Red Maple, the tooling business of Gurit
Established in 2007, Red Maple is one of the largest wind blade mould manufacturers worldwide, producing over 40 mould sets a year. Red Maple’s ISO9001 facility is situated in Taicang, China, and has over 600 skilled employees dedicated to the design and manufacture of high quality tooling, using innovative technology.
With complete vertical integration of the mould production process, Red Maple sets the new benchmark for tooling system cost and delivery time. |
Red Maple offers:
- Wind Blade Master Plugs
- Wind Blade Moulds
- Hydraulic Mould Closing Systems
- Hydraulic Mould Clamping Systems
- Mould Heating Systems
- Jigs and Fixtures
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WIND BLADE MOULD
Red Maple can offer a variety of high quality moulds appropriate for any production process at an affordable price.
AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGY:
- Mould produced with or without gelcoat, depending on customer manufacturing process
- Epoxy resin with Tg of 90°C, 110°C, 130°C or 160°C can be used, or alternatively vinylester.
- Mould main shell produced by infusion or hand lamination at customer’s request
- Mould strengthened by composite core materials based on customer requirements
- Electric liquid or air heating options
- PC based heating control, monitoring software
- Mould frame is designed using FEA software
- Welded steel frame, for long life and stable support of the shell
- Patented mould shape adjustment system
Red Maple’s high quality, cost-effective tooling make a perfect combination with Gurit’s core offering of structural design, composite materials, and composite processing know-how. The pairing enables optimised and innovative solutions, opening new possibilities in cost-effective production for wind energy, marine, ocean energy, transport, and architectural markets.