Research Tool & Die Works contributes its expertise in creating newly designed stamped components for alternative energy solutions. RT&D supplies components made from a choice of materials to meet the requirements for wind power towers on land or at sea. With larger scale alternative energy projects under way, RT&D is a reliable source for component design, tooling, manufacturing and finishing.
Experienced component suppliers will be needed as demand for clean power generation to meet the world’s growing energy need increases.
RT&D has a demonstrated history in delivering proven solutions to the marine industry with highly efficient and robust capabilities, . With over 58 years experience supplying electrical hardware components to the U.S. Navy, creating reliable metal stamped components is second nature. RT&D also offers component finishing to meet the demands of harsh environments, closely associated with where these wind projects are located.
Wind farms are a common term heard nowadays when talking about wind power generation on land. These projects are intended for very long service life with minimal maintenance. A single wind tower is only as good as the sum of its parts. RT&D’s experience in supplying electrical hardware is a natural for these structures. As wind towers grow in size and capability, so will the needed components. RT&D has the experience and capability to design and manufacture products that will meet these needs.
The higher, more consistent wind speeds at sea, allows offshore wind turbines to generate substantially more energy than onshore wind turbines. Since the earth has abundant space for offshore projects, we will see more attempts to create sustainable wind towers for this application.
The challenge is not only longevity and reliability of the wind tower and all its components at sea, but proper design for successful installation and ease of servicing. It takes a special supplier like RT&D, to provide a stable, long-term offshore partnership.
When it comes to experience and reliability with offshore metal stamped components, not many can match RT&D. We have a proven track record for delivering components within or under budget and on time.
Efficient manufacturing across the complete project life cycle makes RT&D an experienced and trustworthy business partner.
Many solar panel systems consist of standard commercial grade components will find it hard to withstand the test of time and our harsh environments. This is currently understood and accepted. The future will require higher standards for system longevity and better serviceability, which comes down to the components that make up the system. At RT&D, our design and manufacturing capabilities and experience can support solar power system manufacturers with metal stamped components to meet these new standards. These systems will have to ensure businesses and consumers that invest in them, that reliability and performance will be maintained because use of high grade components.
Solar panel systems located along the coast, at sea or in high humidity areas will need to survive highly corrosive conditions. RT&D’s vast experience with supplying metal stamped hardware to the marine industry is available to you.
Solar systems located in high wind areas will require components with resistance vibration and erosion. RT&D’s in-house capability for metal part finishing can prepare components for this environment.
We may see solar panel arrays in remote locations with less direct sunlight as solar cell technology advances. These locations may often experience very harsh environments that will degrade commercial grade structures and components. RT&D’s experience in understanding end use environments can be utilized for producing metal stamped components that will survive in these harsh locations.
