| Tape Drive® Sails are Lighter and Stronger |
Tape-Drive is Lighter and Stronger
Tape-Drive Extends Wind Range
Tape-Drive Carries the Load
Advanced Software Optimizes Shape
Fast That Lasts
Damage Resistant
It all starts with our proprietary CAD/CAM Accucut design software, a powerful program that uses bezier curves to accurately
define
a sail's shape on a three dimensional mold. This program allows UK's sail
designers to study a design on the computer screen in 3-D perspective,
to view the cross sections cut through the sail and to visually and interactively
change the sail's shape. The design is then cut by a computerized cutting machine with incredible precision. The program plots the grid of tapes and the cutting machine draws the lines on the panels during the cutting process.