DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING OF WIND TURBINE BLADES OF LOW CAPACITY USING CAD/CAM TECHNIQUES AND COMPOSITE MATERIALS

摘要

This paper proposes a methodology for design and manufacturing of wind turbine blades of low capacity with CAD (Computer Aided Design)/ CAM (Computer Aided Manufacturing) techniques and composite materials. The design of the blades was performed with help of specialized software, one of them developed in the author's institution (TIMEO~R). The manufacturing of the blades model was executed in a machining center of three axes CNC, DYNA MYTE DM-4800. The final manufacture of composite materials was performed. The wind energy is an indirect form of the solar energy, since they are the temperature differences and the pressure-induced in the atmosphere by absorbing solar radiation, which set in motion the winds. The rotor mission in a wind turbine is transforming this kinetic energy of wind to mechanic energy. In this paper the design of the blades is based on the blade element moment theory. For the design and manufacturing CAD/CAM was developed a general methodology. In manufacturing of the blade was necessary to manufacture a false bed, which was used as a virtual axis, this is because the milling machine where this was manufactured only has three axes.