BladeMaker - Advancing and Demonstrating Automated Manufacturing of Rotor Blades

摘要

Rotor blades for wind turbines have a significant (25%-30%) share of wind turbine costs and are determining loads and thereby costs for the other parts as well. Current labor-intensive manufacturing leads to high tolerances, requiring high safety factors and less-than-optimal parameters, and reaches its borders with current and upcoming blade dimensions. Automated manufacturing promises significant improvements leading to higher reliability, higher blade value and ultimately lower cost-of-energy for the entire turbine.