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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2018
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Norman Arnold Turnquist, Carlisle, NY (US);
Vitali Victor Lissianski, Schenectady, NY (US);
Biao Fang, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Gregory Edward Cooper, Greenfield Center, NY (US);
Pascal Meyer, Niskayuna, NY (US);
GE Infrastructure Technology LLC, Greenville, SC (US);
Abstract
A method for manufacturing a tower structure of a wind turbine includes printing, via an additive printing device, a plurality of concentric sections of the tower structure of the wind turbine. The concentric sections may be printed simultaneously from concrete, may include tensioning cables or other structural supports, and may define other support flanges or overhangs. After curing, the method may include raising an inner section of the plurality of concentric sections to a top of an adjacent outer section and joining the two sections. This process may be repeated to telescope the concentric sections and raise the tower structure.