UMaine to use 3D printer to make wind turbine blades

摘要

The University of Maine will receive more than $2.8 million to use a 3D printer to manufacture wind turbineblades, Maine's senators said.The grant is from the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, and it representsan investment in "cutting-edge research that helps to support our forest products industry, create good-payingjobs, and strengthen our clean energy economy," Republican Sen. Susan Collins and independent Sen. AngusKing said.