Patent ID: 9709030
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: B29C,B29K,B29L,F03D,F05B,Y02E,Y02P

Claim:
1. A method of manufacturing a rotor blade component for a rotor blade of a wind turbine, the method comprising: providing a mold of the rotor blade component; coating at least a portion of an interior surface of the mold with an elastomeric polyurea material; inserting impletion material within the mold so as to contact the elastomeric polyurea material and at least partially reduce an open internal volume within the mold; after inserting the impletion material, inserting a foam material within the mold in contact with the impletion material and the elastomeric polyurea material so as to form the rotor blade component; and removing the rotor blade component from the mold, wherein the elastomeric polyurea material forms a cover skin around at least a portion of the rotor blade component.