Moog, the United States, a design and manufacturing company of high-performance motion control products, solutions, has earned a safety certification from TÜV Rheinland for the new Moog Pitch Servo Drive 3. TÜV Rheinland is a global testing service provider and specialist for functional safety. Moog’s new Pitch System 3 is responsible for guaranteeing the safe operation of wind turbines.
The feathering safety function supplied by the Moog Pitch System 3 Servo Drive alters a wind turbine’s blade pitch at the rotor hub to minimize the torque applied by the wind, avoiding excessive speed of the turbine. As a result, the pitch servo drive is classified as a safety component. “The safety built into Moog Pitch System 3 helps wind farm operators in three important ways,” said Dr. Tobias Theopold, at Moog.
Moog established the benchmark for safety with its previous versions of the Moog Pitch Servo Drive when these were certified by TÜV Rheinland in 2012. With the Moog Pitch Servo Drive 3, Moog has received independent validation that this product will also perform outside the specification at extreme environmental conditions and in cases of unexpected failure.
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Wind turbine pitch system
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