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The sustainable growth of renewables relies on an automated future.
It’s already here.
Resident, automated and entirely unmanned, robotics-based inspection, performance monitoring and dispatch services.
Resident Airborne Services
Unmanned, automated performance monitoring and inspection services for your wind farm.
The RAS platform provides fully automated, robotics-based performance, inspection, and dispatch services – all resident and available on-site, and all tailored to wind farms both on, and offshore.
The RAS service stack includes: Windborne – our proprietary first-class wind measurement instrument, the RAS Nests – marine-worthy docking stations, highly wind-resistant aircraft, and RASCORE through which customers request services and receive a constant flow of performance and inspection data and analysis.
Income Recovery
Increased Availability and Frequency
OPEX Reduction
Predictive Maintenance
Reduced Logistics
Full Services Stack
Watch automation in-flight.
The future of automation in wind is happening right now.
Performance
Service Stack
The RAS platform provides fully automated, robotics-based performance, inspection, and dispatch services – all resident and available on-site, and all tailored to wind farms both on, and offshore.
The RAS service stack includes: Windborne – our proprietary first-class wind measurement instrument, the RAS Nests – marine-worthy docking stations, highly wind-resistant aircraft, and the RAS Cloud? – through which customers receive a constant flow of performance and inspection data and analysis.
Nacelle Misalignment Detection
Direct & tailored measurement upwind or within requested sectors, for any and all WTGs in order to detect systematic nacelle (yaw) misalignment from the prevalent wind direction. This includes breakdowns into wind speeds and wind sectors towards adjusting nacelle heading parameters.
Blade Pitch Angle Alignment Detection
High resolution image processing of blade pitch angels during rotation and while WTG is static. Reports provide pitch angle differences among every 2 blades, corresponding to SCADA data time stamps.
Power Curve Tracking & Assessment
Power curve validation and tracking via accumulation of measurements per wind bin. All measurements made upwind and in unwaked sectors, at hub height and at selected positions.
Unmanned. Automated. Resident.
Automation is a click away.
Get in touch with us to see how we’re helping customers automate their fleet operations today.
Inspection
Service Stack
Remote and valuable mechanical assets require constant and on demand inspection and monitoring. They don’t breakdown according to known schedules – they deteriorate and degrade over time or even suddenly. The sooner an operator is aware – the sooner a decision can be made which would significantly reduce downtime and maintenance expense.A blade inspection will currently involve, tenders, qualifications, travel, fuel, accommodation, contractors, climbers, safety hazard, employee overhead and turbine downtime. With Resident Airborne Services, all it requires is to press “Launch Blade Inspection for WTG#25” from your work station or phone, and sit back until a report is automatically generated post mission. And repeat as needed.
BoP Inspection
Inspection and anomalies identification on Platforms, foundations, Roads & Substations. Environmental and oil leak surveys included – all on schedule and on demand.
WTG Inspection
Scheduled or on demand high resolution visual Inspection of all blade surfaces, tower and nacelle thereby enabling continuous and specific anomaly and damage tracking. Blades are inspected thoroughly on all 4 sides, irrespective of their current roll and heading spatial location. This includes icing and dirt detection. All pre and post maintenance, post lightning strikes, on demand and on schedule.
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Jan Jakubiec
“Compared to other drone services, the service stack of First Airborne offers us more flexibility.
We no longer need technicians on site to maintain the turbines or control the drone. We can use services from First Airborne at the click of a button from our office.”
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