PROFILOMETRY INSPECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SPAR CAPS OF COMPOSITION WIND TURBINE BLADES

• Main Authors: Rose Curtis Wayne, Lamberton Gary Austin
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 20.04.2017
• Subjects: BLASTING; HEATING; LIGHTING; MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; MEASURING; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS; MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEARDIMENSIONS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PHYSICS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER; TESTING; WEAPONS; WIND MOTORS; WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS MOTORS

The present application thus provides a method of inspecting composite turbine blade spar caps during lay up. The method may include the steps of applying a layer to a mold, measuring a surface characteristic of the layer with a profilometer, and determining if the layer has an out of plane wave the...