# US 10,479,030 B2 · Method for applying fibre material on a vertical surface of a web of a wind turbine blade > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,479,030 B2 - Document ID: US10479030B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/485,885 - Filed: 2014-09-15 - Published: 2015-03-19 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2013-09-19 - Assignees: Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S - Applicants: Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S - Inventors: Kristian Lehmann Madsen - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10479030B2 ## CPC - B29C 70/30: Shaping by lay-up, i.e. applying fibres, tape or broadsheet on a mould, former or core; Shaping by spray-up, i.e. spraying of fibres on a mould, former or core - B29C 70/38: Automated lay-up, e.g. using robots, laying filaments according to predetermined patterns {(application heads for tyres B29D30/28)} - B29C 70/443: {and impregnating by vacuum or injection} - B29C 70/541: {Positioning reinforcements in a mould, e.g. using clamping means for the reinforcement (positioning inserts in moulds B29C33/12; lay-up on a mould B29C70/30)} - B29K 2105/0058: {Liquid or visquous} - B29K 2105/0809: {Fabrics} - B29L 2031/085: {Wind turbine blades} - Y02P 70/50: Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product - Y10T 156/10: Methods of surface bonding and/or assembly therefor - B29C: SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING (making preforms B29B11/00; making laminated products by combining previously unconnected layers which become one product whose layers will remain together B32B37/00 - B32B41/00) - B29K: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES B29B, B29C OR B29D, RELATING TO MOULDING MATERIALS OR TO MATERIALS FOR {MOULDS, } REINFORCEMENTS, FILLERS OR PREFORMED PARTS, e.g. INSERTS - B29L: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULAR ARTICLES - Y02P: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract A method for applying fibre material on a vertical surface is provided. The method has the following steps: spraying an adhesive on the vertical surface; applying the fibre material on the sprayed surface; spraying additional adhesive on the fibre material for another layer of fibre material; applying another layer of fibre material on the sprayed fibre material; and injecting the layers of fibre material with a resin. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for applying fibre material on a vertical surface to form a web of a wind turbine blade, the method comprising: positioning a vertical surface in a mould for a wind turbine blade at a position corresponding to a position of a web of the blade; spraying an adhesive on the vertical surface; applying fibre material on the sprayed surface directly in the mould during layout of fibre material in the mould; spraying additional adhesive on the fibre material for another layer of fibre material; applying another layer of fibre material on the sprayed fibre material; and injecting the fibre material on the vertical surface and in the mould with a resin during a resin injection process for the mould. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the fibre material is unrolled from a reel. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein a glass fibre material and/or a carbon fibre material and or a synthetic fibre material is used as the fibre material. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein a fibre material in the form of a mat or a fabric is used. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein a vertical surface is used which is made of wood or foam. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein fibre material is applied on both sides of the vertical surface. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the resin is injected in a vacuum assisted resin transfer molding (VARTM) process. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of spraying an adhesive and/or the step of applying a fibre material is performed by an automatic actuator or an industrial robot. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method according to claim 8, wherein an actuator or a robot is used comprising a means for exerting pressure to an applied fibre material. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising selecting the adhesive to be of a composition which is desolved by the injected resin. ### Claim 11 A method for applying fibre material on a vertical surface to form a web of a wind turbine blade, the method comprising: positioning a vertical surface in a mould for a wind turbine blade at a position corresponding to a position of a web of the blade; spraying an adhesive on the vertical surface; applying fibre material on the sprayed surface directly in the mould during layout of fibre material in the mould; and injecting the fibre material on the vertical surface and in the mould with a resin during a resin injection process. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, further comprising: applying the fibre material on the sprayed surface using an apparatus comprising a reel for supplying the fibre material and a plate for pressing the fibre material onto the sprayed surface. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, further comprising selecting the adhesive to be of a composition which is desolved by the injected resin.