Patent ID: 11969959
Assignee: GE INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY LLC
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  F  Y | IPC B  F

Claim 0:
1. A method of manufacturing a blade component of rotor blade of a wind turbine, the method comprising:
providing a plurality of pultrusions constructed of one or more fibers or fiber bundles cured together via a resin material;
placing a protective cap over at least one end of one or more of the plurality of pultrusions, the protective cap conforming to a shape of the at least one end;
heat treating a surface of the plurality of pultrusions while the protective cap remains over the at least one end;
removing the protective cap from the at least one end;
arranging the plurality of pultrusions in a mold of the blade component; and,
infusing the plurality of pultrusions together so as to form the rotor blade component.