The
company’s
Global
Wind
Application
Centre
(GWAC),
located
in
Freienbach,
near
Zurich,
will
house
new
system
formulation
labs,
process
testing
equipment
and
semi-scale
demonstration
tools.
Larger
component-scale
manufacturing
equipment
in
the
GWAC,
part
of
Dow’s
new
800
sq
metre
Composite
Excellence
Centre,
will
be
used
for
over-adhesive
bonding,
vacuum
bagging,
and
vacuum
resin
infusion
at
room
and
elevated
temperatures.
The
GWAC
will
also
feature
a
five-metre
blade
mould
section,
equipped
with
cooling
and
heating
capabilities,
coupled
with
temperature
development
sensors.
“As
wind
energy
grows
long-term,
it
will
continue
to
require
innovation
in
blade
technology,”
says
Jean
Luc
Guillaume,
global
marketing
manager
for
wind
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