Offshore Foundations | Advances in Rotor Blades
Wind Turbine Towers | Wind Turbine Bearings
26 - 28 August, 2025
| Dorint City Hotel Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Wind Turbine Bearings: Day 2 - 28/08/2025
Offshore Foundations: Focus Day - 26/08/2025
Offshore Foundations: Day 1 - 27/08/2025
Offshore Foundations: Day 2 - 28/08/2025
Advances in Rotor Blades: Day 1 - 27/08/2025
Advances in Rotor Blades: Day 2 - 28/08/2025
Wind Turbine Bearings: Day 1 - 27/08/2025
Wind Turbine Bearings: Day 2 - 28/08/2025
8:00 - 9:20
Morning Workshop B | New approaches in Automation and Digitization of bearings
• What is the risk profile of the product?
• Project on different testing methods: Design of the testing program
• Demo cases: Industrial bearings influence on development projects.
• Modelling – certification
• Future direction
9:30 - 10:00
Condition Monitoring Techniques for Bearing Health Assessment
• Vibration, temperature, and acoustic monitoring
• Sensor integration in rotating systems
• Online vs. offline methods
10:00 - 10:30
AI & Machine Learning in Bearing Failure Prediction
• Predictive algorithms based on sensor data
• Data fusion and anomaly detection
• Real-world application case studies
10:30 - 11:00
Remote Monitoring Systems: Successes and Pitfalls
• Communication and data handling challenges
• Use in remote or offshore wind parks
• Cost-benefit analysis
11:00 - 11:30
Refreshment Break and Networking
11:30 - 12:00
Accurate Prediction of Rolling Bearing Life Applying Ultrasonic Testing
A method to predict rolling bearing life caused by non-metallic inclusions with high accuracy has been suggested by combining two technologies:
• The evaluation of bearing steel using ultrasonic testing
• A method for evaluating bearing life and fatigue limit.
Root Cause Analysis of Bearing Failures in Wind Turbines
• Common failure modes (spalling, smearing, false brinelling)
• Techniques for in-field analysis
• Lessons learned from case studies
12:00 - 12:30
Bearing Replacement and Repair: When and How?
• Criteria for replacement vs. refurbishment
• Specialized tooling and procedures
• Case studies of main bearing replacements
12:30 - 13:00
Strategies for Extending Bearing Life in Aging Fleets
• Retrofits and upgrades
• Re-lubrication and re-sealing solutions
• Digital tools for asset life extension
13:00 - 14:00
Networking Lunch
14:00 - 14:30
Operational Challenges with Bearings: Voices from the Field
• Operator panel with practical insights
• Performance in harsh environments
• Lessons from multi-brand turbine fleets
14:30 - 15:00
OEM Strategies for Fleet-Wide Bearing Performance Optimization
• Feedback loops between field and design
• Data-driven product improvement
• Long-term service agreements and guarantees
15:00 - 15:30
Refreshment Break and Networking
15:30 - 16:00
Collaborative Ecosystems: Bearings in the Context of Full Turbine Health
• Integration with drivetrain and gearbox systems
• Bearing design aligned with turbine control strategies
• Shared responsibility between OEMs, suppliers, and operators
• Integration with drivetrain and gearbox systems
• Bearing design aligned with turbine control strategies
• Shared responsibility between OEMs, suppliers, and operators
16:00 - 16:30
Closing Panel: What’s Next for Wind Turbine Bearings?
• Innovations on the horizon
• Needs for 20MW+ turbines
• Industry standards and cooperation going forward
16:30 - 16:40
Closing remarks of the chairman
16:40 - 16:40
End of the Wind Turbine Bearings conference
16:50 - 17:20
Evening Workshop C | Extending bearing lifecycles: Materials, processes and types of bearings
Demystifying Main Bearings in wind turbines: How and why they fail and optimizing configuration.
• Gaining insights from based on extensive field data (from >15GW of installed wind capacity
• Analysis of wall slip conditions on plain journal bearing behavior.
• Influence of the shape of the wall slip zone on load carrying capacity and friction coefficient.
• Influence of eccentricity (i.e., operating conditions) on bearing performance, for a given optimized configuration.
The extension of bearing lifetime cycles through coatings and corrosion protection
• The challenges of coatings with current wind turbine bearing technologies
• Using coatings as a surface engineering process to extend
• Aluminum oxide coatings, black Oxide coatings and PVD coatings
• Deciding the best use case for each
• Application examples.
