Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods for manufacturing wind turbine rotor blade components
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Application No.: US15928254Application Date: 2018-03-22
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Publication No.: US11738530B2Publication Date: 2023-08-29
- Inventor: Bensely Albert , Nicholas K. Althoff , Stephen Bertram Johnson
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Dority & Manning, P.A.
- Main IPC: B29D99/00
- IPC: B29D99/00 ; B29C51/08 ; B29C51/42 ; B29C51/44 ; B29C65/78 ; B29C70/48 ; B29C65/08 ; B29C65/00 ; B29C51/12 ; F03D1/06 ; B29C70/50 ; B29K105/00 ; B29K101/10 ; B29K101/12 ; B29L31/08
Abstract:
A method for manufacturing a rotor blade component of a rotor blade includes feeding a flat sheet of material into a thermoforming system, wherein the material comprises at least one of a thermoplastic or thermoset material. The method also includes heating the flat sheet of material via the thermoforming system. Further, the method includes shaping the heated flat sheet of material via at least one roller of the thermoforming system into a desired curved shape. Moreover, the method includes dispensing the shaped sheet of material from the thermoforming system. In addition, the method includes cooling the shaped sheet of material to form the rotor blade component.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190291372A1 Methods for Manufacturing Wind Turbine Rotor Blade Components Public/Granted day:2019-09-26
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