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Broken turbine blade problem found
"Vestas has concluded that the root cause of the failure of the initial blade was due to a wrinkle in the carbon fiber of the spar (the support structure of the blade)," the report reads. "This wrinkle caused damage to propagate to the point of failure after the blade experienced high loads for a low number of cycles."
June 2, 2012
by Times Bulletin
in Ed Gebert
PAYNE - After an investigation lasting more than a month, the manufacturer of the wind turbine blades which failed at the Timber Road Wind Farm in Paulding County has determined a cause.
Documents filed Friday with the Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) by Vestas and by EDP Renewables show the cause of the failure of one of the blades to be a defect in the manufacturing of that single blade.
"Vestas has concluded that the root cause of the failure of the initial blade was due to a wrinkle in the carbon fiber of the spar (the support structure of the... [continue via Web link]
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