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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2011
Andrew Hedges, Southampton, GB;
Kim Sylvester Nielsen, Tarm, DK;
Andrew Hedges, Southampton, GB;
Kim Sylvester Nielsen, Tarm, DK;
Vestas Wind Systems A/S, Aarhus N., DK;
Abstract
A method of fabricating a composite joint from a first cured composite component () and a second cured composite component (), the first and second cured composite components () comprising fiber elements embedded in a thermoset resin matrix; the method comprising the steps of providing an adhesive () on at least one of the first and/or second composite components (); forming a joint region between the first and second composite component by bringing the first and second composite component into contact with each other with the adhesive () therebetween; applying a force to the joint region (); and heating the first composite component in the joint region to a temperature above the glass transition temperature of the thermoset resin matrix of the first composite component.