公开(公告)号：US20230166454A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-01

申请号：US17921691

申请日：2020-04-30

Applicant: Collin McKee Sheppard ,  LM Wind Power A/S

Inventor： Collin McKee Sheppard ,  James Robert Tobin ,  Huijuan Dai ,  Boobalan Ayyasamy

IPC: B29C64/393 ,  B29C64/209 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y50/02 ,  B33Y30/00

CPC classification number: B29C64/393 ,  B29C64/209 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y50/02 ,  B33Y30/00 ,  B29L2031/085

Abstract: A system for manufacturing a blade component of a rotor blade of a wind turbine includes a blade mold of the rotor blade, at least one blade skin arranged atop the blade mold, and a computer numeric control (CNC) device comprising a printer head and a scanning device. The printer head is configured for printing and depositing a material onto the at least one blade skin to form the blade component. The scanning device includes a processor and a scanner communicatively coupled to the processor. The scanning device is for determining a profile of the at least one blade skin atop the blade mold as the blade component is being printed and deposited layer by layer such that the printer head is automatically adjusted to compensate for changes in the profile in at least one of a horizontal direction or a vertical direction due to at least one of thermal expansion of the blade mold, thickness variations of fibers of the at least one blade skin, movement of the at least one blade skin atop the blade mold, or material shrinkages on previous printed layers.