BladeBUG & FORCE Technology: Robot Driven Ultrasound Inspections

In this episode, we dive into the world of ultrasonic inspections—a crucial need for damaged wind turbine blades. But here's the twist: turbines have been set up in some seriously remote and offshore locations. Join us as we uncover the exciting partnership between Chris Cieslak of BladeBUG and Lars Boye Vesth of FORCE Technology. They've joined forces to conquer the challenges of performing ultrasonic inspections in these hard-to-reach spots. Get ready for a fascinating discussion that reveals their innovative approach to this demanding task!



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BladeBUG FORCE Interview



Allen Hall: I'm Allen Hall host of the Uptime Wind Energy Podcast and we have a great discussion today with BladeBUG and FORCE Technology from the show floor of global offshore wind in London, England, where it's also about 30 degrees Celsius and Sunny, very unusual day there. BladeBUG is a UK-based company that develops robotic devices for the inspection repair of wind turbine blades.



The company's flashing product BladeBUG robot is a self-powered autonomous robot that can climb and inspect wind turbine blades without the need for human intervention. BladeBUG was founded by our guest today, Chris Cieslak. And Chris, welcome to the program.



Chris Cieslak: Thank you for having me back again. Yeah, pleasure to be here.



Allen Hall: Thank you. And we have Lars Vesth with FORCE Technology with us also. FORCE Technology is based in Denmark and also Office of Variety of consulting and engineering services in several industries, including the renewable energy industry. Course technology is also a leader in ultrasonic inspections and inspection devices.



Lars, welcome to the program. Thank you. Thank you for inviting me. So you have a really interesting partnership going and, and Chris, why don't you start off and describe what the, this partnership is. 



Chris Cieslak: So this is, this is a continuation of, of BladeBUG's robotic platform integrating, like really high quality ultra non-destructive testing...