FEATURE ”Wind Energy” CHINA - China: no slown in global wind developments as country continues expansion 22 24 26 FIBRE - High-performance E6 glass fibre: Meeting the needs of the wind energy industry FOAM - Infusion moulding structural panels - New PET foams for wind turbine construction EPOXY - Blade lenght: top-end limits are set by the materials 28 30 31 MANUFACTURER - SHFRP: still limited as a player EQUIPMENT - Workflow optimization for rotor blades manufacturing - New robotic wind-blade finishing system reduces work time by 90% SMALL WIND TURBINES - An experimental study of rotor shapes: for small horizontal-axis wind-turbines 36 40 MAINTENANCE - Predictive maintenance in the wind energy industry Laser projection for hand lay-up of composites. Red and green. Accurate to the millimeter. No54 January 2010 / jec composites magazinehttp://www.lap-laser.com