TYCOR W
TYCOR® W — Engineered Core Solution for Wind Turbine Blades
Engineering
TYCOR® W — an engineered core product used in GL-approved wind turbine blades — enables designers and manufacturers to reduce cost and weight in utility scale wind blade production. TYCOR W combines glass fibers with closed-cell, low density foam in an engineered architecture to produce an advanced core that delivers higher specific shear modulus than balsa wood and PVC foam cores. TYCOR W has also been engineered to provide blade designers with a targeted selection of core designs to optimize structural performance, weight and cost.
Materials
WebCore produces TYCOR W composite core using an environmentally clean manufacturing method that ensures consistent, reliable, physical and structural performance and processing. TYCOR W is contaminant free and dimensionally stable, eliminating the inconsistent cure and poor infusion performance typically found with balsa wood. TYCOR W contourable core is more durable than other contourable core products on the market.
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Performance
TYCOR W performs effectively in flat or curved shapes and with less resin absorption than foam and balsa cores. TYCOR W is offered in four standard core products to give blade designers and manufacturers the flexibility to optimize blade designs. WebCore is also able to tailor modifications for individual blade and turbine specifications.
Take a look at the data and see how TYCOR W core products can improve your blade design, reduce costs and enhance quality.
Key Performance Advantages:
- One-inch thick TYCOR W saves an average of 0.5 pounds of weight per square foot and reduces resin usage by 0.2 pounds per square foot when compared to one-inch thick coated balsa
- TYCOR W’s unique internal fiber architecture ensures resin flow - reducing resin usage while providing controlled infusion during molding
- WebCore’s production process optimizes TYCOR W sheet sizes, improving kitting yield over balsa wood and foam cores by as much as 10 percent
- TYCOR W’s larger sheet size reduces the number of core segments necessary to load large turbine blade molds - resulting in fewer core joints and enhanced core fit at adjoining segments. This improves infusion uniformity, blade-to-blade weight consistency and often reduces the labor to load the mold.
Weight of Vacuum-Infused 25 mm Contour Cores
Shear Modulus of Cores
Specific Shear Modulus of 25 mm Contour Cores
Shear Modulus / Effective Infused Density
