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公开(公告)号：EP4375068A1
公开(公告)日：2024-05-29
申请号：EP23210395.2
申请日：2023-11-16
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Turnquist, Norman Arnold , Fang, Biao , Meyer, Pascal , Cooper, Gregory Edward , Sheppard, Collin McKee
CPC classification number: E04G21/0427 , E04G2021/04920130101 , B33Y30/00 , E04H12/12 , E04H12/341 , E04G21/0463
Abstract: A method for manufacturing a tower structure, the method including printing and depositing, with at least one variable-width deposition nozzle of a printhead assembly, one or more layers of at least one wall element of the tower structure, the at least one wall element having an outer circumferential surface and an inner circumferential surface. The method also including forming, with the at least one variable-width deposition nozzle, at least one void into the at least one wall element. The method also including placing at least one reinforcement member within the at least one void so as to position the at least one reinforcement member closer to a neutral axis of the at least one wall element than at least one of the outer circumferential surface or the inner circumferential surface.
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公开(公告)号：EP4008511A1
公开(公告)日：2022-06-08
申请号：EP21206750.8
申请日：2021-11-05
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Turnquist, Norman Arnold , Li, Xiaopeng , Kenny, Christopher James , Cooper, Gregory Edward , Fang, Biao , Meyer, Pascal
Abstract: A method of manufacturing a tower structure (12) includes providing an additive printing device (40) having at least one printer head (42) atop a support surface (15). The method also includes positioning a pre-fabricated component (90) adjacent to the support surface (15). The pre-fabricated component (90) is constructed of a composite material (34) reinforced with a plurality of reinforcement members (30). Further, portions of the plurality of reinforcement members (30) protrude from the composite material (34). Moreover, the method includes printing and depositing, via the at least one printer head (42), a cementitious material (36) onto the support surface (15) to build up the tower structure (12) layer by layer around the pre-fabricated component (90). Thus, the portions of the plurality of reinforcement members (30) that protrude from the composite material (34) reinforce the cementitious material (36) around the pre-fabricated component (34).
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公开(公告)号：EP4361380A2
公开(公告)日：2024-05-01
申请号：EP23207125.8
申请日：2023-10-31
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Turnquist, Norman Arnold , Kenny, Christopher James , Li, Xiaopeng , Cooper, Gregory Edward , Fang, Biao , Meyer, Pascal , Sheppard, Collin McKee , Vogel, Ryan Eric
CPC classification number: E04H12/12 , F03D13/139 , F03D13/2005 , E04H12/342 , F03D13/10 , E04G21/04
Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to embodiments of a tower structure (500) with at least partially additively manufactured, stacked tower sections (601). Embodiments of the tower structure have a plurality of stacked tower sections (601), wherein at least one tower section of the plurality of stacked tower sections includes a wall element having one or more printed layers (511), and a base (400) holding thereon the one or more printed layers. The present disclosure also is directed to a method of manufacturing a tower structure using a stacked tower sections and additive manufacturing. Embodiments of the method include forming a base of poured concrete or cast material, printing and depositing one or more printed layers to form a wall element, and stacking the plurality of tower sections to form the tower structure.
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公开(公告)号：EP4083347A1
公开(公告)日：2022-11-02
申请号：EP22170046.1
申请日：2022-04-26
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Turnquist, Norman Arnold , Cooper, Gregory Edward , Li, Xiaopeng , Kenny, Christopher James , Fang, Biao , Meyer, Pascal
Abstract: A system and method are provided for manufacturing a tower structure. Accordingly, one or more layers of a wall element are deposited with a printhead assembly. At least one recess is defined in the wall element. The recess(es) has a single, circumferential opening positioned along an inner reference curve or an outer reference curve of the wall element. The recess(es) also has a depth which extends in a radial direction and intersects a midline reference curve. A reinforcing element is placed entirely within the recess(es) at the midline reference curve.
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公开(公告)号：EP4361380A3
公开(公告)日：2024-05-29
申请号：EP23207125.8
申请日：2023-10-31
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Turnquist, Norman Arnold , Kenny, Christopher James , Li, Xiaopeng , Cooper, Gregory Edward , Fang, Biao , Meyer, Pascal , Sheppard, Collin McKee , Vogel, Ryan Eric
CPC classification number: E04H12/12 , F03D13/139 , E04H12/342 , E04H12/341 , E04G21/0463 , F03D13/112 , F03D13/201 , F05B2230/3020130101
Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to embodiments of a tower structure (500) with at least partially additively manufactured, stacked tower sections (601). Embodiments of the tower structure have a plurality of stacked tower sections (601), wherein at least one tower section of the plurality of stacked tower sections includes a wall element having one or more printed layers (511), and a base (400) holding thereon the one or more printed layers. The present disclosure also is directed to a method of manufacturing a tower structure using a stacked tower sections and additive manufacturing. Embodiments of the method include forming a base of poured concrete or cast material, printing and depositing one or more printed layers to form a wall element, and stacking the plurality of tower sections to form the tower structure.
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公开(公告)号：EP4174257A1
公开(公告)日：2023-05-03
申请号：EP22201619.8
申请日：2022-10-14
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Li, Xiaopeng , Fang, Biao , Meyer, Pascal , Kenny, Christopher James
Abstract: A method and system of additively-manufacturing a structure having a reinforced access opening includes printing, via an additive printing device having at least one printer head, a portion of the structure adjacent to a support surface. The portion of the structure is printed of a cementitious material, and the printed portion of the structure defines an access opening for the structure. Moreover, the method includes providing a void of the cementitious material at a top boundary of the access opening, placing one or more reinforcement members in the void such that the one or more reinforcement members extend across the void, and continuing to print the printed portion of the structure around the void to build up the structure. Thus, the method also includes backfilling the void with a backfill material to incorporate the one or more reinforcement members within the void into the printed portion of the structure.
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