Cannon Group exhibits composites technologies at Chinese wind show

US President Barack Obama visits the Siemens Wind Power plant in Iowa, USA, where wind turbine blades are produced with Cannon DX series epoxy infusion machines. (Photo courtesy of Siemens Wind Power.)
US President Barack Obama visits the Siemens Wind Power plant in Iowa, USA, where wind turbine blades are produced with Cannon DX series epoxy infusion machines. (Photo courtesy of Siemens Wind Power.)
This new Cannon preformer is used in Italy by Lamborghini 
for the production of carbon preforms for the high pressure injection of epoxy formulations.
This new Cannon preformer is used in Italy by Lamborghini for the production of carbon preforms for the high pressure injection of epoxy formulations.

Cannon, headquartered in Italy, will display a range of equipment for the wind energy and other industries, including:

  • the Epoxy DX dosing machines for epoxy resin infusion for large wind turbine blades;
  • dosing machines for polyurethane inserts to replace the use of balsa wood;
  • automated assembly technologies for the production of large composite parts;
  • compression moulding presses for SMC, GMT and RTM;
  • the new ESTRIM (Epoxy Structural Reaction Injection Moulding) technology, designed for the replacement of conventional RTM processes with fast-demoulding high pressure injection of epoxy resin formulations; and
  • a range of automatic preformers for the preparation of carbon and glass fibre preforms used for resin impregnation and injection technologies.

CWEE 2011 takes place in Shanghai, China, on 8-10 April.