BladeBUG
About
About BladeBUG
BladeBUG develops and operates robotic inspection methods for wind-turbine blades, combining a blade-crawling robot with ultrasonic non-destructive-testing payloads. The robot detects fibre wrinkles, delaminations, bondline failures, voids and cracks that may not be visible from a conventional surface inspection.
The system is positioned for uptower or in-service blade inspection, where the robot places the sensing payload against the blade surface and captures data for maintenance decisions. BladeBUG has demonstrated the method on operating turbines. Inspection procedure, certification and defect thresholds vary by wind farm, access, weather and blade construction, with operator review part of the maintenance workflow.
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Team
- Chris Cieslak - Founder and CEO - Cieslak leads BladeBUG as it develops walking robotic inspection technology for wind-turbine blades and ultrasonic non-destructive testing workflows.
Timeline
Events
- 2020-11-05 - Demonstration - BladeBUG completes first offshore turbine blade walk
The six-legged robot repeatedly scaled blades over two days in mid-October. The demonstration used ORE Catapult?s 7MW Levenmouth offshore turbine. The robot walked 50 metres on a vertically positioned blade.
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Relations
Relationships
- ORE Catapult
Demonstration Partner - BladeBUG completed offshore wind-turbine blade-walk testing with ORE Catapult.
Context
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Context tags
- Inspection robot OEM - Stack Layer - BladeBUG's robotics role maps to the inspection robot oem stack layer.
- Robotic inspection workflow - Workflow - BladeBUG belongs in the inspection robotics companies peer group based on its robotics segment and product or workflow focus.
- Robot OEM - Stack Layer - BladeBUG's robotics role maps to the robot oem stack layer.