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Enhance Wind Turbine Blade Lifespan with Leading Edge Protection
Protecting the leading edge of wind turbine blades is vital to their longevity. Covestro offers advanced Leading Edge Protection (LEP) technologies for customized solutions. Our LEP solutions effectively shield against environmental impacts, such as rain, UV light, and hail. With Covestro's durable LEP, you can reduce maintenance costs and minimize downtime, ensuring optimal performance throughout the wind turbine's service life. Choose Covestro for leading-edge protection and maximize the lifespan of your wind turbine blades.
Covestro offers various solutions to protect the leading edge:
1. Leading edge protection using coatings
Advantages of Covestro raw materials for LEP coatings:
- Ease of application for in-shop as well as maintenance
- Increased productivity in painting operations due to fast cure with Pasquick® technology
- Reduced solvent emissions with low to Near Zero VOC coatings
- Reduced maintenance and downtime cost due to long lasting LEP coatings
- LEP coatings based on Pasquick® technology (Desmophen® NH and Desmodur® ultra product family)
2. Leading edge protection by shells
Advantages of Covestro polyurethane elastomer for LEP shells:- Flexible polyurethane to facilitate the installation at the leading edge
- Durability against erosion, drop impact and UV
- Good thermal stability
- Desmodur® Elastomer shells
3. Leading edge protection using films
Advantages of Covestro adhesive films for soft shell fixation for windblades:- Combination of thermoplastic processing with characteristics of a crosslinkable PU adhesive
- Adhesive film is non-sensitive to atmospheric moisture
- Storage and transport capabilities: Non-blocking / non-tacky at room temperature
- Excellent adhesion to various substrates
- Outstanding abrasion resistance to protect leading edge of wind turbine blades
- Exhibits excellent impact and high temperature resistance
- Color matching of the film product
- Tailor-made-film to create the best solution for our customer
- Bayfol® LR adhesive film for shell fixation
- Dureflex® /Platilon® aliphatic TPU films
4. Leading edge protection using Thermoplastic Polyurethane (TPU)
Advantages of Covestro TPU for wind blades:- Flexible TPU material for easy installations
- Durability against drop impact, UV and erosion.
- No solvents due to thermoplastic
- Processing (recyleability) , means no VOC
- Long lasting TPU solution means less maintenance and lower costs
- Desmopan® UP line for ultimate protection
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