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Fraunhofer IWES starts new project for industrial production of rotor blades

Kassel & Bremerhaven, Germany - In the "BladeMaker" project, Fraunhofer IWES scientists and industrial and research partners are searching for automation solutions in order to make the manufacture of rotor blades more cost effective, quicker and with a higher quality.

Rotor blades account for about one quarter of the total cost of a wind energy turbine, a fact which results from the high proportion of manual labour involved. Significant cost reductions can be achieved through changing from small series production to large scale industrial production. For this reason, the main focus of the joint project "BladeMaker", with a total of 18 partners and coordinated by the Fraunhofer IWES, is the complete manufacturing chain for rotor blade production. The BladeMaker project will run until the end of September 2017. The project is funded with EUR 8 million by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Reactor Safety.

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Source: IWR Online, 15 Jan 2013

 


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