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Granted Patent B2
US 11,241,762 · App. 16/462,687 · Granted Feb 8, 2022

Method and system for establishing a sectional or modular wind turbine blade and a mobile factory for joining sections of a wind turbine blade

Inventor: Roelof Willem Schuring (Enschede, NL)
Assignee: LM WIND POWER US TECHNOLOGY APS
B23P15/04F03D1/0675F03D13/10F03D13/40F05B2220/30F05B2230/604F05B2230/61F05B2240/221F05B2240/302Y02E10/72
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,241,762
App. No.
16/462,687
Granted
Feb 8, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a method for establishing a sectional or modular wind turbine blade. The method comprises the steps of transporting at least two blade sections of said wind turbine blade and a mobile factory for joining blade sections to a location at or in proximity of a wind turbine site, positioning said blade sections with two blade section ends facing each other and supported on a platform in said mobile factory, moving said platform in relation to the ground at the location for levelling said platform, aligning said blade section ends in relation to each other, and establishing said sectional or modular wind turbine blade by joining blade sections in an area of connection at said blade section ends. The invention also relates to a system for establishing a sectional or modular wind turbine blade and a mobile factory for joining sections of a wind turbine blade.

Claims (9)

1. A method for establishing a sectional or modular wind turbine blade ( 6 ), said method comprises the steps of:

transporting at least two blade sections ( 8 , 7 ) of said wind turbine blade and a mobile factory ( 20 ) for joining blade sections to a location at or in proximity of a wind turbine site;

positioning said at least two blade sections with two blade section ends facing each other and supported on a common one-piece platform ( 12 ) in said mobile factory;

moving said common one-piece platform in relation to the ground at the location for levelling said common one-piece platform, wherein said common one-piece platform ( 12 ) is moved by one or more platform support actuators connected to the common one-piece platform ( 12 ) while standing on the ground ( 13 );

aligning said blade section ends in relation to each other; and

establishing said sectional or modular wind turbine blade by joining said at least two blade sections in an area of connection ( 9 ) at said blade section ends.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein at least two support cradles ( 28 , 29 ) on said common one-piece platform support said blade section ends.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein said blade section ends are aligned in relation to each other by rotating, lifting and/or lowering said at least two support cradles.

4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein said at least two support cradles are moveable horizontally on said common one-piece platform.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 28, 2021
From: SCHURING, ROELOF WILLEM
To: LM WIND POWER US TECHNOLOGY APS
Reel/Frame 058487/0905 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 11, 2021
From: SCHURING, ROELOF WILLEM
To: LM WIND POWER US TECHNOLOGY APS
Reel/Frame 057753/0554 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 16199849 · Nov 21, 2016 · regional
Continuity (1)
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