Manufacturing Technologies for Turbine Power Blades - Hybrid Anisotropic Materials for Wind Power Turbine Blades - page 99

Filament wound carbon

Carbon fiber section

Mandrell

Sketch of Ingersoll's automated fiber placement machine

FIGURE 4.4
Ingersoll's. automated. iber. placement. machine.. (From. Ingersoll. Machine. Tools.. Online. at.
www.ingersoll.com..With.permission.)

The.iber.placement.process.utilizes.narrow-width.tapes,.typically.0.25.to.1.
in..(6-25.mm),.as.its.composite.material.medium,.and.lays.down.heats.via.hot.
gas,.laser,.or.other.heating.methods..This.consolidates.the.composite.mate-
rial.onto.the.tool,. in situ ,.without.the.need.for.further.consolidation.processes.
(see.Figure 4.4).
An. automation. composite. structure. process. provided. by. Automated.
Dynamics.is.shown.in.Figure 4.5.

4.7.1.2 Continuous Molding Prepreg Process

The. continuous. molding. prepreg. process. is. advantageous. for. blade. tur-
bine.winds.

Robust fiber placement

Fiber filament

Automation composite structure process
provided by automated dynamics

FIGURE 4.5
Automation.composite.structure.process.provided.by.Automated.Dynamics..(From.Ingersoll.
Machine.Tools..Online.at.www.ingersoll.com..With.permission.)