Vestas Wind Systems A/s

Paul Todd

Leif Kappel Petersen

Karl Gregory

Joe Cuoghi

Adrian Edwards

Catherine Anne McCarroll

Nathaniel Colman

Catherine Anne Mccarroll

The present invention relates to a heating installation arrangement and a method of forming the heating installation arrangement for a wind turbine blade. The heating installation arrangement () for a wind turbine blade comprises a sleigh (), wherein the sleigh () forms a platform of the heating installation arrangement (), the sleigh further includes a recess (), wherein the recess () includes one or more connection points () for a corresponding one or more heating apparatus.

Heating installation arrangement

A bracket is described for clamping a mould to a supporting structure. The bracket includes a first part and a second part for attaching to the mould and to the supporting structure, respectively, or vice versa. The first and second parts are connected together and configured to provide constrained relative movement along a first axis to accommodate thermal expansion of the mould relative to the supporting structure in a first direction parallel to the first axis. The first and second parts of the bracket are connected via an articulated joint that allows the first and second parts to pivot relative to one another without moving the first axis such that the bracket can independently accommodate misalignments between the mould and the supporting structure.

Bracket for clamping a wind turbine blade mould to a supporting structure

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