The Dow Chemical Company (Dow), Astraeus Wind Energy Inc. (AWE) and MAG Industrial Automation Systems (MAG). have signed an agreement to collaboratively develop material-enabled automated manufacturing solutions focused on improving and enhancing the manufacture of wind turbine blade components, and finished blades.
Dow and MAG will initially focus on the materials and automating manufacturing technology for AWE to produce spar caps, with a long-term vision for the technology to be used for both the fabrication of other wind turbine components and assembly of those components into finished wind-turbine blades. Oak Ridge National Laboratory will assist Dow with evaluation of the advanced materials. Dow and MAG expect to have a material-enabled automation technology solution available in 2012.
Dow and MAG will initially focus on the materials and automating manufacturing technology for AWE to produce spar caps, with a long-term vision for the technology to be used for both the fabrication of other wind turbine components and assembly of those components into finished wind-turbine blades. Oak Ridge National Laboratory will assist Dow with evaluation of the advanced materials. Dow and MAG expect to have a material-enabled automation technology solution available in 2012.
