Rotor blade airfoil rack arrangement
AssigneeSiemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S
InventorJonas Madsen
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Abstract
An airfoil rack arrangement for supporting the airfoils of a plurality of rotor blades is provided, including a number of upright support structures; and a number of airfoil carrier brackets, wherein an airfoil carrier bracket is constructed to extend outward from a support structure. The airfoil rack arrangement includes an airfoil carrier bracket is rotatably mounted to a support structure and configured to rotate between a loading position in which the airfoil carrier bracket is positioned to support the airfoil of a rotor blade, and an unloading position in which the airfoil carrier bracket is out of the path of a rotor blade being lifted vertically.
Claims15
An airfoil rack arrangement for supporting airfoils of a plurality of rotor blades, comprising:
- a number of upright support structures;
- and
- a number of airfoil carrier brackets, wherein an airfoil carrier bracket is constructed to extend outward from a support structure;
- wherein the airfoil carrier bracket is rotatably mounted to the support structure and configured to rotate between
- a loading position in which the airfoil carrier bracket is positioned to support an airfoil of a rotor blade, and
- an unloading position in which the airfoil carrier bracket is out of the path of a rotor blade being lifted vertically;
- wherein an outer end of the airfoil carrier bracket further comprises a locking means configured to engage with an adjacent support structure.
A wind turbine rotor blade storage arrangement comprising:
- an airfoil rack arrangement having an upright support structure and an airfoil carrier bracket, wherein the airfoil carrier bracket is constructed to extend outward from the support structure, wherein the airfoil carrier bracket is rotatably mounted to the support structure and configured to rotate between a loading position in which the airfoil carrier bracket is positioned to support an airfoil of a rotor blade and an unloading position in which the airfoil carrier bracket is out of the path of the rotor blade being lifted vertically, wherein an outer end of the airfoil carrier bracket further comprises a locking means configured to engage with an adjacent support structure;
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- a root end rack arrangement for supporting a root end of the rotor blade.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.