Press release – Hannover/Berlin, 17/07/2020
Uniform standards for the dismantling and recycling of wind turbines are available for the first time: On July 17, 2020, the German Institute for Standardization will publish DIN SPEC 4866, which is to become the industry standard. On the initiative of the industry association RDRWind e. V., a consortium of 25 companies spent a year developing this document. This included experts from the wind energy industry, recycling experts, scientists and employees of authorities such as the Federal Environment Agency. Also involved was the Institut für Integrierte Produktion Hannover (IPH) gGmbH, which provided the impetus with its research on the dismantling of wind turbines.
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About the IPH
The IPH – Institut für Integrierte Produktion Hannover gGmbH (which literally translates into Hannover institute of integrated production) is a service provider for production technology and was established in 1988 at the Leibniz University in Hannover. The IPH offers research and development, consultation and qualification concerning the subjects of process technology, production automation and logistics. Its customers include companies from the sectors of tool and mould construction, machine and plant construction, aerospace and the automotive industry, electro industry and forging industry.
The business has its headquarters in the science and technology park – Science Area 30X in the northwest of Hannover and currently employs about 80 people, of which about 30 are scientific personnel.