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Automatisierte Produktionsprozesse in der Rotorblattindustrie – Lösungen für die kontinuierliche Direktablage
Author(s) -
Franke J.,
Ohlendorf J.H.,
Thoben K.D.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
materialwissenschaft und werkstofftechnik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.285
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1521-4052
pISSN - 0933-5137
DOI - 10.1002/mawe.201700197
Subject(s) - automation , rotor (electric) , engineering , turbine blade , textile , turbine , process (computing) , mechanical engineering , production (economics) , manufacturing engineering , process automation system , process engineering , automotive engineering , computer science , materials science , economics , composite material , macroeconomics , operating system
Recent efforts concerning the automation of production processes for wind turbine rotor blades involve several new challenges. The technical fabrics used present specific features in handling due to their limp characteristics. Because of the steady growth of modern offshore wind turbine dimensions, larger rotor blade mold surfaces have to be covered with technical fabrics which influence the size and the weight of the handling systems used for automation. For an economic production of future wind turbine types, an increase in efficiency – by shortening the process cycle times – is crucial. Consequently, the time‐consuming process steps need to be automated. The article focuses on the continuous direct textile layup process and delivers ideas and solutions for the resulting challenges of process steps like storing, cutting and draping a technical textile in an automated rotor blade production.