Additively manufactured tower structure and method of fabrication
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsPascal Meyer, Peter Joseph Rock, JR., Ken Ivcar Salas Nobrega, Matteo Bellucci, Biao Fang, Gregory Edward Cooper, Norman Arnold Turnquist
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Abstract
A multi-material tower section for a tower mast. The tower mast comprised of at least one multi-material tower section and a method for manufacturing the section. The section comprises at least one additively manufactured wall structure comprised of at least one first material and a plurality of additively manufactured internal reinforcement structures comprised of at least one additional material and disposed therewith the at least one additively manufactured wall structure.
Claims20
A multi-material tower section for a tower mast having a longitudinal axis, said multi-material tower section comprising:
- at least one additively manufactured wall structure comprised of at least one material;
- and
- a plurality of additively manufactured internal reinforcement structures comprised of at least one additional material and disposed therewith the at least one additively manufactured wall structure.
A tower mast having a longitudinal axis, said tower mast comprising:
- at least one multi-material tower section comprising:
- at least one additively manufactured wall structure comprised of at least one first material;
- and
- a plurality of additively manufacture internal reinforcement structures comprised of at least one additional material and disposed therewith the at least one additively manufactured wall structure.
Method of fabricating a tower mast comprising:
- depositing at least one first material by additive manufacture to form a first portion of a multi-material tower section;
- and
- depositing at least one additional material by additive manufacture to form an additional portion of the multi-material tower section,
- wherein the at least one first material and the at least one additional material are not the same.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.