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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Publication number: EP3697561A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: vehicle; wind turbine; turbine blades; wire saw; mounted wire
Prior art date: 2017-10-20
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Withdrawn

Application number

EP18868643.0A

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German (de)

French (fr)

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EP3697561A1 (en

Inventor

Don Lilly

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Gfsi Group LLC

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Gfsi Group LLC

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2017-10-20

Filing date

2018-10-22

Publication date

2021-07-14

2018-10-22 Application filed by Gfsi Group LLC filed Critical Gfsi Group LLC

2020-08-26 Publication of EP3697561A1 publication Critical patent/EP3697561A1/en

2021-07-14 Publication of EP3697561A4 publication Critical patent/EP3697561A4/en

Status Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

Classifications

- 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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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)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
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

Publications (2)

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

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Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP18868643.0A Withdrawn EP3697561A4 (en)	2017-10-20	2018-10-22	Vehicle-mounted wire saw for cutting used wind turbine blades

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EP (1)	EP3697561A4 (en)
WO (1)	WO2019079823A1 (en)

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2018
- 2018-10-22 WO PCT/US2018/056948 patent/WO2019079823A1/en not_active Ceased
- 2018-10-22 EP EP18868643.0A patent/EP3697561A4/en not_active Withdrawn

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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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