Romax Technology and Gram & Juhl Announce Strategic Alliance

Two leading specialists in wind turbine condition monitoring and health management have joined forces, providing wind asset owners and operators with exemplary solutions combining world class hardware, software and monitoring services.

A strategic alliance has been forged between Gram & Juhl (http://gramjuhl.com), providers of the world leading TCM® turbine condition monitoring system and Romax Technology the industry leader in gearbox and drivetrain monitoring and design.

The new alliance offers customers Romax’s highly innovative InSight iDS (Intelligent Diagnostic System) as a configurable interface for TCM®, with expert monitoring services worldwide. InSight iDS comprises powerful front-end software, providing an intuitive and user-friendly dashboard. The alliance aims to provide customers with ‘the best of all worlds’ bringing together best in class hardware, software and monitoring services. The combined offering is expected to significantly enhance customers’ understanding of the current and future condition of their wind assets, enabling them to implement a highly effective predictive maintenance regime. This will result in significant improvements in yield and profitability.

Axel Juhl, CEO of Gram & Juhl said, “We are excited by the prospect of developing this complementary relationship with Romax, as it enables Gram & Juhl to strengthen our position as the leading provider of condition monitoring systems and to provide an exceptionally high level of local support and monitoring service to TCM® users, globally.”

Andy Poon, Director of Wind & Renewables of Romax commented, “It is our belief that combining the capabilities of the TCM® range of products with Romax’s simulation technology and design knowledge of gearboxes offers a uniquely positioned offering to the market.

Gram & Juhl is one of the most experienced providers of turbine condition monitoring solutions and have installed over 5000 TCM® systems worldwide since 1997.

Romax Technology is a global engineering consultancy offering technical solutions for O&M, advanced design services and software tools. Their field service portfolio includes end-of-warranty assessment, failure analysis, drivetrain health monitoring and strategic review; as well as concept design, analysis and modelling, detail design, design review and certification.

For more information contact: Nigel Parlor or Stuart Cameron at Romax on 00 44 (0) 115 951 8800