Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method, arrangement and production line for manufacturing a parabolic trough solar collector
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Application No.: US16764166Application Date: 2018-11-29
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Publication No.: US10913098B2Publication Date: 2021-02-09
- Inventor: Joakim Byström
- Applicant: ABSOLICON SOLAR COLLECTOR AB
- Applicant Address: SE Härnösand
- Assignee: ABSOLICON SOLAR COLLECTOR AB
- Current Assignee: ABSOLICON SOLAR COLLECTOR AB
- Current Assignee Address: SE Härnösand
- Agency: Patent Portfolio Builders PLLC
- Priority: SE1751489 20171201,CN201811428226 20181127
- International Application: PCT/SE2018/051230 WO 20181129
- International Announcement: WO2019/108122 WO 20190606
- Main IPC: B21D11/10
- IPC: B21D11/10 ; B21D11/20 ; F24S20/20 ; F24S23/74 ; F24S23/70

Abstract:
An arrangement for manufacturing a reflector for a PTC from a rectangular reflective structure. The arrangement comprises a tensioning device configured to tension a reflector portion of the rectangular reflective structure, such that a surface of the tensioned reflector portion acquires a curvature perpendicular to the tensioned reflector portion's longitudinal propagation, along the tensioned reflector portion's longitudinal propagation. The arrangement further comprises a fixating device configured to fixate the surface's curvature, such that the tensioned reflector portion remains tensioned. The tensioning device is configured to tension the reflector portion of the rectangular reflective structure by pre-forming the reflector portion to a pre-curvature, and adjusting the pre-curvature by applying a torque at a longitudinal borderline of the pre-formed portion. Because the reflector will be maintained tensioned by torques only, it will adapt a curvature of a high precision parabola.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200376533A1 METHOD, ARRANGEMENT AND PRODUCTION LINE FOR MANUFACTURING A PARABOLIC TROUGH SOLAR COLLECTOR Public/Granted day:2020-12-03
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