LYON—Metal component supplier Mecachrome is refining the production process of the low-pressure turbine blades it is manufacturing for the CFM International Leap engine, CEO Christian Cornille says.

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 ...

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL, Golden, Colo., U.S.) have successfully leveraged robotic assistance in the manufacture of wind ...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Jan. 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TPI Composites, Inc. (TPIC), (TPI) (Nasdaq: TPIC), announced today that it has collaborated with WindSTAR, a National Science Foundation (NSF) ...

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, ...

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 ...

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, ...