Patent ID: 11970875
Assignee: GE INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY LLC
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E  B  F  Y | IPC B  E  F

Claim 0:
1. A method for manufacturing a tower structure of a wind turbine, the method comprising:
printing, via a first printer head of an additive printing device, at least a portion of one or more molds of the tower structure of the wind turbine of a polymer material on a foundation of the tower structure, the one or more molds defining inner and outer wall limits of the tower structure;
after the portion of the one or more molds has solidified, providing, via a second printer head of the additive printing device, a cementitious material between the inner and outer wall limits of the tower structure while continuing to build up additional portions of the one or more molds with the polymer material;
as the additional portions of the one or more molds continue to solidify, continuing to provide the additional portions of the one or more molds with the cementitious material until the tower structure is built up;
providing an additional material in at least one of the cementitious material or the polymer material to form one or more reinforcement elements;
providing an adhesive material between at least one of the cementitious material and the foundation, the cementitious material and the polymer material, the cementitious material and the additional material, or multiple layers of the cementitious material or the polymer material; and
allowing the cementitious material to cure within the one or more molds so as to form the tower structure.