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Senvion acquires Rodpack technology for more efficient blades

Hamburg

The material is already used in the blade for the Senvion 6.2M152 and is anticipated to be integrated in future blade designs for both onshore and offshore turbines. RodPack, which substitutes the standard glass fabrics used in the main girder, enables optimized blade design as well as faster and higher-quality blade production. The technology will be exclusively available and used in Senvion turbines.

RodPack technology is based on cured pultruded rods placed on a non-woven fabric. Senvion is currently working on the co-development of a machine to expand RodPack production capacity. Andreas Nauen, CEO at Senvion, says:



Source: IWR Online, 20 Nov 2015

 


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