“Methods Of Additively Manufacturing Tower Structures With Coiled Polymer Reinforcement Members”

Abstract: METHODS OF ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURING TOWER STRUCTURES WITH COILED POLYMER REINFORCEMENT MEMBERS ABSTRACT A method of manufacturing a tower structure includes printing and depositing, via a printhead assembly of an additive printing system, one or more printed layers of a wall of the tower structure. The method also includes unwinding at least one continuous roll of a reinforcement material to form at least one continuous reinforcement ring member layer, the reinforcement material comprising a pultruded polymer material. Further, the method includes placing the at least one continuous reinforcement ring member layer atop the one or more printed layers of the wall of the tower structure. Moreover, the method includes printing and depositing, via the printhead assembly of the additive printing system, one or more additional printed layers of the wall of the tower structure atop the at least one continuous reinforcement ring member layer. Fig: 1

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