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US 2012/0230830 A1Published application
Arrangement to improve the surface of a wind turbine blade
OwnerSoeren Oemann LIND, Jason STEGEinventors
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Abstract
An arrangement to improve a surface of a wind turbine blade is proposed. A plastic tape is arranged at a specific location of the blade to reinforce the blade surface there. The plastic tape shows a sandwich structure with at least two layers. The plastic tape has a first layer, which has a carbon fiber. The carbon fiber is used for reinforcement purposes of the plastic tape. The plastic tape has a second layer on a first side of the plastic tape, which is connected with the first layer. The second layer has a pure thermoplastic fluoropolymer.
Claims15
An arrangement to improve a surface of a wind turbine blade, comprising:
- a plastic tape arranged at a specific location of the blade to reinforce a blade surface at the specific location,
- wherein the plastic tape comprises a sandwich structure with at least two layers comprising:
- a first layer comprising a carbon fiber to reinforce the plastic tape, and
- a second layer comprising a pure thermoplastic fluoropolymer, wherein the second layer is arranged on a first side of the plastic tape and is connected with the first layer, wherein the first side of the plastic tape is aligned to an ambient of the blade.
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