System for demolition of blade of wind turbine and related method
AssigneeJ.H. Fletcher & Co.
InventorsWilliam G. Kendall, Cassidy O'Connell
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Abstract
The system and method of processing a used wind turbine blade provides for processing of a blade at the site of the windmill rather than transporting the blade to a processing facility. The blade may be held stationary while a cutter, such as a drum or plate with cutting teeth, is moved along a portion of the blade to shred the blade. This shredding may occur within a cutting chamber. The blade may be fed into the cutting chamber with a feeder. Smaller particles may be removed or filtered from the air within the cutting chamber and larger particles may be removed and collected in a receptacle. Portions of or the entire system may be made mobile by mounting or otherwise connecting the system to a mobile support, such as a trailer.
Claims13
A system for processing a used wind turbine blade comprising:
- at least one gripper adapted to grip and hold the blade stationary;
- at least one cutter adapted to shred the blade, said cutter comprising a plate, the plate including two lateral sides and a circumferential face, wherein the plate includes teeth on at least one lateral side of the plate;
- a cutter support adapted to move the cutter with respect to the blade to process the blade;
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- a clamp adapted to move toward and away from the gripper in a feeding direction, said clamp adapted to clamp the blade and to feed the blade to the cutter in the feeding direction, wherein the feeding direction is perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of movement of the cutter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.