System for assembling a wind turbine blade shell

A method for assembling a wind turbine blade shell, comprising:

• providing a first support structure and a second support structure, the first support structure comprising a stationary portion and a moveable portion, wherein a height of the stationary portion is greater than a height of the moveable portion, the moveable portion being adapted to support a first wind turbine shell half, the second support structure being adapted to support a second wind turbine blade shell half, the moveable portion comprising a first mould having a first mould layup surface, the moveable portion being attached to moving means configured to move the moveable portion between:
• a first position in which the moveable portion is positioned above the stationary portion, and a second position in which the moveable portion is positioned above the second support structure, wherein when the moveable portion is in the second position, the first wind turbine blade shell half, when supported by the moveable portion, and the second wind turbine blade shell half, when supported by the second support structure, are assembled, forming the wind turbine blade shell, the moving from the first position to the second position comprising at least a pivoting of the moveable portion around at least a first axis, providing the first wind turbine shell half on the moveable portion and providing the second wind turbine shell half on the second support structure, providing a working platform configured to allow personnel to add material to the first layup surface of the first mould, wherein the stationary portion comprises holding means for supporting the working platform, wherein the holding means comprise one or more hinges connected to one or more working platform fasteners located between the working platform and the stationary portion, moving, using the moving means, the moveable portion from the first position to the second position, whereby the first wind turbine blade shell half and the second wind turbine blade shell half are assembled, forming the wind turbine blade shell, wherein the working platform does not interfere with the moveable portion while the moving means move the moveable portion from the first position to the second position, wherein the moving means comprises pivoting means arranged between the first support structure and the second support structure and being configured to pivot the moveable portion around at least a first axis, the first support structure and the second support structure being arranged such that pivoting the moveable portion around at least the first axis from the first position by a predetermined amount assembles the first wind turbine blade shell half with the second wind turbine blade shell half, thereby forming the wind turbine blade shell, and wherein the first axis is located at a height exceeding a height of the stationary portion of the first support structure.