Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy and Energy System Technology (IWES) have launched a project to automate the process of manufacturing rotor blades wind turbines in an effort to ...

Researchers at Concordia University have developed a new way to make small wind turbines, ...

As part of the project, Fraunhofer IFAM not only started up a specially designed new low-pressure plasma plant for web material, but also developed plasma processes which can be used to apply an ...

A new 4D-printing technique creates lightweight composite wind turbine blades that spin faster, weigh less, and could reduce ...

Researchers have successfully leveraged robotic assistance in the manufacture of wind turbine blades, allowing for the elimination of difficult working conditions for humans and the potential to ...

This experiment will solve a current technological gap by developing a smart “digital twin” that optimises the curing process in blade manufacturing. Funded by the Office of Energy Efficiency & ...

Pre-treatment-free coatable demonstrator of a rotor blade shell segment protected by the Peel Plas release film. Photo Credit, all images: Fraunhofer IFAM Within the joint project OptiBlade, ...

Hill helicopter’s main rotor blade is a complex amalgamation of CFRP, GFRP, unidirectional and biaxial materials that is cured in a single process. Source (All Images) | Hill Helicopters Helicopter ...

Iowa production line can recover and divert from landfills polymer materials from 30,000 tons of blades per year, Regen Fiber says. “Our process recycles 100 percent of the wind turbine blade, ...