ORE Catapult is teaming up with Fraunhofer IWES, to host the VirtualWind IV online conference focusing on the current challenges for offshore wind energy in the North Sea. With sessions on rotorblade manufacturing, join us on the 1st of July to hear from a wide range of experts.
Preliminary Agenda
Event timings are in British Standard Time (BST) / Central European Time (CEST)
9.00 a.m. (BST) / 10.00 a.m. (CEST)
Welcome: Andrew Jamieson, Chief Executive, ORE Catapult & Prof. Andreas Reuter, Managing Director, Fraunhofer IWES
Keynote: Hon.- Prof. Dr.- Ing. Carsten Burchardt, Research Manager, Strategic Business Consulting, Siemens Digital Industries Software GmbH
Rotorblade manufacturing
Chaired by Dr.-Ing. Steffen Czichon, Head of Department Rotor Blades, Fraunhofer IWES
09:30 a.m. (BST) / 10:30 a.m. (CEST) 20 min
TBC
09:50 a.m. (BST) / 10:50 a.m. (CEST) 20 min
“Industrializing Rotor Blade Manufacturing – Large Scale Research”,
Heiko Rosemann, Research associate, Fraunhofer IWES
10:10 a.m. (BST) / 11:10 a.m. (CEST) 20 min
“Use of a digital machine twin along a multi-process chain for manufacturing support of large wind power components”,
Lars Windels, CEO, SWMS Systemtechnik Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH
10:30 a.m. (BST) / 11:30 a.m. (CEST) 20 min
“Additive Manufacturing of Wind Turbine Blade Core Materials’”,
Dr. Peter Greaves, Research Engineer, ORE Catapult
10:50 a.m (BST) / 11:50 a.m. (CEST) Short Break
11.00 a.m. – 11.45 a.m. (BST) / 12:00 p.m. – 12:45 p.m. (CEST) 45 min
Panel discussion with all participants
Optional: 11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. (BST) / 12:45 p.m. – 13:45 p.m. (CEST) 60 min
Break out sessions
Expert session with Heiko Rosemann, Reasearch associate Fraunhofer IWES: interactive Q&A and virtual tour of IWES’ BladeMaker Demo Center in Bremerhaven, Germany
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