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 ...

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 ...

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 & ...

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 ...

Perseus Materials is reinventing composites manufacturing as it is currently known. Perseus Materials wants to build bigger, faster, anywhere. They are developing and applying a proprietary composite ...

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, ...

UAVOS, a leader in UAS and stratospheric programs, reports the completion of a new production run of advanced composite main rotor blades tailored for unmanned helicopter platforms. Composite rotor ...

The maker of a massive wind turbine blade that broke apart off Nantucket Island and washed up on the beaches says a manufacturing problem was responsible. GE Vernova CEO Scott Strazik said on an ...