Protected wind turbine blade, a method of manufacturing it and a wind turbine

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8961142
APP PUB NO 20120034094A1
SERIAL NO

13263783

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A protected turbine blade includes a first turbine blade shell and a second turbine blade shell, being fiber-reinforced, are connected by a cured resin and provided with a protective cover at a leading edge. The protective cover is a composite comprising a layer of UV-resistant thermoplastic material and a layer of cured epoxy resin, the UV-resistant thermoplastic material having the following properties a surface free energy of less than 35 mJ/m2, and a erosion resistance of the thermoplastic material larger than the erosion resistance of the cured resin connecting the turbine blade shells. The layer of cured epoxy-resin covers the cured resin over at least part of the length of the distal half of the turbine blade, and is bonded to said turbine blade. A method of manufacturing such a turbine blade, and to a turbine having such turbine blades is also provided.

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XEMC DARWIND B VFRANCISCUSWEG 219 HILVERSUM 1216 SE

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Wansink, Gerrit Jan Neede, NL 2 70

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