Improvements relating to wind turbine blade manufacture
AssigneeVestas Wind Systems A/S
InventorsRobert Charles Preston, Sean Keohan
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AssigneeVestas Wind Systems A/S
InventorsRobert Charles Preston, Sean Keohan
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A method of making and testing a wind turbine blade comprises providing a structural member having a web portion and a flange portion, where the flange portion extends away from the web portion and a curvilinear heel is defined between the web and flange portions. 5 A flange extender is integrated with the flange portion, where a first section of the flange extender overlies the flange portion, and a second section of the flange extender extends past the heel and away from the web portion. The flange extender is bonded to the inner surface of a wind turbine blade shell. Non-destructive test (NDT) equipment is used to assess the integrity of the bond by identifying first and second target surfaces of the 10 structural member. The target surfaces are spaced apart by an intermediate region, corresponding to the location of the heel, where it is not possible to positively identify any surface using NDT techniques. Identification of the two target surfaces indicates a good integrity bond in the intermediate region, whereas identification of only one, or neither, of the target surfaces indicates a poor integrity bond. 15
A method of producing a wind turbine blade, the method comprising:
A method of using non-destructive ultrasonic test equipment to assess the integrity of an adhesive bond between a flange extender of a structural web assembly of a wind turbine blade and a shell of a wind turbine blade, the method comprising:
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