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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2021

Filed:

Apr. 19, 2017
Applicant:

Owens Corning Intellectual Capital, Llc, Toledo, OH (US);

Inventors:

Georg Adolphs, Sabadell, ES;

Toni Serarols Beltran, Suria, ES;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29B 11/16 (2006.01); B29C 70/30 (2006.01); B29C 70/54 (2006.01); B29K 105/08 (2006.01); B29K 307/04 (2006.01); B29K 309/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29B 11/16 (2013.01); B29C 70/30 (2013.01); B29C 70/54 (2013.01); B29K 2105/0845 (2013.01); B29K 2307/04 (2013.01); B29K 2309/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems for and methods of forming structural components, such as a spar cap (), from layers of a fiber reinforced material obtained from rolls of the material are disclosed. The system comprising: a plurality of rolls () including a first roll () and a second roll () of the fiber reinforced material (), the first roll has one or more first lines () printed thereon. The first lines indicating where the fiber reinforced material on the first roll is to be separated into a plurality of discrete first pieces (-) for forming the structural component (). The fiber reinforced material on the second roll has one or more second lines () printed thereon. The second lines indicating where the fiber reinforced material on the second roll is to be separated into a plurality of discrete second pieces (-) for forming the structural component (). The systems and methods achieve a substantial reduction in the amount of wasted material.


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