Pressure Vessels
Designing for automated composites manufacturing of low-volume aerostructures
The commercial aerospace industry is heavily focused on design for efficient high-rate manufacturing, but there is still need for automated, affordable fabrication of low-rate aerostructures.
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Siemens Gamesa set to develop offshore wind turbine blade facility in the U.S.
Facility will perform the finishing of Siemens Gamesa Offshore IntegralBlades and intends to support Dominion Energy’s 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Commercial Project.
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CAMX 2021 Show Daily highlights composite technology innovations
As the CAMX media sponsor, CompositesWorld reported on several new or improved developments on display, from CAMX Award and ACE Award winners, to the keynote speaker and interesting technologies.
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Mikrosam celebrates commissioning of world's largest production line for CNG and hydrogen tanks
Turnkey project integrates four filament winding machines, two large ovens and multiple robotic lines and buffering stations to produce 60,000 tanks per year.
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Shanghai Electric launches 11-MW, direct-drive offshore turbine with 102-meter blades using carbon fiber
Able to withstand high temperatures, earthquakes and typhoons, the SEW11.0-208 platform mark another breakthrough, in addition to the launched S120, S89 and S90 composite wind blades.
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Vestas selected to supply turbines for offshore wind project
Vestas will supply 138 V236-15.0 MW turbines for Empire Offshore Wind’s 2.1 GW offshore wind projects, which are located 15-30 miles off the coast of Long Island, New York, U.S.
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Vestas to install V236-15.0 MW prototype turbine at Østerild in Denmark
Prototype developments are already underway, with the 115.5-meter-long blades to be manufactured later this year. Installation with take place in the second half of 2022.
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Utility-scale offshore wind installation Vineyard Wind orders Haliade-X turbines
GE Renewable Energy will be supplying 62 units of the Haliade-X 13 MW turbine for the Vineyard Wind 1 installation in Massachusetts, with energy generation expected to start in 2023.
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GE launches second production line for 107-meter wind turbine blade mold
The Cherbourg, France, facility is to ramp up production to meet offshore wind blade demand, with plans to expand the site with a hall for finishing blades.
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University startup is developing composite storage vessels
Through strategic partnerships, Space Walker is developing a Type IV composite high-pressure gas storage vessel for use in hydrogen fuel cell drones.
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