Spray paint on wind turbine fan

Can Teknos paint a wind turbine blade?

Teknos has developed paints and coatings specially for wind turbine blades. Our turbine blade coating product family consists of a full range of products, from priming to finishing paints, and putties as well as repair solution for rotor blade leading edges.

What are wind turbine coatings?

Wind turbine coatings are applied to components including blades, towers, nacelles, foundations, and equipment. Like any coating the environmental conditions, service life, required durability, use, and substrate all need to be carefully chosen for to ensure the best outcome and performance.

Does a self-cleaning coating protect wind turbine blades?

The self-cleaning experiment not only demonstrates the hydrophobic performance of the coating, but also implies an excellent anti-fouling ability towards possible solid pollutants that may be deposited on the wind-power fan blades during their operation. The adhesion of coating is an important property of coatings applied to wind turbine blades.

Do wind turbine blades need a protective coating?

In recent years, more blade manufacturers have started offering various type of LEP including tapes and protective coatings. However, that is not the global trend. Many wind farms currently in operation face the challenge of protecting the damaged blades and keeping the turbines running and producing energy.

What is the best coating for wind turbines?

Recent developments in the wind turbine coating industry include paint systems requiring fewer layers in order to reduce production time and cost. A common 3-coat system will use epoxy as the base coats and polyurethane as the top coat, using polyurethane’s UV resistance to protect the less-resistant epoxy.

What are the applications of ceramic coatings on wind turbine blades?

Ceramic coatings are also finding applications with the blades of wind turbines. This is in part because ceramic coatings have a greater abrasion resistance than polymer coatings, an important factor in combating leading edge erosion and preventing the constant impact of projectiles from damaging the blade.