Time Manufacturing Company published a 2021 white paper exploring several topics around sustainability, including how its brands are supporting the booming wind energy industry. Time Manufacturing Company goes to market under the Versalift, BrandFX, Ruthmann, BlueLift, EcoLine and Aspen Aerials brands, and supports infrastructure companies and other essential businesses. With a global distribution network, our brands support the businesses that maintain the consistent and reliable flow of electric power and telecommunications. Some high access equipment, which is manufactured by both Ruthmann and Versalift, is specifically designed to maintain wind farms.
Renewable Energy Initiatives in the U.S.
As of 2021, more than two thirds of U.S. states have developed renewable energy initiatives. In cases like the states of Hawaii and Vermont, these initiatives are very ambitious, with plans that push for 100% renewable power within twenty years. Other states are incentivizing clean energy and through climate initiatives, as is the case in California. It is efforts like these that continue to drive change.
The United States Increases Wind Energy Initiatives
One highly efficient source of renewable energy is wind turbines, which currently produce greater than 8.4% of overall US net electricity generation, and 43% of all renewable energy in the United States. Due to air pollution and natural factors like bird strikes and lightning, wind farms require ongoing maintenance. Maintenance includes several tasks, including resurfacing blades and making adjustments to turbines. For that purpose, Time Manufacturing Company brands, including Ruthmann and Versalift, continue to engineer the next generation of high-reach aerial lifts for wind turbine maintenance.
Electric power that is generated by wind is remarkably inexpensive to produce once the infrastructure is in place. The states of Texas and Oklahoma, which are perhaps best known as big oil states, also happen to be the nation’s leaders in wind-generated electricity. This is not an accident: wind-generated electricity is currently the most efficient application of renewable energy generation. The most effective and efficient way to service and maintain wind turbines is through the use of high access work platforms reaching in excess of 200 feet.
Time Manufacturing Company Brands are Leaders in Wind Turbine Maintenance
High access work platforms are crucial equipment for wind energy infrastructure maintenance and repair. Versalift and Ruthmann manufacture high access work platforms for the North American market. The Ruthmann T-295A is the most capable 90 meter unit in North America, reaching the highest turbines in production. Versalift high access aerial lifts are available for purchase as both insulated and non-insulated units, which gives them greater high reach versatility for the North American equipment rental market.
Time Manufacturing Company brands support the wind-powered electricity generation and wind farm maintenance industries in the United States, and around the world. As more markets around the world come to rely upon renewable energy, Time Manufacturing Company brands will continue to support wind farms with safe, innovative and versatile equipment.
Safer and More Reliable Wind Energy Production with Ruthmann Equipment
On the global stage, Ruthmann has earned its excellent reputation for high reach innovations that support the wind energy industry. Ruthmann engineers design units with enormous reach on relatively lightweight work platforms. At working heights that commonly exceed 200 feet, Ruthmann high access aerial lifts are capable of remaining highly stable at full working height and load in windy conditions, while ensuring the operational efficiency and safety of all personnel. Ruthmann high access work platforms stow quickly, and are designed to deploy and return to their stowed traveling position in minutes and either meet or exceed ANSI recommendations and OSHA safety requirements.
A recently published Time Manufacturing Company sustainability white paper explores how changing views on corporate governance factors, social factors and environmental factors are changing the way that companies make supply chain decisions. Read the Time Manufacturing Company Sustainability paper here.
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