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There is a great deal of development effort going toward the development of “gearless” wind turbines. The reason being that the Gearbox in wind turbines remains as one of the single largest reliability problems in the industry. On wind turbines: “Current designs can’t be scaled up economically. Most of the more than 25,000 wind turbines [...]

“Shedding some light on Bulbgate” (Gail Collins, New York Times) This recent article in my local newspaper reminded me that media people do not necessarily have the scientific background to understand an issue. Ever since the announcement that Incandescent light bulbs will be banned in 2012 I have wondered how to get this issue into [...]

We are hosting a Free webinar on solar reliability on Tuesday April 5 from 9-11PDT. Here is more info on it. Tuesday April 5th – Reliability in the Universe of Solar Products, by Ops A La Carte and Concurrent Design. Register at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/524265507 We have two more free webinars this quarter: – Wednesday May 4th [...]

Wind Turbines have steadily grown in size to the point where the largest models have blades of more than 100 meters in diameter.  The Gearbox (which connects the rotor shaft to the generator) continues to be the component whose failure results in the most significant cost and downtime.  Therefore, the reliability of the gearbox is [...]

I am giving a presentation tonight (Sept 30) at the IEEE Reliability Society meeting at the HP Oak Room in Cupertino, CA. Email me if you want details on the event or need directions. It is a FREE event.  I started a linked-in discussion on this same topic and I posted a blog on our [...]

We will be participating in a Clean Tech event on Tuesday, June 23rd at the Plug and Play Center in Sunnyvale, California.  Go here for all the details. http://www.smptech.com/MTX_Green.htm

We will be hosting a free “Green Reliability” Seminar/Webinar on Friday May 8th from 9am-12pm at De Anza College in Cupertino California. It will also be available via webinar. Sponsors will also include De Anza CACT (Center for Applied Competitive Technologies) and IEEE. The focus of the seminar will be on different ways reliability is playing [...]

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