Like most complex machines, manufacturing a modern wind turbine is the story of materials, processes, and trends. The material story is mostly of composites. For instance, blades in particular are manufactured from fiberglass in an infusion process that excludes air. For other tasks, interest has been on a tooling resin and closed molding because the…
Manufacturing for huge wind turbine parts
HPM America LLC in Mount Gilead, Ohio, has horizontal machining capabilities to support a part envelope of 192 x 360 in. with a lifting capacity of 150 tons. For heavy fabrication, the company’s burn tables can flame-cut steel plate up to 10.5-in. thick and a full service weld and forming shop to handle fabrication to…