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Patent No.:

US 11738530 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2023

Filed:

Mar. 22, 2018

Methods for manufacturing wind turbine rotor blade components

Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Bensely Albert, Greenville, SC (US);

Nicholas K. Althoff, La Crosse, WI (US);

Stephen Bertram Johnson, New Castle, NH (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorney:

Dority & Manning, P.A.

Primary Examiner:

Matthew J Daniels

Assistant Examiner:

Wayne K Swier

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29D 99/00 (2010.01); B29C 51/08 (2006.01); B29C 51/42 (2006.01); B29C 51/44 (2006.01); B29C 65/78 (2006.01); B29C 70/48 (2006.01); B29C 65/08 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B29C 51/12 (2006.01); F03D 1/06 (2006.01); B29C 70/50 (2006.01); B29K 105/00 (2006.01); B29K 101/10 (2006.01); B29K 101/12 (2006.01); B29L 31/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29D 99/0025 (2013.01); B29C 51/08 (2013.01); B29C 51/12 (2013.01); B29C 51/421 (2013.01); B29C 51/44 (2013.01); B29C 65/08 (2013.01); B29C 65/7841 (2013.01); B29C 66/472 (2013.01); B29C 66/721 (2013.01); B29C 66/723 (2013.01); B29C 70/48 (2013.01); B29C 70/504 (2013.01); F03D 1/0675 (2013.01); B29K 2101/10 (2013.01); B29K 2101/12 (2013.01); B29K 2105/256 (2013.01); B29L 2031/085 (2013.01); F05B 2230/40 (2013.01); F05B 2230/50 (2013.01); F05B 2240/30 (2013.01); F05B 2280/6003 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for manufacturing a rotor blade component of a rotor blade includes feeding a flat sheet of material into a thermoforming system, wherein the material comprises at least one of a thermoplastic or thermoset material. The method also includes heating the flat sheet of material via the thermoforming system. Further, the method includes shaping the heated flat sheet of material via at least one roller of the thermoforming system into a desired curved shape. Moreover, the method includes dispensing the shaped sheet of material from the thermoforming system. In addition, the method includes cooling the shaped sheet of material to form the rotor blade component.

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