HARTING, a leading provider of industrial connection technology for data, signal and power showcased its new products and solutions at the HUSUM Wind trade fair held between September 10-13, 2019.The new Han® industrial connectors allow rear mounting of interfaces in the switch cabinets of wind turbines (WTs). With this option, all connection-related work steps can be performed within the switch cabinet. In addition, many installation steps can be upstreamed into assembly, saving expensive technician man-hours in the facility. The rear mounting option is available for both the Han® B metal and Han B® plastic housings. This allows the customer to improve the manufacturing process of the WTs.

 

HARTING had showcased its new compact Han® 1A connector series. The new industrial connector is made of high-performance plastic, is lightweight and requires little space. The Han® 1A can be used in IP20 connections for switch cabinets and even the outdoor requirements, due to its ability to achieve the IP65 protection class, when closed. Its modularity and a variety of different deployment scenarios, makes it suitable for sensors, small drives and lighting.

 

Increasing digitisation, in combination with larger WTs, is confronting the wind-power industry with steadily increasing data volumes. Consequently, the trouble-free and fast transmission of this data is absolutely essential for many wind farm operators. The company is focusing on the new fibre-optic rotary transmitter with bidirectional data transmission. This transmitter meets the requirements for even faster exchange of large data packets between the nacelle and the rotating hub. This wear-free and maintenance-free system offers end-to-end fibre-optic networking of the entire system, from the tower base over the nacelle to the hub.

 

To support this system, HARTINGhas developed the MICA (modular industry computing architecture). MICA helps store, evaluate, and process data directly in the application environment which can be configured with individual hardware on freely available software and suitable interfaces, in a manner that entirely meets customers’ individual requirements.