A lifting yoke and a method for placing and positioning items on an inner surface of a shell half of a wind turbine blade
AssigneeAlvac Industry A/S
InventorsJens Skov RUDBECK, Ole Mogensen
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Abstract
A lifting yoke for placing and positioning items on an inner surface of a shell half of a wind turbine blade is provided. The lifting yoke includes—a longitudinal beam, —a plurality of landing pads positioned along the longitudinal beam configured for standing on the inner surface of the shell half. Also included is: —a plurality of global adjustment arrangements for pivoting the plurality of landing pads, wherein the landing pads include—a contact surface for being in contact with the inner surface, and —a local adjustment arrangement for adjusting a curvature of the contact surface to the curvature of the inner surface.
Claims10
A lifting yoke for placing and positioning items on an inner surface of a shell half of a wind turbine blade, the lifting yoke comprises:
- a longitudinal beam,
- a plurality of landing pads positioned along the longitudinal beam configured for standing on the inner surface of the shell half,
- a plurality of global adjustment arrangements for pivoting the plurality of landing pads, wherein the landing pads include
- a contact surface for being in contact with the inner surface, and
- a local adjustment arrangement for adjusting a curvature of the contact surface to the curvature of the inner surface.
A method for placing and positioning items on an inner surface of a shell half of a wind turbine blade, the method comprises:
- providing a lifting yoke;
- lifting the lifting yoke into the shell half;
- placing the lifting yoke on the inner surface of the shell half;
- performing a task on the inner surface of the shell half;
- and
- removing the web lifting yoke from the shell half.
A method for placing and positioning webs on an inner surface of a shell half of a wind turbine blade, the method comprises:
- providing a lifting yoke configured for holding a first web and/or a second web;
- lifting the lifting yoke holding the first web and/or the second web into the shell half;
- placing the lifting yoke on the inner surface of the shell half;
- gluing the first web and/or the second web to the shell half;
- detaching the first web and/or the second web from the lifting yoke;
- and
- removing the lifting yoke from the shell half.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.