{"id":78554,"date":"2020-07-02T09:50:39","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T08:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=78554"},"modified":"2020-07-02T09:50:39","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T08:50:39","slug":"radblad-technology-to-x-ray-wind-turbines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/radblad-technology-to-x-ray-wind-turbines\/78554\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018World first\u2019 energy technology to x-ray wind turbines"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forth.uk.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forth Engineering<\/a>\u00a0in Cumbria, is developing the RADBLAD technology which will complete a full X-ray survey of wind turbines for both offshore and onshore farms<\/h2>\n<p>The lightweight robot will be capable of surveying a Vesta 47 size turbine and all its blades in just five hours. Forth\u2019s innovation is in line with the UK government\u2019s policy of increasing renewable power to bring all greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050.<\/p>\n<p>The UK is the world\u2019s sixth largest producer of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/record-tall-wind-turbine-towers\/77846\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wind power<\/a>, thanks to its offshore farms. With so many wind turbines, there is a high level of maintenance required across the industry with more blades needing checking for faults.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, maintenance surveys are carried out manually by engineers climbing the wind turbine with rope access. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/health-safety-news\/hse-workplace-fatality\/78512\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lives are being put at risk<\/a>, with accidents and, in worst cases, fatalities.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s also a high financial cost to such inspections. Preventative inspection every three to four months and maintenance every six months is necessary, costing between \u00a370,000 and \u00a3700,000 each, depending on the location and the size of the turbines.<\/p>\n<h3>Safer turbine surveys<\/h3>\n<p>To provide a solution, Forth is more than half way through a two-year project, funded by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/innovate-uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Innovate UK<\/a>, to develop its RADBLAD technology.<\/p>\n<p>The RADBLAD system is lightweight and portable and will make surveys safer, faster, and cheaper, removing the need to put lives at risk.<\/p>\n<p>The differentiation elements of RADBLAD, when compared with other systems, is in the use of radiographic based in-situ inspection, the automatic detection of defects using an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/bim-news\/bim-software-meets-weather-time\/62233\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">artificial intelligent<\/a> (AI) based software, and the use of a modular approach for the robotic system.<\/p>\n<p>The advantages of this system are early detection of blade defects, while reducing the risk to human operators. The manufacture of the technology is on course to be completed by the middle of July.<\/p>\n<p>The RADBLAD technology has already been attracting interest from robotics and AI experts around the world and is set to be ready for testing on onshore wind turbines in September at Catapult Offshore Renewable Energy\u2019s testing centre in Northumberland ready to deliver the solution in time for March 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Peter Routledge, Forth\u2019s programme manager, said: \u201cRADBLAD is a world-first magnetically-adhering, wall-climbing robot, with a manipulator arm which deploys an x-ray system around a blade.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA crucial and novel extension of RADBLAD lies in the use of a radiographic system for inspection and in providing an integrated solution that offers high-quality, efficient inspection method, which is human-safe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnlike radiography, RADBLAD does not require costly, time-consuming onshore dismantling of blades and transportation to workshop, inspection in X-ray bays and return and reassembly, which can take around ten days, during which time revenue is lost due to generating downtime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The consortium involved in the project &#8211; Forth, Innvotek, TWI, Catapult, Renewable Advice and London South Bank University &#8211; has been able to press ahead with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/construction-lockdown-scenario\/74240\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">work during lockdown<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Telford, managing director of Forth, added: \u201cThis will be another world-first for Forth and another example of where an industry has a specific challenge and has asked us to come up with a solution. 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