Invention Application
- Patent Title: PRE-FABRICATED COMPONENT FOR AN ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED WIND TURBINE TOWER STRUCTURE
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Application No.: US16951011Application Date: 2020-11-18
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Publication No.: US20220154486A1Publication Date: 2022-05-19
- Inventor: Norman Arnold Turnquist , Xiaopeng Li , Christopher James Kenny , Gregory Edward Cooper , Biao Fang , 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
- Main IPC: E04H12/34
- IPC: E04H12/34 ; F03D13/20 ; B33Y70/10

Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a tower structure includes providing an additive printing device having at least one printer head atop a support surface. The method also includes positioning a pre-fabricated component adjacent to the support surface. The pre-fabricated component is constructed of a composite material reinforced with a plurality of reinforcement members. Further, portions of the plurality of reinforcement members protrude from the composite material. Moreover, the method includes printing and depositing, via the at least one printer head, a cementitious material onto the support surface to build up the tower structure layer by layer around the pre-fabricated component. Thus, the portions of the plurality of reinforcement members that protrude from the composite material reinforce the cementitious material around the pre-fabricated component.
Public/Granted literature
- US11613904B2 Pre-fabricated component for an additively manufactured wind turbine tower structure Public/Granted day:2023-03-28
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