Wind Blade Mould

Red Maple, the tooling business of Gurit can offer an appropriate mould for any blade production process including infusion and prepreg.  Red Maple provides a quality mould, with excellent dimensional control, at an affordable price. 
             

WIND BLADE MOULD TECHNOLOGY:

• The Mould can be produced either with or without gelcoat, depending on customer requirements.
• Epoxy resin with Tg of 90°C, 110°C, 130°C or 160°C can be used, or alternatively vinylester. 
• The Mould main shell can be produced by infusion or hand lamination, dependant on the customer’s requirements.
• The Mould can be strengthened by sandwich concept, balsa or honeycomb as a customer’s option.  
• The Mould can be heated electrically or by air depending upon customer requirements.
• Mould Heating is computer controlled with monitoring software.
• Mould frame is designed using Finite Element Analysis (FEA) software.
• Extra strong support of the mould shell, for long life and stable support of the shell.
• Optional exclusive patented mould shape adjustment system.
• Optional fully automatic mould alignment and clamping system.

Red Maple is the largest wind turbine blade mould manufacturer worldwide. Since production started at the beginning of 2008, Red Maple has shipped more than 95 sets of 1.5MW and 2.0MW moulds.