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US 2010/0132877 A1Published application
Vertical manufacturing of composite wind turbine tower
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsDanian Zheng, Lawrence D. Willey, Wendy W. Lin
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing a composite tower, includes at least partially filling a form with a curable resin; at least partially curing the resin in the form; raising the form partly over the at least partially cured resin; and at least partially filling the raised form with more curable resin applied against the cured resin.
Claims19
A method of manufacturing a composite tower, comprising:
- at least partially filling a form with a curable resin;
- at least partially curing the resin in the form;
- raising the form partly over the at least partially cured resin;
- and
- at least partially filling the raised form with more curable resin applied against the cured resin.
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A method of manufacturing a composite tower for a wind turbine, comprising:
- at least partially filling an annular form with a curable resin;
- adding a reinforcing material to the curable resin:
- at least partially curing the resin in the form;
- raising the form partly over the at least partially cured resin;
- and
- at least partially filling the raised form with more curable resin against the cured resin.
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A device for vertical manufacturing of a composite tower, comprising:
- an annular form;
- a resin supply for providing curable resin to the form;
- and
- a winch for raising the form partly over the curable resin after the resin is at least partially cured.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.