CPC B29C 70/48 (2013.01) [B29C 70/446 (2013.01); B29C 70/84 (2013.01); F03D 1/0675 (2013.01); B29L 2031/085 (2013.01); F05B 2230/50 (2013.01); F05B 2240/302 (2013.01); F05B 2280/6013 (2013.01); F05B 2280/6015 (2013.01)] | 18 Claims |
1. A method for manufacturing a structural component of a blade segment for a segmented rotor blade of a wind turbine, the method comprising:
providing a mold of the structural component, the mold having an outer wall that defines an outer surface of the structural component;
securing at least one tooling pin to the outer wall for defining a pin joint slot in the structural component;
laying up one or more outer fiber layers in the mold so as to at least partially cover the outer wall, the one or more outer fiber layers having at least one hole that receives the at least one tooling pin, the one or more outer fiber layers forming the outer surface of the structural component;
placing one or more structural features atop the one or more outer fiber layers in the mold; and,
infusing the one or more outer fiber layers and the one or more structural features together via a resin material so as to form the structural component,
wherein placing the one or more structural features atop the one or more outer fiber layers in the mold further comprises placing one or more shear webs atop the one or more outer fiber layers, the one or more shear webs comprising a web hole that receives the at least one tooling pin.
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