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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2022
Vestas Wind Systems A/s, Aarhus N, DK;
Jonathan Smith, Southampton, GB;
Vestas Wind Systems A/S, Aarhus N., DK;
Abstract
In a first aspect of the invention there is provided a method of making a wind turbine component, the method comprising supporting a layup () of fibrous reinforcing material in a mould (); providing a supply of resin (); providing a supply of hardener () comprising at least a first hardener () and a second hardener (), the second hardener being faster than the first hardener; mixing resin with the first and/or second hardener to create a resin mixture (); supplying the resin mixture () to the layup () during an infusion process; monitoring one or more process parameters of the infusion process; and controlling the speed of the hardener () by varying the relative proportions of the first and second hardeners () in the resin mixture () during the course of the infusion process in dependence upon the one or more process parameters.