SES Groups · Wind energy
Blades, nacelles, drivetrains, bearings, bolting, towers, foundations, cables and substations. Our resident inspectors and Project Quality Engineers follow wind suppliers in France and abroad, from the first article to the release note.
Click any component on the diagram to see its role, what we inspect and our references with manufacturers of that equipment family.
Tip: the nacelle label and each export component are clickable too.
Beyond one-off inspections, SES Groups acts as your Project Quality Engineer during project execution: we follow each supplier from purchase order to release, and we visit their shops frequently to make sure your project specifications are applied, not just signed.
PIM at the supplier's premises: scope, sub-suppliers, schedule, hold and witness points, reporting rules.
Project specs vs. supplier standards, compliance matrix, flow-down to sub-suppliers, technical queries and deviation requests.
Review and approval of ITPs, WPS/PQR, NDT procedures, test procedures and painting systems before production starts.
Regular in-process surveillance or resident inspector: materials, welding, machining, assembly and coating.
Raising and tracking non-conformances, root cause, corrective actions, concession files and their close-out.
Weekly status against schedule, critical-path materials, sub-supplier follow-up and early warnings.
Witnessing factory acceptance tests, dimensional and visual checks, packing and preservation before shipment.
MDR / data book review, EN 10204 3.1/3.2 certificates, punch list close-out and inspection release note.
Wind programmes need many inspectors, in many factories, for years. Our coordination desk draws on a large international pool of senior, GWO-certified inspectors, so we can cover a nacelle line, several blade shops and the foundation yards at the same time.
We select, for each assignment, inspectors holding the qualifications your ITP and site rules require.
Quality Inspector, Project Quality Engineer and Package Manager profiles, available at the supplier's premises and on site.
ITP review and sign-off, hold points, FAT and type test witnessing, reports and release notes.
WPS/PQR and welder qualifications, VT, PMI, PT, MT, RT and UT (ISO 9712).
Performance tests on pumps, motors and gearboxes, vibration, alignment, mechanical run tests.
Supplier follow-up, schedule, document review, pre-shipment inspection.
Inspections carried out at the manufacturers of this equipment. For confidentiality, we name neither end clients nor projects.
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References from our 2020–2026 inspection assignments. Some references (gearboxes, plates, generators, transformers) come from other sectors using the same technologies as wind turbines.
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Supplier pre-qualification and factory audits, RFQ packs with ITP and VDRL, technical bid evaluation and award, then inspection of the awarded supplier by the same team.
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