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Wooden wind turbine blade manufacturing process

Patent ·
OSTI ID:865900

A wooden wind turbine blade is formed by laminating wood veneer in a compression mold having the exact curvature needed for one side of the blade, following which the other side of the blade is ground flat along its length but twisted with respect to the blade axis.

Research Organization:
ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORP
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-76DP03533
Assignee:
North Wind Power Company, Inc. (Moretown, VT)
Patent Number(s):
US 4597715
OSTI ID:
865900
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English