Turbine blade shear web alignment
AssigneeVestas Wind Systems A/S
InventorsStephen Sandercock, Steve Wardropper
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Abstract
A method of aligning shear webs for the construction of a wind turbine blade is provided. The method comprises providing one or more jigs (402), each configured to receive one or more spacer elements (701) and providing one or more spacer elements (701). First and second shear web panels are placed on the one or more jigs (402) to align them. The first and second shear web panels are restrained relative to each other and are separated by the one or more spacer elements. The first and second shear web panels are then removed together with the one or more spacer elements from the jig. A corresponding apparatus is also provided.
Claims42
A method of aligning shear webs for the construction of a wind turbine blade, the method comprising:
- providing one or more jigs (401), each configured to receive one or more spacer elements;
- providing one or more spacer elements;
- placing first and second shear web panels on the one or more jigs to align them;
- restraining the first and second shear web panels relative to each other, the shear web panels being separated by the one or more spacer elements;
- and
- removing the first and second shear web panels together with the one or more spacer elements from the jig.
A method of inserting two aligned shear webs, into a wind turbine blade formed from two opposing half-shells, the method comprising:
- providing a half-shell of a wind turbine blade;
- spacing markers along the inner surface of the shell, the spacings between the markers corresponding to the spacings between respective spacer elements of the shear webs;
- aligning the spacers of the shear webs with the markers;
- engaging the spacers with the markers;
- and
- fixing the shear webs to the inner surface of the shell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.