Self-Curing Resin Reduces Turbine Costs

Feb-21-18 An innovative new self-curing resin could reduce both the manufacturing and the environmental cost of turbine blades.

The resin replaces the current resin used in fiberglass turbine blades, which requires heat to cure, with a thermoplastic resin called Elium. The resin, which is being studied for use by a team at Vanderbilt University, heats itself via a chemical process, automatically curing flawlessly. The resin can also be melted after it has been cured, so the fiberglass can be recycled.

Image- LASIR graduate students Chris Nash and Ray Bond viewing the real-time infrared video of the curing process of the Elium resin.

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