Since the end of 2013, GEOMET 321 has been used by Siemens Wind Power A/S on fasteners of wind turbine blades. For this application, Siemens Wind Power A/S requires that the coating must be able to exist in a C5-H environment (according to ISO-12944) without corrosion of the substrate material even after a 1,440-hour salt spray…
Six legged ship lends a hand to building offshore wind farms
North Sea wind farm installations will soon get a hand from a six-legged ship capable of raising itself over water as deep as 75m. Lifting the ship above the water is necessary to stabilize it as workers assemble the tower, nacelle, and rotor. “The Pacific Orca is the largest wind farm installation ship ever built,”…
Core product approved for turbine blades
Tycor W fiber reinforced composite sandwich core products have have earned a Certificate of Approval by Germanischer Lloyd (GL) for use in the manufacture of composite wind turbine blades.