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US 2021/0340949 A1Published application
Positioning profiles for pultrusions in wind blade spar caps
AssigneeTPI Composites, Inc.
InventorsWayne G. Monie, Nicholas Warchol, Michael Villar
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Abstract
Provided herein is a spar cap having a profile for guiding and receiving a shear web for wind turbine blade. Particularly, the present disclosure provides a pultruded spar cap having a bond gap feature to maintain a uniform space for distribution of bonding paste between the spar cap and shear web. Also, the spar cap is formed with locating features which guide and receive placement of the shear web.
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A spar cap comprising:
- a first surface and a second surface defining a thickness therebetween;
- at least one locating feature disposed on the first surface;
- at least one bond gap feature disposed on the first surface;
- wherein at least one of the locating feature(s) and bond gap feature(s) is configured to engage a shear web.
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A method of forming a wind turbine blade component comprising:
- forming a spar cap with a first surface and a second surface defining a thickness therebetween;
- forming at least one locating feature on the first surface;
- forming at least one bond gap feature on the first surface;
- wherein at least one of the locating feature(s) and bond gap feature(s) is configured to engage a shear web.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.