Methods for manufacturing an outer skin of a rotor blade
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsJames Robert Tobin, Thomas Merzhaeuser, Peggy Lynn Baehmann
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Abstract
A method for manufacturing an outer skin of a rotor blade includes forming an outer skin layer of the outer skin from a first combination of at least one of one or more resins or fiber materials. The method also includes forming an inner skin layer of the outer skin from a second combination of at least one of one or more resins or fiber materials. More specifically, the first and second combinations are different. Further, the method includes arranging the outer and inner skin layers together in a stacked configuration. In addition, the method includes joining the outer and inner skin layers together to form the outer skin.
Claims20
A method for manufacturing an outer skin of a rotor blade, the method comprising:
- forming an outer skin layer of the outer skin from a first combination of at least one of one or more resins or fiber materials, the outer skin layer corresponding to an outer surface of the rotor blade;
- forming an inner skin layer of the outer skin from a second combination of at least one of one or more resins or fiber materials, the first and second combinations being different, the inner skin layer corresponding to an inner surface of the rotor blade;
- arranging the outer and inner skin layers together in a stacked configuration;
- and,
- joining the outer and inner skin layers together to form the outer skin of the rotor blade.
A rotor blade panel for a rotor blade of a wind turbine, the rotor blade panel comprising:
- an outer skin layer formed from a first combination of at least one of one or more resins or fiber materials, the outer skin layer forming an outer surface of the rotor blade panel;
- and,
- an inner skin layer arranged adjacent to the outer skin layer, the inner skin layer formed from a second combination of at least one of one or more resins or fiber materials, the first and second combinations being different,
- the outer and inner skin layers forming at least a portion of an airfoil shape of the rotor blade panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.