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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2009
Jens Jørgen Østergaard Kristensen, Nibe, DK;
Kaj Olsen, Riiskov, DK;
Jens Jørgen Østergaard Kristensen, Nibe, DK;
Kaj Olsen, Riiskov, DK;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A method is provided for manufacturing a wind turbine rotor blade in which the blade is formed as a laminated structure by laying a composite material of fiber reinforcement material and/or core material in a mold defining the shape of the blade; evacuating the mold after laying the composite material; introducing a liquid polymer into the evacuated mold and wetting the composite material; curing the liquid polymer after the composite material has been wetted; and removing the mold after curing the liquid. At least one lightning conductor is integrated into the composite material before wetting it with the liquid polymer. Moreover, a wind turbine rotor blade made from a single laminated structure is provided with at least one lightning conductor is integrated into the laminated structure.