“The Abaris team is excited to be getting back to work and will start with two of the most popular courses: ‘Composite Essentials for Engineers’ and ‘Managers and Advanced Composite Structures: Fabrication and Damage Repair-Phase 1,’ after which the regular class schedule resumes,” the company said in a press release.

Abaris has retrofitted all three of their classrooms and labs so that safe distancing can be practiced in every space, seating students individually at each table in the classroom and supplying physical plexiglass (sneeze guard) barriers at each location to aid in protecting students. Cleaning and distancing protocols have been established in accordance with state and federal guidelines, to ensure that students and staff are safe. This includes requiring and providing masks to those who need them and space to work on projects.

“Moving forward, Abaris is committed to staying up to date with the latest mitigation requirements and adjusting protocols to ensure that the best practices are deployed for keeping the students and staff safe,” the company said in a press release.

News item from Abaris Training Resources

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To better support European customers, Abaris and KVE have joined forces and together will provide the renowned Abaris Training curriculum in The Netherlands.

The collaboration will bring together an industry-experienced staff of instructors that can provide European companies with cutting-edge composite training for their engineers, technicians, and inspectors working with advanced composites.

“This collaboration is a great opportunity for both parties to create more growth and to bring the Abaris Training standard to a worldwide audience,’’ said Abaris CEO, Michael Hoke.

The first European class, ‘’Fabrication and Damage Repair – Phase I,’’ will be held during the week of June 12 to 16, 2017 at KVE’s Maastricht facility. Future European classes will be made available and the schedule will be posted on both the Abaris and KVE websites soon.

KVE Composites specializes in design, manufacturing, and repair of advanced composite structures with branches in The Hague, Ypenburg, and Maastricht-Aachen Airport, The Netherlands. Out of their Maastricht facilities KVE has set up advanced composite training at the airport’s Aviation Competence Center and has trained hundreds of students since 2014.

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• Composite Windblade Repair course description & schedule
• Structural Engineering for Composite Repair course description & schedule

The abstract from the Structural repair methodology paper is here:

The repair of wind turbine blades is a physically difficult and challenging task. The repair installation team is required to be suspended from a gantry and work on the blade (damage removal and patch installation) in a difficult position. With a well-designed repair scheme its fabrication and installation can lead to more effective implementation.

Before a repair, a tech should know the function of each blade zone or section. Zone 1 is the leading edge and Zone 2 is for aerodynamic and aeroelastic purposes. Zone 3 is primarily for aeroelastic functions, and Zone 4 provides torsional rigidity.

An improved wind turbine blade structural repair method is proposed in this paper. Most repair schemes are isolated to surface damage, thus zoning the surface profile of the blade is highly recommended. Specific repair schemes are thus assigned to that zone. Simpler repairs can be achieved through the zoning approach. The zoning of the blade surface profile is based on either, or a combination of, weight, strength, aerodynamic and aeroelastic considerations. A set of recommended repair schemes are also provided in the paper.

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