Valmont SM: The Danish experts in wind

For decades, Valmont SM in Denmark has been part of the European wind industry.

Many know us as a manufacturer of wind turbines and rotor houses, but actually, our catalog in the wind industry is far more extensive and advanced.

We also manufacture a large number of products that you do not see, but which plays an important role in the operation and the success of wind turbines.

"We supply towers and rotor houses to the major turbine producers in the wind industry, but also equipment for assembly, lifting and testing", says Anders G. Kjærgaard, Sales and Project Director at Valmont SM in Rødekro, Denmark.

Valmont SM also manufactures transport equipment, production equipment, large hydraulic dampers for wind towers, sub-structures and adapter rings used when the turbine towers are transported to installation site at sea.

All in all, Valmont SM is all-round manufacturer of the large steel items for the wind industry.

Many years of life simulated in a few months

Valmont SM is an experienced partner when wind turbine manufacturers need steel structures to test their products before releasing them.

Among other Valmont SM has provided test equipment for the 3500 square meter test facility at Lindø Offshore Renewables Center.

Here the wind turbine manufacturer can simulate the life of the largest main bearings.

The bearing is placed in the test unit during a HALT (Highly Accelerated Lifetime Testing). Six pistons will press or pull the test object with each up to 500 tons. A demanding test that simulates many years of life in a very short time.

Valmont SM has supplied the largest steels parts for the test equipment, including the test load unit, which is more than 6.5 meters in diameter and weighs over 100 tons.

Valmont SM is also producing several very large components for the major European Turbine Manufactures private test facilities.

From LORC HALT test facilities. Copyright Lindø Offshore Renewables Center.

Experts in both prototype and serial products 

We are also at Valmont SM an experienced manufacture of wind turbines and rotor ho uses, and we can supply tower sections weighing up to 200 tons per unit for the on and offshore markets.

We have a fully automated production facility.

Valmont SM’s robot-automated coating facility is designed and fully dedicated to the sandblasting, metallization and coating of wind turbine towers with a diameter of up to 6,5m and length of 40m.Valmont SM manufactures fully equipped wind turbine towers for both onshore and offshore wind farms.

Valmont SM manufactures direct-drive generator rotor houses for direct-drive based wind turbines.

The direct-drive generator rotor house is a key component in the direct-drive wind turbine technology.

It is placed between the blades and the mainframe.

It houses the magnets that rotate together with the blades and sets high requirements for the tolerances under production of the rotor house.

Our experienced project managers carry out all tasks. Co-engineering with our customers from idea and calculation to finished solution and production.

The broad experience that Valmont SM has accumulated through years of manufacturing different types of structures for various industries gives us the strong competencies and capabilities to take a product from conception to ultimate series production for our customers.