Method of making a wooden wind turbine blade

Patent · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:865130

Coleman, Clint ^[1]

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1. Warren, VT

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: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States); Rockwell International Corporation
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP03533
• Assignee: North Wind Power Company, Inc. (Moretown, VT)
• Patent Number(s): US 4465537
• OSTI ID: 865130
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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