Wind Energy Profile

Today RENK is one of the worldwide most acknowledged manufacturers of high-quality special gears, components of drive technology and test systems.

With more than 70 years of experience, RENK Test System GmbH is developing turn-key test systems for the automotive and rail vehicle industries, the aircraft and defence industries as well as test systems for complete wind turbines (nacelles) and their drive-train components. Applied static and dynamic loads simulate forces to the hub originally generated by the blades. Actual electric motors and/or mechanical closed-loop-systems allow testing up to 20 MW.

Currently the importance of wind power for the generation of electricity from renewable energies is increasing worldwide at an accelerating pace. Short development cycles are placing maximum requirements on the developers of plant and equipment as well as components. The globalization of the market as well as the expansion of cost-intensive wind parks requires technologies of maximum availability and reliability. Test systems from RENK Test System provide a basis for consistent product improvement and upgrade. Complex system functions as well as dynamic operating states are tested in the lab for a controlled and systematic analysis of their effects.