STARRAG USA’s new LX021 turbine blade machine is an application-based design that maximizes part rigidity with its spindle and sub-spindle part clamping. The turret on the sub-spindle allows multiple ...
65 sq. ft. footprint Working envelope of 550 x 600 x 500 mm (X-Y-Z) A-axis tilts from +45 to -90 degree angles; B-axis has infinite positioning points Mitsui Seiki USA Inc. has designed a specialized ...
GE Aerospace is investing $33 million in its Greenville, South Carolina, turbine blade production facility—about half of it ...
Composite materials are ideal for producing wind turbine blades because of their strength, light weight, and ability to be tailored to provide the precise mechanical properties needed for any blade ...
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), in partnership with Arkema Inc of Pennsylvania, have demonstrated the feasibility of thermoplastic resin and ...
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 ...
A new material for wind blades that can be recycled could transform the wind industry, rendering renewable energy more sustainable than ever before while lowering costs in the process. Researchers ...
The ZEBRA (Zero wastE Blade ReseArch) project, driven by IRT Jules Verne, brings together industrial companies and technological centers (Arkema, CANOE, ENGIE, Suez, LM Wind Power, Owens Corning) to ...
Researchers at the DoE’s Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), working with engineers from Arkema Inc of Pennsylvania, have shown it is possible to build wind turbine blades with the ...
Cylindrical holes were once the industry standard for air film cooling on turbine engine components. The cooling holes were traditionally formed using an electro-discharge machine (EDM) with a round ...
Everyone’s owned a pinwheel at one time or another. I remember riding in the back of my parents’ car, sticking my pinwheel out the window as we traveled down the street. The speed at which the ...
Stacks of large fiberglass wind turbine blades near the Woodward airport mark the early stages of a recycling operation city ...