers and surveyors to record target condition deviations in an even more specialized way and documents these in a compliant form in a defect database. In this way, tests, inspections, expert reports and other inspections of wind turbines can be planned, carried out and completed in accordance with the latest guidelines, according to the company.

In the new release, wind turbine elements and components, such as rotor blades or the foundation, can now be divided into different main and sub-components as well as set up in any relationships and structures. Among other things, the solution enables mapping according to the Reference Designation System for Power Plants standard (RDS-PP).

In addition, defect tracking allows the assignment of possible damages to specific components, via the applicable checklist, or directly via the object component tree. The defects are assigned to the WTG in the back office and can be processed at any time. For users, this means the beginning of a digital lifecycle file.

The inspection tool from the Windpulse product suite combines a proven procedure planning tool, with an app running on iOS. Here, operations are planned in the browser and performed directly at the WTG on-site using the iOS mobile app. This enables the planning side and the execution side to work in tandem. The solution facilitates the planning of operations and enables the assignment of checklists to the specific WTG types. On-site inspectors can also carry out inspections more easily using the predefined necessary inspection points and complete them with a simple click. The big advantage: thanks to the app, users can carry out the inspection completely digitally. The time-consuming documentation with pen, paper or camera is therefore no longer necessary.

Throughout the year, further functions are planned for the Windpulse platform, which will steadily expand the range of functions. In particular, the Analytics Services are to be in the forefront in the future. According to the IT company, the focus will be primarily on performance analyses and the visualisation of assemblies, components and the associated damage mapping for defect tracking.

Source: IWR Online, Jun 06 2021