Wind Power Solutions
Foundation Grounding and Construction, Bonding, Power Connections, Surge Protection, and Lightning Protection ERICO offers a complete range of foundation grounding and construction, bonding, power connections, surge protection, and lightning protection products for the wind energy industry. In addition to our extensive product offering, our engineers and designers are ready to provide design assistance for your facilities worldwide.
ERITECH® Fence and Gate Jumper Assemblies ERITECH® Equipotential Ground Bars ERITECH® SYSTEM 3000 Lightning Protection ERITECH® Power Surge Protection ERITECH® HAMMERLOCK and Ground Rod ERITECH® Prefabricated Mesh for Switch Shaft and Operating Handle Grounding ERITECH® Ground Rods Copperbonded Galvanized Steel Stainless Steel www.erico.
Introduction Years of experience in the fields of grounding and bonding, lightning protection, low voltage power distribution and reinforced concrete construction, combined with global manufacturing capabilities, allow ERICO to provide comprehensive solutions for the wind energy industry.
Blade 1 ERICO is a well-established and trusted worldwide leader in lightning protection. The ERITECH® brand of lightning protection assembly kits for wind turbine blades are designed and manufactured to meet or exceed OEM specifications. In addition, product development teams at ERICO continue to work closely with OEMs to refine component designs for improved reliability and enhance lightning protection performance.
Nacelle 3. Conductors Designed and manufactured to meet specific criteria for effective and reliable conduction, lightning conductors should have: ERICO offers a full line of ERIFLEX® low-voltage products to help protect the electrical components housed within the nacelle from the devastating effects of lightning strikes.
Nacelle 2 ERIFLEX® FLEXIBAR 3 1 Conductors Air Terminals Grounding Braids Lightning Event Counter and Remote Relay 4 6 5 Power Blocks www.erico.
Tower 3. ERIFLEX® FLEXIBAR and Braids ERIFLEX FLEXIBAR is an effective alternative to using cables and lugs to help improve power density within the nacelle, tower and power hut. This innovative flexible insulated busbar offers space and weight savings of up to 70% (improving power density). ERICO offers a variety of products to help create effective lightning protection and power distribution systems for the wind turbine tower.
Tower 2 Copper Busbars 3 1 Braids Grounding Braids 3 ERIFLEX® FLEXIBAR 4 5 Conductors www.erico.
Foundation Grounding and Construction Site location is critical to capture the wind and often involves areas of high soil resistivity. The increasing height of newer wind turbines enhances the threat of lightning strikes. Proper design and integrity of a grounding grid facilitates long-term safety and operation of any wind turbine site during both lightning and fault current events.
Foundation Grounding and Construction Construction 2 1 LENTON® LOCK 3 LENTON® TERMINATOR 4 Standard Couplers & Position Couplers Bolt Couplers grounding 3 2 1 Mechanical Connectors Ground Rods 5 4 CADWELD® www.erico.
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