Method for installation of sensors in rotor blades and installation apparatus
AssigneeTechnische Universität München
InventorsThorbjörn Buck, Lars Hoffmann, Mathias Müller, Rolf Wojtech
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method for installing at least one sensor device within a rotor blade of a wind turbine. A first substantially planar light beam is emitted in the interior of the rotor blade. Finally, at least one second substantially planar light beam is emitted in the interior of the rotor blade, wherein the plane of the first planar light beam is oriented at a predetermined angle to the plane of the second planar light beam. Further, the planes of the first and second planar light beams are aligned on the blade flange of the rotor blade. At least one sensor device is subsequently aligned in reference to the planar light beams.
Claims17
A method for the installation of at least one sensor device within a rotor blade of a wind turbine, comprising:
- emission of a first substantially planar light beam in the interior of the rotor blade;
- emission of at least a second substantially planar light beam in the interior of the rotor blade;
- wherein the plane of the first planar light beam is oriented at a predetermined angle to the plane of the second planar light beam, and wherein the planes of the first and second planar light beams are aligned on a blade flange of the rotor blade;
- and alignment of the at least one sensor device in reference to the planar light beams.
An installation apparatus for installation or at least one sensor device within a rotor blade of a wind turbine, comprising:
- a holding device, which is adapted for attachment to a blade flange of a rotor blade;
- a first laser line emission device attached to the holding device, which is adapted for emitting a first substantially planar light beam in the interior of the rotor blade;
- a second laser line emission device attached to the holding device, which is adapted for emitting a second substantially planar light beam in the interior of the rotor blade;
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- an alignment device for aligning the holding device to an angular coordinate of the blade flange.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.