WIND TURBINE BLADES

摘要

A method of making a wind turbine blade having at least one pultruded strip of fibrous reinforcing material integrated with a shell of the blade is described. The method comprises the steps of: providing at a first location a feed apparatus for dispensing a pultruded strip of fibrous reinforcing material; supporting a coiled pultruded strip of fibrous reinforcing material for rotation in the feed apparatus; causing the coiled strip to rotate in the feed apparatus at the first location; and feeding a free end of the strip from the feed apparatus in a feed direction towards a second location remote from the first location. An associated feed apparatus for use in the method is also described.

主权项

1. A method of making a wind turbine blade having at least one pultruded strip of fibrous reinforcing material integrated with a shell of the blade, the method comprising the steps of:
a. providing at a first location a feed apparatus for dispensing a pultruded strip of fibrous reinforcing material; b. supporting a coiled pultruded strip of fibrous reinforcing material for rotation in the feed apparatus; c. causing the coiled strip to rotate in the feed apparatus at the first location; and d. feeding a free end of the strip from the feed apparatus along a feed path towards a second location remote from the first location.