Methods for manufacturing wind turbine rotor blades
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsStephen Bertram Johnson, Xiomara Irizarry-Rosado, Arunkumar Natarajan
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Abstract
The present subject matter is directed to methods for manufacturing rotor blades and/or components thereof of a wind turbine. In one embodiment, the method includes forming the rotor blade component and covering at least a portion of the rotor blade component with at least one coating material. In addition, the coating material includes at least one additive having a changeable pigment. After the component is formed, the method includes inspecting the rotor blade component for defects. After inspection, the method further includes activating the additive to change the pigment from a transparent finish to a colored finish.
Claims11
A method for manufacturing a rotor blade component of a wind turbine, the method comprising:
- forming the rotor blade component with an outer surface at least partially covered with at least one coating material, the coating material comprising at least one additive having a changeable pigment;
- inspecting the rotor blade component for defects;
- and,
- after inspection, activating the additive to change the pigment from a transparent finish to a colored finish.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.