2011 GSDAA Finalist: Using CompactRIO and LabVIEW to Verify the Design and Test the Durability of a Wind Turbine Drive Train

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2011 Validation Test Finalist

Using CompactRIO and LabVIEW to Verify the Design and Test the Durability of a Wind Turbine Drive Train

Author: Rasmus Vistisen, Measurement Systems Engineer, Test & Verification, Vestas Wind Systems A/S, Denmark

Challenge: Ensuring the long-term quality and reliability of various types of wind turbine drive train components.

Solution: Adopting the NI LabVIEW software and CompactRIO hardware platform to create a generic, flexible, high-channel-count measurement system for design verification and reliability tests to be completed in a test center and in the field.

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[michaelk]

Awsome application that greatly demonstrates the flexibility of cRIO, an impressive integration of distributed systems with time synchronization and nicely implemented expandability possibilities. Congratulations CIM !!!