SGS Industrial Services in China was awarded a contract to provide comprehensive Quality Control Services of wind towers for Goldwind, a Chinese wind turbine manufacturer based in Urumqi, Xinjiang. During the entire project, SGS supervises the wind tower production process and provides onsite inspection, testing, auditing, monitoring and Quality Control witness services. —
The reliability of their structures is essential for wind farms to perform successfully. With the rapid development of wind power industry, demands for high quality of wind farm components have become greater and greater. Since even a minor failure can cause unacceptable downtime and substantial loss of money, it is of utmost importance to ensure the reliability of wind farm structures during the production process.
Above all, wind towers are highly critical as wind farm components. They are responsible for the safe operation of wind turbines as the main load-bearing structures. In order to ensure top quality during the manufacturing process of their wind towers, the Goldwind Science and Technology Company, one of the largest wind turbine manufacturers in China and one of the top five in the world, sought a reliable third-party inspection, verification and testing company.
On January 4, 2011, SGS China was appointed a contract to conduct comprehensive Quality Control Services during the production process of wind towers, because of its extensive experience and competence in such projects.
In order to guarantee that the wind towers will fulfill the applicable regulatory and client-specific requirements and that they will operate as intended, SGS’s team of experts is providing complex onsite inspection, auditing, monitoring and Quality Control witness services during the production process. With Quality Control SGS verifies materials, parts and final products through checks and sample testing. The inspection of wind towers is carried out in accordance with quality assurance procedures and a checklist relating to specific types of equipment, operational factors and the vendor’s own quality control system. In addition, SGS reviews the design, specifications, drawings and specified standards, to assure the applicable regulatory requirements.
