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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2017
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Bensely Albert, Greenville, SC (US);
Amir Riahi, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 1/06 (2006.01); B29C 65/56 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); B29D 99/00 (2010.01); B29L 31/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 65/565 (2013.01); B29D 99/0028 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); F03D 1/0675 (2013.01); B29L 2031/085 (2013.01); F05B 2230/23 (2013.01); F05B 2230/31 (2013.01); F05B 2240/221 (2013.01); F05B 2280/4007 (2013.01); F05B 2280/6003 (2013.01); F05B 2280/6013 (2013.01); Y02E 10/721 (2013.01); Y02P 70/523 (2015.11);
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to a method for manufacturing a rotor blade component, such as shear web, of a rotor blade of a wind turbine. The method includes forming, via 3-D printing, an internal lattice structure of the rotor blade component. More specifically, the internal lattice structure includes a plurality of open cells. In addition, the method includes covering at least a portion of the internal lattice structure with an outer skin layer to form the rotor blade component.