What Causes Wind Turbines to Wilt Like a Daisy?

Let's paint the following picture: You're driving down a highway in Ohio (bear with us) and you look out the window and see a field coming up. It's not a corn field or a wheat field, its contents stretch much taller. As you drive closer, you see that the field is populated with hundreds of wind turbines, one of which has wilted like a daisy.

But why does this happen?

Manufacturers have a tendency to be neglectful of the surface quality before fastening the blades together. Founder and Chief Scientist at Brighton Science, Giles Dillingham, Ph.D., discusses this common problem in our latest video, Recall Mystery: What Causes Wind Turbines to Wilt Like a Daisy?

Giles, with decades of working within the aerospace industry, Giles takes us inside the production process, and shows you what makes wind turbines a great illustration of a common missing step in production that creates risks in every company who bonds, paints, coats or cleans. 

Photo and report sources: The National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the National Center for Biotechnology Information

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