The global COVID-19 pandemic has had many broad-reaching impacts on businesses and industries around the world. One issue facing companies in the industrial sector is short-term and longterm storage solutions for mechanical equipment. While the COVID-19 National Emergency continues, companies are adversely affected by conditions forcing either closures or reduced uptime that are disruptive to business [read more…]

Poseidon Systems offers sensors, oil conditioning monitoring and wear debris monitoring solutions to Wind turbine operators.  When Kurz Wind sat down with Stephen Steen – Vice President of Industrial IoT, they had installed 5,500 Wind Turbines with condition monitoring systems and queued up 6,500 more installations by the end of 2020 (reaching over 12,000 in the [read more…]

Now that we explained why you should care about hoses, and why your hoses fail, we end this three-part series with “how has Kurz improved the hoses.”  The #1 question that we get is “why do you think that your wind hoses will work better?” The answer? Data. We received samples of the three major OEM [read more…]

Written by Dan Frantz (see contact info below) When I first started working in Wind, I had assumed gearbox hose assemblies were an afterthought for wind site managers.  With multi-million-dollar machines and many high dollar components, why would a site manager pay close attention to hose assemblies? My assumption could not be farther from the [read more…]

When it comes to the cost of operating and maintaining a wind turbine, the biggest focuses are going to normally be on the “big” things like blades, gearboxes, and generators.  When those components are down, there is an immediate need to get them repaired or replaced. However, after the big-ticket items, hoses can cause a [read more…]

The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) creates standards that regulate the sale and distribution of thousands of products each year. These products are found in the electrical manufacturing industry and the medical imaging industry. NEMA’s conformity assessment is concerned with ensuring that parts and components are designed according to industry regulations. They are subjected to [read more…]

Kurz Industrial Solutions New Berlin location was officially named a WEG Authorized Service Partner, the first company to earn this partnership in the state of Wisconsin. Blaine Bergmann of WEG Electric Corp. presented Steve Czajkowski of Kurz with a certificate this week. We’re proud to be an authorized service partner of WEG! WEG is a [read more…]

Today, technology infiltrates just about every aspect of our lives. From smartphones to in-car entertainment systems, technology is something that we use every day. Now, some companies are taking technological advances a step further. Such is the case with the company called ABB, which has created an assembly robot to work alongside humans in technical [read more…]

California’s geography and climate varies widely. Mountains, deserts, and coastlines are all part of the state’s landscape. These geographical differences create a variety of climates, weather patterns, and even seasonal temperatures throughout the state. Naturally, just as some places receive more rainfall than others in California, some cities have higher winds, too. Across the state, [read more…]