- Patent Title: Method for manufacturing a telescoping wind turbine tower structure
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Application No.: US17279314Application Date: 2018-09-28
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Publication No.: US12163352B2Publication Date: 2024-12-10
- Inventor: Norman Arnold Turnquist , Vitali Victor Lissianski , Biao Fang , Gregory Edward Cooper , Pascal Meyer
- 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.
- International Application: PCT/US2018/053457 WO 20180928
- International Announcement: WO2020/068119 WO 20200402
- Main IPC: F03D13/20
- IPC: F03D13/20 ; B28B1/00 ; B28B23/02 ; B33Y10/00 ; B33Y80/00 ; E04H12/12 ; E04H12/16 ; E04H12/34

Abstract:
A method for manufacturing a tower structure of a wind turbine includes printing, via an additive printing device, a plurality of concentric sections of the tower structure of the wind turbine. The concentric sections may be printed simultaneously from concrete, may include tensioning cables or other structural supports, and may define other support flanges or overhangs. After curing, the method may include raising an inner section of the plurality of concentric sections to a top of an adjacent outer section and joining the two sections. This process may be repeated to telescope the concentric sections and raise the tower structure.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210396034A1 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A TELESCOPING WIND TURBINE TOWER STRUCTURE Public/Granted day:2021-12-23
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