Temporary maintenance enclosures and methods of maintaining turbine blades
AssigneeVentura Wind Energy Limited
InventorDavid Fletcher
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Abstract
A temporary maintenance enclosure for the maintenance of at least part of a turbine blade, the enclosure comprises a platform arranged, in use, to border at least part of the circumference of a blade in need of maintenance; at least one wall and a roof which are carried by the platform; the at least one wall extending from the platform; wherein said roof extends from the wall towards the blade; and wherein the enclosure further comprises a flexible sheath which seals onto the blade to provide a sealed volume for maintenance of said blade.
Claims18
A temporary maintenance enclosure for the maintenance of at least part of a turbine blade, said enclosure comprising a platform arranged, in use, to border at least part of the circumference of a blade in need of maintenance;
- at least one wall and a roof which together are carried by said platform;
- said at least one wall extending from said platform;
- wherein said roof extends from said wall towards said blade;
- and wherein said enclosure further comprises a flexible sheath which seals onto said blade to provide a sealed volume for maintenance of said blade.
A temporary maintenance enclosure for the maintenance of at least part of a turbine blade, said enclosure comprising a platform, a wall located on a first side of said enclosure and a roof;
- said first side being distal from said blade when the temporary maintenance enclosure is brought, in use, in close proximity to the side of a blade;
- wherein said enclosure comprises a removable side covering portion which when secured to said enclosure is located on a second side of said platform;
- said second side being proximal to said blade when the temporary maintenance enclosure is brought, in use, in close proximity to the side of a blade;
- wherein said side covering portion comprises a seal for sealing a volume about at least part of said blade for maintenance of said blade from within said enclosure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.