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US 6,470,645 B1Granted
Method for making and erecting a wind tower
AssigneeBeaird Industries, Inc.
InventorsLeonard P. Maliszewski, Patrick C. Lashley
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Abstract
A method for making a tower for a wind generator made up of a plurality of cylindrical segments, a plurality of transition rings with at least one being frustro-conical, a plurality of L-shaped flanges and a T-shaped flange.
Claims11
A method for making a wind turbine tower comprising:
- forming a first plurality of rings having a first outer diameter;
- forming a second plurality of rings having a second outer diameter;
- welding together said first plurality of rings forming a bottom section having a first end and a second end;
- welding together said second set of rings forming an upper section having a first upper end and a second upper end;
- welding a T-shaped flange to said first end;
- welding a transition ring having a first edge and a second edge to said second end;
- welding to said first edge of said transition ring a first L-shaped flange;
- welding a conical transition ring having a first conical edge and a second conical edge to said second upper end:
- welding to said first upper end a second L-shaped flange;
- welding to said first conical edge a third L-shaped flange;
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- securing together said first and second L-shaped flanges.
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