Wind/Energy
Wind blade manufacture: Opportunities and limits
At CompositesWorld's 2011 Wind & Ocean Energy Seminar, held April 13-14 in Portland, Maine, Stephen Nolet, principal engineer/director of innovation at TPI Composites Inc. (Scottsdale, Ariz.) briefed the audience on TPI’s view of blade design and manufacture.
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Small wind: Green energy gets greener
Kilowatt-rated vertical axis wind turbines supply green electric power where utility-scale turbines can’t.
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Leading-edge erosion: Materials solutions
Depending on operating conditions, erosion of rotor blade leading edges can affect wind turbine energy generation efficiency as soon as two years after installation.
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Wind blade repair: Safety and quality
Perhaps the biggest challenges to safely repairing a damaged wind blade in the field are wind and weather. “High winds will prevent technicians from getting up on the blade to make the repair, and cold weather will impact the composites and their ability to cure,” explains Peter Wells, the business leader for the Blade Services team at Medford, Ore.-based UpWind Blade Solutions.
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Blade repair: Closing the maintenance gap
Citing difficult work conditions, lack of OEM guidance and underdeveloped inspection technologies, those who service wind turbine blades seek remedial solutions.
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Growth opportunites in global composites: 2016 and beyond
Lucintel LLC's (Irving, Texas) VP of consulting Norm Timmins predicts where and how much the global composites industry will grow during the next five years.
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From dream to reality, with a good business plan
CompositesWorld's conference director Scott Stephenson comments on Istanbul, Turkey-based Akrilik Kimya Sanayii's successful quest to enter the small community of the world's carbon fiber producers.
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COMPOSITES 2011 Product Showcase
Composite Technology magazine's review of the goings-on at COMPOSITES 2011, this year’s edition of the American Composites Manufacturers Assn.’s (ACMA, Arlington, Va.) annual trade show and conference (Feb. 2-4, Greater Ft. Lauderdale Convention Center, Fla.).
Read MoreCarbon fiber: Program news
In addition to the prognostications of carbon fiber industry watchers, attendees at Carbon Fiber 2010 (Dec. 7-9 in La Jolla, Calif.) also heard news of carbon fiber inroads to a number of composites programs.
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3-D woven reinforcements update
Suppliers make progress toward reinforcement preforms that exhibit comparable properties in the x, y and z axes.
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