Tower portion, tower, wind turbine generator assembly and method for manufacturing tower portion

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11118569-B2
Application number	US-201716626682-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 25, 2017
Priority date	Sep 30, 2017
Publication date	Sep 14, 2021
Grant date	Sep 14, 2021

Abstract

A tower portion, a tower, and a wind turbine generator assembly are provided. The tower portion includes: a main tower portion, and a longitudinal flange pair. The main tower portion is divided into at least two sections by means a longitudinal seam formed in a longitudinal direction thereof. The longitudinal flange pair is provided in the longitudinal seam along the longitudinal direction of the main tower portion. The longitudinal flange pair protrudes from an inner surface and an outer surface of the main tower portion in a radial direction thereof, and is welded to a corresponding section of the main tower portion. The tower portion reduces welding difficulty, reduces heat produced during the welding process, and improves the quality of the weld. The application further discloses a method for manufacturing the tower portion.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for manufacturing a tower section, comprising the following steps:
connecting a plurality of cylinder section members in sequence in a longitudinal direction to form a tower section body;
cutting the tower section body to form at least two longitudinal slits along a longitudinal direction of the tower section body to divide the tower section body into at least two section parts; and
providing longitudinal flange pairs in the longitudinal slits, wherein each longitudinal flange of the longitudinal flange pairs protrudes from both an inner surface and an outer surface of the tower section body along a radial direction of the tower section body,
wherein each of the cylinder section members has a longitudinal butt slit, and in the connecting the plurality of cylinder section members, the longitudinal butt slits of the plurality of cylinder section members are arranged at positions corresponding to at least one of the longitudinal slits,
wherein the cutting the tower section body step further comprises:
fixedly connecting inner wall support members to the section parts on two sides of each of the longitudinal slits along with a movement of a cutting position, when cutting the longitudinal slits; or
fixing the inner wall support members to the section parts on two sides of each of the longitudinal slits before cutting the longitudinal slits, and then cutting the longitudinal slits from outside.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising: connecting circumferential flanges at two ends of the tower section body in the longitudinal direction, after the tower section body is formed by the connecting the plurality of cylinder section members.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein
each of the circumferential flanges is annular and is formed by splicing at least two arc-shaped flanges, and splicing seams are formed between every two adjacent arc-shaped flanges, respectively; and
the connecting circumferential flanges further comprises: aligning each of the splicing seams with the corresponding longitudinal slit in the longitudinal direction.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, in the cutting the tower section body, the butt slits are cut off by cutting the longitudinal slits.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
welding at a joint of each of the longitudinal flanges and the tower section body.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the connecting the plurality of cylinder section members further comprises: rolling a plate-shaped material to form the cylinder section member; and intermittently or continuously welding two butt sides of the plate-shaped material to form the butt slit.

Assignees

• Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhang Ziping
• Cao Xudong
• Liu Jinlei

Classifications

• Y02P70/50

  Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product · CPC title

• B23P15/00

  Making specific metal objects by operations not covered by a single other subclass or a group in this subclass · CPC title

• Y02E10/72

  Wind turbines with rotation axis in wind direction · CPC title

• F03D13/20 Primary

  Arrangements for mounting or supporting wind motors; Masts or towers for wind motors · CPC title

• E04H12/085

  Details of flanges for tubular masts · CPC title