GE inaugurates 3D printer for turbine towers

The US-based OEM has taken its 3D printing R&D facility into use – a device that will be able to make tower sections of up to 20 meters, the aim being to render production more efficient and sustainable.
Photo: PR GE Renewable Energy
Photo: PR GE Renewable Energy
BY VIKTOR BRANDT KÆRGAARD, TRANSLATED BY DANIEL FRANK CHRISTENSEN

With a new research and development facility now up and running, GE Renewable Energy intends to render manufacture of wind turbine towers cheaper, more efficient and more sustainable.

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