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Ocean Energy Market Summary from Gurit

Ocean Energy Market Summary from Gurit
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Ocean Energy Market Summary from Gurit - 1

MARKET INFORMATION : OCEAN ENERGY DELIVERING THE FUTURE OF COMPOSITE SOLUTIONS OCEAN ENERGY Composites provide many advantages for manufacturing under-water structures such as tidal turbine blades, and wave devices. Composites offer strength, fatigue-resistance, corrosion resistance, buoyancy, and cost effectiveness. The needs of a young industry demand more than just a product or service provider. A wide variety of designs, many engineering and materials options, the unpredictable environment of sub-sea and the pressures of bringing new technology to market, require a partner who can see beyond the initial specification. Gurit has over 30 years experience in innovative composite engineering and materials. From engineering the early advanced composites sailing boats, to patented material technology such as SPRINT®, to wind turbine blade tooling capability for moulds up to 70m and Class A carbon fibre body panel manufacture for the automotive industry, Gurit has a proven capability to partner new composite applications. Gurit has a commitment to develop new markets through the application of engineering, materials science, prototyping and manufacture ensuring a coordinated and seamless approach. Gurit's size, breadth of experience, entrepreneurial attitude and technical capability make for a trustworthy and credible partner for ocean energy machine developers and investors.

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Ocean Energy Market Summary from Gurit - 2

Gurit can draw on a broad range of expertise to deliver an engineering design that is optimised towards customer needs. Gurit focuses on exceeding customer expectations whether the brief is a component proving a unique design concept, a need for highest specific properties, or designed-for-manufacture, with cost being the driving factor. STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING Gurit’s engineering team was established in 1988 to provide a structural composites engineering service. Gurit’s heritage lies in engineering high performance marine projects such as America‘s Cup, Open 60‘s and Volvo 70‘s. Today...

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MAUS MTM.indd table.main {} tr.row {} td.cell {} div.block {} div.paragraph {} .font0 { font:7.00pt "Arial", sans-serif; } Structural Engineering Gurit's engineering team was established in 1988 to provide a structural composites engineering service. Gurit's hritage lies in engineering high performance marine projects such as America's Cup, Open 60s and Volvo 70s. Today Gurit maintains its marine business, under the SP-High Modulus brand, but has broader engineering experience in wind turbine blades, civil and architectural applications and ocean energy devices. Services Gurit offer...

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MAUS MTM.indd table.main {} tr.row {} td.cell {} div.block {} div.paragraph {} .font0 { font:7.00pt "Arial", sans-serif; } Material and Processing Technology Gurit combines a deep fundamental understanding of composite technology with one of the broadest ranges of composite materials available from one manufacturer. Gurit offers most materials likely to be necessary for producing an ocean energy device. With underwater pressure on a blade 30 times that on a wind turbine blade, understanding and controlling materials properties becomes a key enabler to producing reliable components in the...

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MAUS MTM.indd table.main {} tr.row {} td.cell {} div.block {} div.paragraph {} .font0 { font:7.00pt "Arial", sans-serif; } .font1 { font:10.00pt "Times New Roman", serif; } Manufacturing Challenging designs often mean new markets or applications for composites where a lack of an established supply chain can be a limiting factor. Gurit's experience with Tier 1 supply to automotive OEMs, 20 years of composite process advice to wind energy customers and building on experience gained in prototyping, provide the foundation to offer manufacturing of composite structures where a mature supply...

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MAUS MTM.indd table.main {} tr.row {} td.cell {} div.block {} div.paragraph {} .font0 { font:4.00pt "Arial", sans-serif; } .font1 { font:7.00pt "Arial", sans-serif; } .font2 { font:9.00pt "Arial", sans-serif; } .font3 { font:10.00pt "Arial", sans-serif; } .font4 { font:29.00pt "Arial", sans-serif; } Gurit Gurit (UK) Ltd St Cross Business Park Newport, Isle of Wight United Kingdom PO30 5WU T +44 (0) 1983 828000 F +44 (0) 1983 828100 E gurit@gurit.com www.gurit.com/oceanenergy durit Please go to WWW.gurit.COIT) for further information and to download the following: - Product Data Sheets -...

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