ABB Robotics – Painting wind turbine rotor blades

Enercon has installed two ABB robots in its new paint facilities for painting rotor blades. This is the first installation of its kind, able to complete the entire finishing process on large dimension rotor components. Finishing consists of two layers: The first layer is the gel coat. . The ABB robots provides the exact amount of gel coat for the required thickness: Depending on the amount of stress on a particular area, thicknesses may vary between 0.3 mm where loads are light and 0.6 mm along the leading edge or so-called nose (part of blade in first contact with wind) [...]

Heard of new wind turbine with no blades?

by michael_swan

Question by Zoe: Heard of new wind turbine with no blades?
I heard from my biology professor about a new type of wind turbine that was designed in Michigan that doesn’t have any blades, so it doesn’t effect birds & bats. Instead it has this circle thing at the top that twirls around.

Has anybody heard of it? I’m trying to find an article on it so I can add it to my wind turbine paper but I can’t find a thing.

Best answer:

Answer by robinNope, but you might use these links as a starting point.

http://www.quietrevolution.co.uk/qr5.htm

http://www.stiltman.com/html/wind_power.html

http://www.residential-wind-power.com/2009/03/powerhouse-winds-unique-single-blade-wind-turbine/

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Q&A: Residential Wind Turbines, that… doesn’t have blades?

Question by Fox: Residential Wind Turbines, that… doesn’t have blades?
My mom said she wants to find a wind turbine, and her description of it is “it looks like a pencil, there aren’t any blades”. She says it spins when the wind hits it, I have no idea what she’s talking about or how to find it. Googled it and found residential wind turbines with blades, but she said that’s not it.
Where can I find one of those or does it even exist?
Thanks.

Best answer:

Answer by BigOrlandoNerdYou might want to merely google, “bladeless wind turbines”. There are a few options that [...]

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