Wind Energy
Build Quality, Secure Reliability and Reduce Unplanned Maintenance
Durable bonding, sealing and coating solutions can improve assembly strength, simplify installation and reduce operation and repair costs.
Optimize Wind Turbine Reliability and Operation while Lowering Cost of Ownership
Creating sustainable solutions for the benefit of people and the planet is a top priority, and finding products with the right properties to help improve reliability and cost of ownership is one way Dow Consumer Solution helps.
Generate results by working with Dow Consumer Solutions experts to find sealants that meet the needs of your wind turbine operations. We can help you design and develop solutions to optimize:
- Assembly costs and field performance
- Equipment reliability
- Worker safely and service continuity
- Operational readiness
- Maintenance cost effectiveness
Our high performance technologies, consultative advice and insight, and global presence can help make your wind energy operation a breeze.
Generate Confidence with Harsh-service Solutions for Wind Energy
From land-based windfarms to new frontiers miles offshore, reliability and availability must be by design. Every component from blades to bolts and turbines to towers must weather nature's worst and deliver without fail. Building in quality and strength, securing reliability from the start, extending maintenance intervals and limiting unplanned maintenance – these are key challenges. And, high replacement costs, worker safety, service continuity and operational readiness require the right, high-performance materials.
We can help build quality, secure reliability and reduce unplanned maintenance. Potential solutions from Dow Consumer Solutions to help you generate confidence in Wind Energy include:
- Corrosion and anti-seize protection for assembly bolts used on nacelle joints, main bearings, pitch and yaw bearings, tower sections and foundation anchors
- Bonding and sealing rotor blades
- Heat and oil-resistant gearbox seals and gaskets
- Sealing and coating flanges, seams and bolted connections
- Weathertight sealing of nacelle housings
Explore Harsh-service Solutions – on Land, Near Shore and Miles at Sea
Adhesives and sealants from Dow Consumer Solutions can speed assembly bonding, provide form-in-place seals and aid in field-joint-sealing repairs.