Vestas blade plays the long game

A crew of Vestas engineers in white clean-suits inch their way along the mould for what will be the world’s longest wind turbine blade, guided by a grid of razor-thin green laser beams, hunting for minuscule flaws in the laminate.

An 80-metre Vestas blade ‘bagged up’ for fabrication; West Medina Mills, Isle of Wight
An 80-metre Vestas blade ‘bagged up’ for fabrication; West Medina Mills, Isle of Wight
Published 7 February 2013, 15:47Updated 7 February 2013, 15:47
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