公开(公告)号：US20180319046A1

公开(公告)日：2018-11-08

申请号：US15586786

申请日：2017-05-04

申请人： General Electric Company

发明人： Stephen Bertram Johnson ,  Xu Chen ,  Nicholas Keane Althoff

IPC分类号： B29C35/02 ,  F03D1/06 ,  B29C70/54 ,  B29C70/30

CPC分类号： B29C35/0288 ,  B29C70/30 ,  B29C70/54 ,  B29K2105/0872 ,  B29K2307/04 ,  B29L2031/085 ,  F03D1/0675 ,  F05B2230/23 ,  F05B2230/40 ,  F05B2280/6003 ,  F05B2280/6015

摘要： A method and mold assembly for manufacturing a rotor blade component of a wind turbine is disclosed. The mold assembly includes a mold body that is divided into a plurality of mold zones, with each mold zone having a sensor for sensing a temperature thereof. Further, a composite material schedule is provided for each of the mold zones. Thus, the method includes placing composite material onto the mold body according to the composite material schedule and supplying a resin material to each mold zone of the mold body. The method also includes implementing a cure cycle for the component that includes supplying heat to each of the mold zones, continuously receiving signals from the sensors from the mold zones, and dynamically controlling via machine learning the supplied heat to each mold zone based on the sensor signals and the composite material schedule.

公开(公告)号：US20180038342A1

公开(公告)日：2018-02-08

申请号：US15229295

申请日：2016-08-05

申请人： General Electric Company

发明人： James Robert Tobin ,  Nicholas Keane Althoff ,  Alexander William Vossler ,  Stephen Bertram Johnson

IPC分类号： F03D1/06

CPC分类号： F03D1/0641 ,  B64C23/06 ,  F03D1/0608 ,  F03D1/0675 ,  F05B2230/50 ,  F05B2240/30 ,  F05B2280/4004 ,  F05B2280/4007 ,  F05B2280/5007 ,  Y02E10/721 ,  Y02P70/523

摘要： The present disclosure is directed to a vortex generator configured for mounting to either of a suction side or a pressure side of a rotor blade. The vortex generator includes a base portion having a contour in an uninstalled state that substantially aligns with or conforms to a contour of a plurality of locations of either on the suction side or the pressure side of the rotor blade. Further, the vortex generator includes a protrusion member extending upwardly from the base portion. The protrusion member includes a plurality of tines separated by at least one slit. Moreover, the base portion and the protrusion member are constructed of a rigid material. In addition, the vortex generator includes a flexible coating material configured at least partially around the base portion and/or within or around the at least one slit.