EP3697561A4 - Vehicle-mounted wire saw for cutting used wind turbine blades - Google Patents

Vehicle-mounted wire saw for cutting used wind turbine blades Download PDF

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EP3697561A4
EP3697561A4 EP18868643.0A EP18868643A EP3697561A4 EP 3697561 A4 EP3697561 A4 EP 3697561A4 EP 18868643 A EP18868643 A EP 18868643A EP 3697561 A4 EP3697561 A4 EP 3697561A4
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vehicle
wind turbine
turbine blades
wire saw
mounted wire
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EP3697561A1 (en
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Don Lilly
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Gfsi Group LLC
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23D—PLANING; SLOTTING; SHEARING; BROACHING; SAWING; FILING; SCRAPING; LIKE OPERATIONS FOR WORKING METAL BY REMOVING MATERIAL, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23D57/00—Sawing machines or sawing devices not covered by one of the preceding groups B23D45/00 - B23D55/00
    • B23D57/003—Sawing machines or sawing devices working with saw wires, characterised only by constructional features of particular parts
    • B23D57/0038—Sawing machines or sawing devices working with saw wires, characterised only by constructional features of particular parts of frames; of tables
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23D—PLANING; SLOTTING; SHEARING; BROACHING; SAWING; FILING; SCRAPING; LIKE OPERATIONS FOR WORKING METAL BY REMOVING MATERIAL, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23D57/00—Sawing machines or sawing devices not covered by one of the preceding groups B23D45/00 - B23D55/00
    • B23D57/0007—Sawing machines or sawing devices not covered by one of the preceding groups B23D45/00 - B23D55/00 using saw wires
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23D—PLANING; SLOTTING; SHEARING; BROACHING; SAWING; FILING; SCRAPING; LIKE OPERATIONS FOR WORKING METAL BY REMOVING MATERIAL, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23D57/00—Sawing machines or sawing devices not covered by one of the preceding groups B23D45/00 - B23D55/00
    • B23D57/003—Sawing machines or sawing devices working with saw wires, characterised only by constructional features of particular parts
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23D—PLANING; SLOTTING; SHEARING; BROACHING; SAWING; FILING; SCRAPING; LIKE OPERATIONS FOR WORKING METAL BY REMOVING MATERIAL, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23D57/00—Sawing machines or sawing devices not covered by one of the preceding groups B23D45/00 - B23D55/00
    • B23D57/003—Sawing machines or sawing devices working with saw wires, characterised only by constructional features of particular parts
    • B23D57/0053—Sawing machines or sawing devices working with saw wires, characterised only by constructional features of particular parts of drives for saw wires; of wheel mountings; of wheels
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23D—PLANING; SLOTTING; SHEARING; BROACHING; SAWING; FILING; SCRAPING; LIKE OPERATIONS FOR WORKING METAL BY REMOVING MATERIAL, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23D57/00—Sawing machines or sawing devices not covered by one of the preceding groups B23D45/00 - B23D55/00
    • B23D57/0092—Sawing machines or sawing devices not covered by one of the preceding groups B23D45/00 - B23D55/00 dismountable, collapsible or transportable, e.g. by means of a carrying case

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Processing Of Stones Or Stones Resemblance Materials (AREA)
EP18868643.0A 2017-10-20 2018-10-22 Vehicle-mounted wire saw for cutting used wind turbine blades Withdrawn EP3697561A4 (en)

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US201762575295P 2017-10-20 2017-10-20
PCT/US2018/056948 WO2019079823A1 (en) 2017-10-20 2018-10-22 Vehicle-mounted wire saw for cutting used wind turbine blades

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EP3697561A1 EP3697561A1 (en) 2020-08-26
EP3697561A4 true EP3697561A4 (en) 2021-07-14

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US12053908B2 (en) 2021-02-01 2024-08-06 Regen Fiber, Llc Method and system for recycling wind turbine blades
WO2023222517A1 (en) * 2022-05-16 2023-11-23 Nederlandse Organisatie Voor Toegepast-Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek Tno Wind turbine blade slayer decommissioning

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JPH06312422A (en) * 1993-04-30 1994-11-08 Komatsu Ltd Wire sawing machine
JP2000141355A (en) * 1998-11-13 2000-05-23 Venture:Kk Adapter for wire type cutter, cutting method using the same, and wire type cutter
EP1086794A2 (en) * 1999-09-24 2001-03-28 Emilio Brocco Diamond wire cutting machine for cutting stone in quarries or reinforced concrete on construction sites and the like
DE202015003559U1 (en) * 2015-05-19 2015-06-26 Karl-Heinz Röben Device for cutting bulky goods with at least one fiber-reinforced plastic
EP3243592A1 (en) * 2016-05-12 2017-11-15 Veolia Umweltservice West GmbH Mobile device for crushing bulky articles

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JPH06312422A (en) * 1993-04-30 1994-11-08 Komatsu Ltd Wire sawing machine
JP2000141355A (en) * 1998-11-13 2000-05-23 Venture:Kk Adapter for wire type cutter, cutting method using the same, and wire type cutter
EP1086794A2 (en) * 1999-09-24 2001-03-28 Emilio Brocco Diamond wire cutting machine for cutting stone in quarries or reinforced concrete on construction sites and the like
DE202015003559U1 (en) * 2015-05-19 2015-06-26 Karl-Heinz Röben Device for cutting bulky goods with at least one fiber-reinforced plastic
EP3243592A1 (en) * 2016-05-12 2017-11-15 Veolia Umweltservice West GmbH Mobile device for crushing bulky articles

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