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Patent No.:

US 10954915 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021

Filed:

Aug. 11, 2015

Wind turbine blade manufacture

Applicant:

Vestas Wind Systems A/s, Aarhus N., DK;

Inventors:

Jonathan Smith, Burridge, GB;

Steve Wardropper, New Milton, GB;

Assignee:

Vestas Wind Systems A/S, Aarhus N., DK;

Attorney:

Wood Herron & Evans LLP

Primary Examiner:

John M Zaleskas

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 1/06 (2006.01); B29C 65/48 (2006.01); B29C 65/54 (2006.01); B29C 65/78 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 1/0675 (2013.01); B29C 65/483 (2013.01); B29C 65/542 (2013.01); B29C 65/7826 (2013.01); B29C 65/7841 (2013.01); B29C 66/00145 (2013.01); B29C 66/112 (2013.01); B29C 66/1142 (2013.01); B29C 66/131 (2013.01); B29C 66/301 (2013.01); B29C 66/324 (2013.01); B29C 66/524 (2013.01); B29C 66/5326 (2013.01); B29C 66/54 (2013.01); B29C 66/61 (2013.01); B29C 66/636 (2013.01); B29C 66/721 (2013.01); B29C 66/9241 (2013.01); B29C 66/7212 (2013.01); B29L 2031/085 (2013.01); F05B 2230/23 (2013.01); F05B 2280/6003 (2013.01); Y02E 10/72 (2013.01); Y02P 70/50 (2015.11);
Abstract

Method of bonding a shear web () to a wind turbine blade shell () and the obtained blade, wherein the shear web () comprises a web and a mounting flange () oriented transverse to the web (). The method involves: providing a seal () on the mounting flange () of the shear web () such that when the mounting flange () is positioned against the blade shell (), a cavity () is defined by the seal between the mounting flange () and the blade shell (). The air of the cavity () is then evacuated and adhesive is injected into the cavity (). The use of pieces () to keep the distance between the mounting flange () and the blade shell () is preferred.

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