Wind Energy Profile

Expertise in Bearing Technology and Service for Wind Turbines

The Schaeffler Group ranks among the world’s leading manufacturers of rolling bearings. With the INA and FAG brands, it has been developing and producing bearing supports for wind turbines for over 30 years. The product portfolio is supplemented by products and services for all aspects of maintenance.

An extensive range of products and services are made available by the Schaeffler Group Industrial to original equipment manufacturers and operators of wind energy plants. This includes bearing supports, for example, for rotor shafts, gearboxes, generators, and nacelle and blade adjustment. Rotor bearing housings, special greases, state-of-the-art simulation and calculation methods, mounting and maintenance tools and various services round out our program.

Our specialists work closely with designers, manufacturers and operators of wind turbines. This has resulted in unbeatable know-how: as early as the concept phase, detailed attention is paid to customer requirements. 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.

Schaeffler Group 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 helps to achieve low operating costs for wind turbines.