SAERTEX® contributes to prototype wind turbine blade

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SAERTEX® is pleased to announce its contribution to the prototype production of a wind turbine blade with probably the longest and thickest carbon fiber spar cap made in vacuum infusion technology so far.

In June 2017, a major Chinese wind turbine blade manufacturer successfully finished the production of an 83.6m blade prototype. A special feature of this blade is it ?s spar cap, which takes up most of the mechanical load. The spar cap is made of carbon fiber to reduce the part’s weight and achieve higher stiffness which is essential for rotor blades of such extreme length. The blade was designed by WINDnovation. Its spar cap was pre-produced in May and represented a technical challenge because of its length of 80.5m and thickness and a thickness, at its... ... More: Official Press Release SAERTEX

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SAERTEX, blade, carbon, fibre, prototype