Kurz Wind Division Blog

Kurz Wind Energy Blog and News

  • Bio Spotlight: Beverly Rybak - Name: Beverly F. Rybak Job Title: Wind Business Development Coordinator Years in the industry: 9 years in Wind plus 30+ Years in Supply Chain; Procurement; Analytics Years with Kurz: 7 years Area(s) of expertise: Supply Chain; Procurement; Analytics; Sales; related to WIND and Manufacturing Reason(s) you love your career: What’s not to love about being... See More
  • BIO Spotlight: Kathy Cira - Name: Kathy Cira Job Title: Industrial Distribution Inside Sales and Wind Inside Sales Support Years in the industry: 43 years in Industrial and 6 years in Wind Inside Sales Years with Kurz: 16 Area(s) of expertise: Motors, Drives, Power Transmission Reason(s) you love your career: Customer and Supplier relationships I have established over the years.... See More
  • BIO Spotlight: Mike Glynn - Name: Mike Glynn Job Title: Director of Wind Energy/Div of Kurz Indurtrial Years in industry: 10 Years with Kurz: 17 Area(s) of expertise: Mechanical Engineering, Sales & Marketing Reason(s) you love your career: Being a part of improving the US carbon footprint One “Fun Fact”: Love all Sports and most music styles
  • What’s New With Kurz Wind? - Posted on June 10, 2019 by Kurz Industrial Solutions A Note From Jay I’ve been with Kurz for almost three years now. It’s been an interesting journey. I’ve been to over thirty states, met hundreds, if not thousands, of new people, and tried to truly listen to our customers to understand how their companies and... See More
  • 5 Reasons Why Wind Hoses Matter - Posted on March 26, 2020 by Kurz Industrial Solutions 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.... See More
  • 4 Reasons Hose Assemblies Fail - 4 Reasons Why Your Hose Assemblies Fail Posted on March 26, 2020 by Kurz Industrial Solutions 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... See More
  • Kurz Gearbox Hose Fix - How Has Kurz Wind Fixed Gearbox Hose Issues? Posted on April 8, 2020 by Kurz Industrial Solutions 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... See More
  • Remanufacturing Your Gearbox Hose Assemblies - You Should Avoid Remanufacturing Your Gearbox Hose Assemblies Posted on May 26, 2020 by Kurz Industrial Solutions Wind Turbine hose assemblies play an integral role in the health and performance of your gearbox.  Without robust hose assemblies designed to handle the harsh additives in gearbox oils, you run the risk of premature hose leaks, cracks,... See More
  • Measuring Hoses: 3 Things To Know - Inches matter, installing an incorrectly measured hose can result in extra expenses or time delays. Many hose installers aren’t trained on how to correctly identify and measure hose lengths. There are two ways hose length can be identified, overall length or cut length. Overall length (OAL) is typically the most common way the length of... See More
  • Wind Is Awesome - Wind Is Awesome Hello again! My name is Dan Frantz, the newest member of the Kurz Wind Team. I’m thankful to be working within the Wind Industry with Kurz Industrial Solutions and wanted to share my experiences throughout the process from initial research to my take on the wind industry itself now that I’ve been... See More