One word to describe how I ended up working with human resources management is fate. I have always been interested in HR and languages and worked as a teacher for a while after graduating from university. I love working with people, helping them, and making them happy – in that way teaching and HR are…
Runtech Systems Oy, one of our long-term customers with continuous orders for high-speed motors used in paper machine vacuum systems, has been acquired by Gardner Denver.
Presenting shiny new one-ton Power Drive, The Switch participated at the Nor-Shipping exhibition, which brought together maritime experts from around the world to attend conferences, visit company stands and network.
The most recent issue of Maritime Reporter features a conversation with Mika Koli. Read about The Switch being behind one of this year’s “Great Ships of 2016” and Mika’s insights on the company and its future in maritime.
The Switch participated at SPS IPC Drives 2016, one of the largest international exhibitions for electric automation technology, which has been held for over the past 20 years.
UK-based Atlantis chose The Switch integrated PM medium-speed generator to be delivered in 2016 for its newest AR1500 turbine, one of the world’s highest yield tidal generation devices designed for extreme conditions.
The PTC has been a very significant driver for renewable energy since 1992. It has been renewed 5 times, the last of which for only one year.
New style of drive train leverages an optimized permanent magnet generator and full-power converter package to capitalize on variable wind speeds for maximum energy capture and delivery to the grid.
With its innovative drive train technology, The Switch plans to take successes gained in European and Asian wind installations to bolster its presence in North America, one of the highest growth areas for new wind turbine installations.
Repeat orders for its wind-power generation components from key Norwegian and Chinese accounts position The Switch, with its cutting-edge permanent magnet generator and full-power converter package, for a strong 2009.
The new agreement calls for The Switch to provide ScanWind with drive train packages that combine a direct-drive 4.25 MW permanent magnet generator with a full-power converter to be used in offshore wind turbine development efforts. In Asia, repeat orders from customers in China call for nearly one gigawatt of additional production, more than doubling The Switch’s production capacity overall.
In summer 2008, The Switch and its Chinese partner Dongfang Electrical Machinery Co. Ltd (DFEM) entered into a cooperation agreement to combine world-class technology in permanent magnet (PM) generators from The Switch with DFEM’s vast production capabilities. According to the contract signed in December 2009, the enterprise will now take off with 2.2 MW wind power generators manufactured in DFEM’s brand-new factory in China.
DFEM recently inaugurated a new factory in Deyang, in the southwest Sichuan Province in China, where it is able to produce up to 2,000 PM generators per year in the range of 1 MW to 6 MW. With this mass production capacity at hand, The Switch and its partnering company DFEM are ready to supply the fast-growing market for megawatt-class PM machines.
What do wind turbines and summer cottages have in common? They are quite similar. Perhaps not in numbers, but from a technology point of view. Some are equipped with features only considered necessary for survival; others have ultra-modern technical solutions that even enable remote access to monitoring equipment by mobile phone. Both in cottages and turbines, features requested in the 90s may not live up to our needs today.
As Schuler Group continues its strong advance into the wind power market, the company has placed an order with The Switch for two direct-driven 3 MW drive trains.
The custom-built The Switch Drive™ permanent magnet generator and full-power converter prototype packages are scheduled for delivery and testing in April 2011. By summer the same year, they will be connected to the grid in full operation.