Navigating wind turbine blade inspections comes with its rewards as well as challenges. For the past few years, we\u2019ve used the Bladena Standards as our primary method when reviewing inspections.<\/p>\n
The Bladena Standards break down inspection methods and outline the 13 distinct types of damage you might spot on blades, with severity rating ranging between 1 to 5. This is based on damage type, blade structure and location.<\/p>\n
As the industry, and wind turbines, continue to move forward, we’ve adapted our solution to tackle new challenges head on.<\/p>\n
Interpretation Variability<\/strong> We are consistently working on supporting additional standards. We can adapt to other standards on our systems based on the damage description such as type, size or depth. This gives maximum flexibility to our customers while also ensuring this key severity classification process is highly transparent, repeatable and consistent.<\/p>\n Evolving Blade Lengths<\/strong> However, longer blades can face different stresses and strains, leading to different levels of damage compared to their shorter counterparts. We have been laser-focused on ensuring our standards are up to the challenge.<\/p>\n Want to hear more? Get in touch to find out how you can incorporate Perceptual Robotics\u2019 inspections into your operations and maintenance strategy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Navigating wind turbine blade inspections comes with its rewards as well as challenges. For the past few years, we\u2019ve used the Bladena Standards as our primary method when reviewing inspections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":84691,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[172,123,91,170,31,22,35,115,29,30],"class_list":["post-84690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-offshorewindenergy","tag-perceptualrobotics","tag-robotics","tag-uav","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-blades","tag-innovation","tag-offshorewind","tag-renewableenergy","tag-windenergy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nCustomers can view damage and severity differently so we\u2019ve made sure to adapt our solution to always fit the customer\u2019s individual requirements.<\/p>\n
\nAs renewable energy technology continues to advance, we have seen a growing trend of increasingly long blades. These extended blades enable turbines to cover a larger area and generate even more electricity.<\/p>\n