SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADE COMPONENTS USING DYNAMIC MOLD HEATING

A method and mold assembly for manufacturing a rotor blade component of a wind turbine is disclosed. The mold assembly includes a mold body that is divided into a plurality of mold zones, with each mold zone having a sensor for sensing a temperature thereof. Further, a composite material schedule is...

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Hauptverfasser:	JOHNSON, Stephen Bertram, ALTHOFF, Nicholas Keane, CHEN, Xu
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING BLASTING HEATING LIGHTING MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS 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 TRANSPORTING WEAPONS WIND MOTORS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS MOTORS WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
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Zusammenfassung:	A method and mold assembly for manufacturing a rotor blade component of a wind turbine is disclosed. The mold assembly includes a mold body that is divided into a plurality of mold zones, with each mold zone having a sensor for sensing a temperature thereof. Further, a composite material schedule is provided for each of the mold zones. Thus, the method includes placing composite material onto the mold body according to the composite material schedule and supplying a resin material to each mold zone of the mold body. The method also includes implementing a cure cycle for the component that includes supplying heat to each of the mold zones, continuously receiving signals from the sensors from the mold zones, and dynamically controlling via machine learning the supplied heat to each mold zone based on the sensor signals and the composite material schedule.