" The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life"           

Plato, The Republic

In 2011 we successfully launched our product called the "Wind Turbine Trainer" (dubbed by former instructor Al Zeitz).  This product is not only light years beyond any KidWind or Lego set, we have the top training equipment companies very worried! This is for a very good reason. We are quickly making our mark in the wind industry with our philosophy and 'out of the box' thinking and design. Not to mention cost effective in a poor economy. We have priced this unit far below anything that could have competed with it but doesn't.

Our trainer is not only set to become the standard in any note-worthy Wind Technician Training program, but has an even larger scope of training for general Automation & Controls which is the heart of everything in today's world from power plants and robotics to smart homes.  

The engineer behind the design is Ashish Gavali.  Ashish is a graduate from Iowa Lakes Wind Energy Program and since then has worked for various companies in the wind energy field.  The Wind Turbine Trainer is the result of many hours of training and experience in the field, classroom and workshop.

This trainer is the result of our motto 'Innovate, not Imitate'.

The Wind Turbine Trainer is the Premiere Product for your Wind Energy Program, Tech level to EET and Engineering

 The Wind Turbine Trainer is specially designed for students.  The size of the nacelle, hub and inner working components are large enough for groups of 2-4 students to work on, yet small enough to wheel inside of a classroom.  Watch the excitement from your students as they assemble this kit from scratch. 

The Wind Turbine Trainer does not produce energy but potential, making it inherently safe (includes a 0.5v generator). The purpose is to teach basic electro-mechanical aspects of automation and controls, then moving on to signals & analysis, systems integration, SCADA and more. These industry standards are used everywhere including commercial wind turbines. Starting from the fully functional yaw and pitch system to the see through gearbox and generator. The DAQ system allows one to see the raw signals produced and graphed. Included is a DVR camera system which allows unlimited smart room patch in capabilities.

With real world applications your students will learn more than working on the real thing!

 Features:

• Working voltages under 30 volts D.C. (OSHA class 1 PPE)
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• Requires only single 120 v.a.c. input
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• Fully functional pitch and yaw system
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• Full hub power and communication
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• Dry run, adjustable ratio, see through gearbox
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• Clear permanent magnet 3 phase generator
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• Variable speed drive train w/PWM controller 
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• Gear motors w/ exploded view encoder concept
  
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•  12 ch. Rf Trx remote to PLC & relay control 
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• 4 ch. USB DVR w/cameras and software
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• PLC included w/comms cable, software & 16 ch. relay board
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• Multi channel data logger w/ o-scope software
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• Variable angle locking flip panel
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• 16 channel relay board with PLC I/O module and comm cable
• Digital display add-on to PLC for messaging including status and faults

Benefits:

• Electrically safe for children to adults

• Platform for learning digital multimeter (DMM) to higher level meters like the oscilloscope

• Simulate different wind conditions from pinwheel to overspeed

• Tachometer and position feedback signals

• Clear visibility of planetary/parallel shaft gearbox & generator components, parallel shaft gears can be shunted to 1:1 ratio

• Multiple slip ring system prevents binding of wires

• Individual and separate systems can be assembled/disassembled, tested and run without turbine

• Unlimited add on sensor capability

• Simulate real world operation, fault generation, and diagnostic troubleshooting

• Effectively teach from small classes to large auditoriums 

 Multiple Patents Pending

 Future Options:

• Field testing retrofit kit
• Electrical power flow trainer add-ons
• Interface System to Daisy Chain Multiple Trainers Together

Units come with full license Directsoft5 plc software. The freeware download with unlimited time use is available at www.automationdirect.com .  We will include the plc program pre-written. Check new link for ladder logic program.

Program integrates series and parallel branches, latching bits, timers, counters, on/off delay,cascading, no/nc bits, digital interlocks,comparative Boolean logic,messaging for system status and fault code generation and more.