VERTICAL MANUFACTURING OF COMPOSITE WIND TURBINE TOWER

• Main Authors: WILLEY, LAWRENCE D, LIN, WENDY W, ZHENG, DANIAN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 17.10.2010
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; BLASTING; BUILDING; BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; FENCING; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; HEATING; LIGHTING; MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; MASTS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL; TRANSPORTING; WEAPONS; WIND MOTORS; WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS MOTORS; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

A method of manufacturing a composite tower (4), includes at least partially filling a form (22) with a curable resin; at least partially curing the resin in the form (22); raising the form (22) partly over the at least partially cured resin; and at least partially filling the raised form (22) with more curable resin applied against the cured resin.