Fokko (Frank) Boonstra

I am an independent consultant in renewable technology. I have over twenty years experience as a composite wind rotor blade expert and have also had considerable exposure to the manufacturing of wind rotor blades. I strongly believe that your company will benefit from my expertise.

State of service

  • 2014 – 2018 GE Renewable Energy, Lead Supplier Quality Engineering Specialist
  • 2012 – 2014 GE Renewable Energy, Adv. Manufacturing Engineer Blade Specialist
  • 2010 – 2012 LM Wind Power, Manager training center
  • 1997 – 2010 Aerpac, GE Wind, TPI, Team leader technology transfer, globally

Skills

  • Hands-on experience in manufacturing blades, layup, infusion, bonding and finishing blades      
  • Prototyping and leader of a global technology transfers team.
  • Blade inspections and evaluation of quality, cosmetic state and analysis of repairs (SDR’s and NCR’s)
  • I provide valuable input and advice for negotiations in the purchase of blades
  • Demonstrated expertise in quality systems and a certified SGR auditor
  • Experienced with blades from GE, LM, TPI, MFG, TECSIS and others
  • Experience with Nacelles and spinners on and off-shore.
  • I am fluent in Dutch (1st language), English and German
  • Tooling, Work instructions, Quality gates, manufacturing flows and trouble shooting

Let's make sure we are on top of it

 
  • In Manufacturing: Building an efficient and good quality rotor blade.
  • For Inspection: Before the rotor blades go on the tower, let us make sure they are good to go. It can save you a lot of trouble and downtime, to give them a good inspection.