FLOWTRACK WIND TURBINE INFORMATION
Our flagship product, the 5 metre turbine is currently out of
production after a decade of poor economics for small wind turbines that
saw some companys close, and some move offshore. We still support the
ten of our turbines still in existence and also service other brands and
sell small Chinese machines.
Our turbine was conceived as a standalone machine with good
performance in varying conditions. Issues of accreditation and the design
of subsidies have put small wind at an unfair disadvantage against
photovoltaic generation in this market.
But we are thinking of
redesigning our turbine to suit the current niche of economic viability
which has become small gridfeed renewables which attract an amazingly high
feed-in tariff. In the interests of history we are leaving the product
information up on the web:
FEATURES
WHY IT WORKS!
OPERATING MANUAL
Flowtrack Wind
Turbine is a
5KW, up wind, horizontal axis,
two bladed machine. Completely designed and manufactured in
Australia, the Flowtrack combines the computerised aerofoil
design of the blades from Newcastle University,
with extremely robust inductive generation.
A NEMA standard induction motor provides the 3 phase generation
with the advantage of no slip rings or brushes, eliminating the
need for maintenance in this area.
Transportable and manually erectable, the 20 metre tower is guyed
by four cables to the half height point.
An extensive use of generic parts - metric bolts, common
semiconductors, NGK bearings, and NEMA standard induction motor as
the generator, assures ready obtainability.
