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When building windmills, people think about how to improve their effectiveness. In order to do that, they examine the mechanism. The most critical components of a windmill are, of course, windmill blades.

The very first thing to think about when talking about windmill blades is their number. The more blades a windmill has, the harder will be for it to rotate. The old ones used to have 4 extremely heavy blades. Most of them were use in grain grinding. Nowadays, the most modern windmills are equipped with two or three blades.

The length is critical also. If a blade is longer, it covers a larger surface when it rotates, thus they can catch more wind with every rotation. This may result in extra torque. To protect the windmill blades we must not forget about their surface. If we provide them with effective maintenance, they will last longer and will also be more efficient.

Besides, the shape of windmill blades influences their rotation. There’re a few different shapes of windmill blades: the flat, rectangular types, the wing shaped ones and the ones with both edges tapered to a thin line or both edges rounded like the ones of an airplane wing. In the case of the horizontal axis windmills, the wing shape has proven to be by far the most effective one. The vertical axis windmills works very well with all the shapes of the windmill’s blades, but the greatest performance is given by the flat ones and the ones with both edges rounded.

About the material with which the windmill blades are constructed from, if we think about the old ones, they were generally made from wood. Although those windmill blades are made of wood, their structure changed over time. They are lighter now so they could spin quicker. A common material which brings a high performance due to its sharp edges and its light weight is carbon fiber. One more material that is light, but also cheap is PVC. It’s a synthetic material sometimes used for windmill blades. New substances are always being tested, in the hopes of finding a less costly, more effective solution.

Windmill blades are continuously developing, although they appeared a very long time ago. At their early stages they were somehow inefficient, but people learned to improve them and to make the windmills a desired source of energy. Many more shapes and materials have and will be for windmill blades and people begin using increasingly more this alternative source of energy which will not only save our money, but also our environment.