Method for manufacturing of a fibre reinforced laminate and of a laterally extended material which has in a first lateral direction a greater stiffness than in a second lateral direction
View Patent ↗A method for manufacturing of a fiber reinforced laminate is provided that includes building up a part of the laminate to a determined thickness using at least one layer of fiber material placing a laterally extended layer on top of the partially completed laminate, the layer having in a first lateral direction a greater stiffness than in a second lateral direction and having in the first lateral direction a greater stiffness than the other layers constituting the laminate, building up a new part of the laminate to a determined thickness, and in case the thickness of the laminate built up pursuant is not as large as a desired thickness of the completed laminate, repeating steps placing a laterally extended layer and the building up a new part until the thickness of the laminate built up is equal to the desired thickness of the completed laminate.
1. A method for manufacturing a fibre reinforced laminate, comprising:
providing one or more wrinkle preventing layers, each wrinkle preventing layer being produced by partly impregnating a layer of fibre material with resin in such a way that the resin forms spaced stripes continuing along a first lateral direction and curing the resin to provide a desired level of stiffness in the first lateral direction which is greater than a stiffness in a second lateral direction of the wrinkle preventing layer;
building up a first part of the laminate to a first thickness using at least one layer of fibre material;
placing a wrinkle preventing layer against the first part of the laminate;
further building up the laminate using at least one additional layer of fibre material after the step of placing a wrinkle preventing layer; and
repeating the placing and further building steps until the thickness of the laminate is equal to a desired thickness of a completed laminate.
2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a lowermost layer of the wrinkle preventing layers includes the resin along the first lateral direction.
3. The method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein an uppermost layer of the wrinkle preventing layers includes the resin along the first lateral direction.
4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an angle between the first lateral direction and the second lateral direction is between 0° and 180°.
5. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first lateral direction and the second lateral direction are orthogonal to each other.
6. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the completed laminate is in the form of a wind turbine blade.
7. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the wrinkle preventing layers have a different length and/or a different width.