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New preprocessor available for VABS composite blade simulation software
AnalySwift, provider of high-fidelity modeling software for composites and other advanced materials, says a new preprocessor called PreVABS is now available to VABS users.
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Vestas and EDPR combine wind and solar with turbine-coupled hybrid demonstrator
A wind and solar photovoltaic hybrid demonstrator has recently been installed at an EDPR wind farm in Cádiz, Spain
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Global team explores reuse of wind turbine blades
Called RE-WIND, the project is funded under the US-Ireland Tripartite Research Program (Dublin, Ireland). T
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JEC World 2018: The highlights
JEC World is the composites industry’s largest trade show and did not disappoint this year.
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Hexion products target wind blade production
Hexion Inc. has introduced a new tackifying spray system as well as new epoxy bonding paste and resin repair kits for use in wind turbine rotor blade maintenance.
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Wind blade spar caps: Pultruded to perfection?
Introduced to the market about five years ago, pultruded, carbon fiber-reinforced spar caps, incorporated as the reinforcing member of wind turbine rotor blades, are a byproduct of the evolution and increasing technological sophistication of the global wind energy industry.
Read MoreWind energy: A worldwide phenomenon
The wind energy industry is now operative in a genuinely worldwide marketplace.
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Service & repair: Optimizing wind power’s grid impact
As wind farms surge into the electrical mainstream, a fast-growing industry works to maximize the service lives of the composite blades that harvest the power of the wind.
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METYX announces new technical textiles manufacturing facility
New production site will manufacture a range of glass and carbon fabrics for the North American composites market.
Read MoreComposites – A neophyte’s quandary
An oft-cited concern is that new engineers are not exposed to composites as part of their materials science courses.
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