Flanges for offshore wind foundations and towers. Rings for rotor, stator, blade extenders, break discs, pitch and yaw bearings, …

Know How

The trust placed in euskalforging from the beginning of the offshore sector has made it the world’s No. 1 manufacturer of flanges for:

Offshore foundations
Offshore towers
Shim flanges for offshore foundations

In a sector where delays in the construction of the wind farm, lengthy maintenance periods or failures in the equipment have a high economic impact, the supplied products must comply with the strictest technological requirements, guaranteeing the delivery time. This is why the clients continually trust in euskalforging to be able to guarantee the mechanical properties required in the most challenging environments, always meeting the agreed deadlines.

Foundations and towers

Each offshore wind farm has different features as regards temperature, depth and sea bed, all of which require a particular foundation in each case. The joint work between the client's engineering departments and euskalforging's technical office determines the material grade (adjusting its chemical composition) and the production process, adapting them to the requirements of the flanges used in the foundation.

euskalforging has the capacity to meet the high technical demands of this sector in weldable steels and sections over 250 mm, diameters over 5,000 mm and heights over 200 mm:

Yield strength above 295 MPa
Tensile strength above 470 MPa
Impact value above 50 J at temperatures below or equal to –50ºC

euskalforging's ring rolling machines and machining centres have a capacity to manufacture 5,600 flanges per year with a diameter up to 10 metres.

Bearings, gearboxes and nacelle components

euskalforging’s state of the art production equipment positions the company as a market leader in the manufacturing of the critical components that determine the performance of offshore wind turbines

euskalforging’s leadership is reflected in the fact that it is the main supplier of the components listed below for turbines between 3 MW and 8 MW (currently the most powerful turbine in the commercial phase).

euskalforging manufactures the following components: