Our Minnesota-based service center was designed to serve the wind industry
- 51,000 sq. ft. high-bay manufacturing facility
- 20 ft. overhead door for truck pull-through
- 45,000 sq. ft. shop floor area
- Features 62 ft. side walls
- 6,000 sq. ft. Rewind Clean Room
- 3,000 sq. ft. 2-story office & training center
- Overall footprint is 300 feet x 170 feet
- Located on 5 acres in Hutchinson, MN
The Zephyr Difference
- Safety first in everything we do
- 100% focused on wind-specific repairs – our technicians are trained to work specifically on wind turbine generators, and we don’t work on anything else
- True cleanroom: climate-controlled rewind room with a 100-ppm air exchange system
- Test panel tests the generator as an actual generator – not a motor
- Custom VPI and varnish system built specifically for AC generators
- Extensive generator exchange program
- 80+ page quality report supplied with every repair
Quality Control System with 100% electronic documentation
- All data and pictures sync to the Zephyr cloud
- Pictures, specifications, and schedules are shared with the customer via the website portal
- Every piece of machinery used in the repair or rewind process produces a quality report
- Quality reports are being produced live via the cloud with the wireless employee issued iPad tablets on the shop floor
Multiple lathes with Acu-Rite Digital Readouts
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In-house shaft replacement of re-machining work
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Nickel-plating of journals
30,000-lb JL Balance Stand
- Calibrated to ISO 2.5 g
Full load voltage generator test run
We test your generator as a generator, not a motor. Properly seats the brushes during generator test. Full test documentation with the following:
- Stator volts and amperage
- Rotor volts and amperage
- Axial and Horizontal vibration readings on DE and NDE
- Temperature readings on both bearings
- Full voltage on rotor and stator
- RPM
- Partial load test to 15% of rated nameplate