TPI Composites, Inc.
PRE-KITTED INFUSION PACKAGE INCLUDING VACUUM BAG WITH BUILT-IN INFUSION CHANNELS AND CONSUMABLES
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Abstract:
Devices, systems, and methods of improving manufacture of a composite wind turbine blade are provided to reduce cure time, and minimize consumable waste. After layup of a plurality of fiber panels along a blade mold, a pre-kitted vacuum bag can unrolled and overlaid on top of the fabric panels. The vacuum bag includes a plurality of fluid channels within the bag which have a pre-formed spring element embedded therein to allow for distribution a flowable resin to permeate the fiber panels and form a fiber-reinforced structural component, e.g. wind turbine blade.
Status:
Application
Type:
Utility
Filling date:
26 Feb 2021
Issue date:
2 Sep 2021