MUMBAI, India, Aug. 29 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517076668 A) filed by Vestas Wind Systems A/S, Aarhus, Denmark, on Aug. 12, for 'method of assessing constituent components of a composite structure.'
Inventor(s) include Green, Benjamin; and Javadian, Payam.
The application for the patent was published on Aug. 29, under issue no. 35/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "According to the present invention there is provided a method of assessing constituent components of a composite structure (10). The composite structure (10) comprises a plurality of layers of fibre material (12) embedded in a thermoset epoxy matrix having a cross-linked network structure. The method comprises exposing the composite structure to a treatment fluid (22) to at least partially degrade the thermoset epoxy matrix. The treatment fluid (22) comprises formic acid and/or acetic acid. The method further comprises temporarily restraining the composite structure during exposure to the treatment fluid to maintain the order and/ or orientation and/or number of the layers of fibre material. Further, the method includes separating one or more layers of fibre material from one or more other layers of fibre material to thereby assess the constituent components of the composite structure (10)."
The patent application was internationally filed on Jan. 31, 2024, under International application No.PCT/DK2024/050020.
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