Senvion Se

Repower Systems Ag

Senvion Gmbh

Repower Systems Se

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy Service Gmbh

Repower Ag

Senvion Deutschland Gmbh

Urs Bendel

Enno Eyb

Lenz Simon Zeller

Carsten Eusterbarkey

Peter Quell

Matthias Schubert

Markus Werner

Tilman Richers

Hendrik Mester

Martin Knops

Marc Petsche

Jochen Fuglsang-Petersen

Christian Flach

Karl Eichler

Jan-Peter Witthus

Julian Ramm

Karl-Hermann Oberender

Clemens Asmussen

A device and a method for manufacturing a rotor blade for a wind energy installation, wherein the rotor blade includes at least two rotor blade shells which are bonded together, includes a holding device arranged to hold a rotor blade shell such that at least one bonding surface on the rotor blade shell and/or on a web attached to the rotor blade shell is exposed. The bonding surface of the rotor blade shell can be bonded to a further rotor blade shell. The device further includes a robot arm arranged to apply adhesive to the at least one bonding surface, a carriage on which the robot arm is mounted, and a guide device mounted on the holding device. The carriage is mounted on the guide device so as to be movable. The guide device is arranged to guide the carriage and the robot arm along the holding device, in particular along the bonding surface.

Apparatus and method for manufacturing a rotor blade for a wind turbine, and a wind turbine

The invention relates to a production mold for a rotor blade of a wind turbine plant, having two mold half-shells () which during a production method of the rotor blade are disposed so as to be at least temporarily beside one another, and having at least one inner walkway () that runs along so as to be between the two mold half-shells (), characterized by at least one escape path () which runs along below at least one of the two mold half-shells ().

Escape path for a production mold of a rotor blade

The invention relates to a rotor blade of a wind power plant having two rotor blade half-shells (1, 21) with in each case a leading-edge periphery and a trailing-edge periphery (822), which rotor blade half-shells are adhesively fastened to each other along the leading-edge and trailing-edge peripheries (822) and which in case have a trailing-edge girder (3, 25), and each of the trailing-edge girders (3, 25) at least in certain sections is of rectangular design in a cross section along its longitudinal extent.

Trailing-edge girder with rectangular cross section

A method for manufacturing a rotor blade of a wind power plant which has an area close to the blade root in which the rotor blade has an obtuse rear edge. The method includes manufacturing a half-shell on the pressure side and a half-shell on the suction side, introducing and adhesively bonding filler bodies into at least one section of the area of the obtuse rear edge of the pressure-side half-shell and the suction-side half-shell, wherein the sections with the filler bodies lie opposite one another in the assembled rotor blade, assembling and positioning the half-shells relative to one another, wherein an adhesive gap which is delimited by the first adhesive surfaces of the filler bodies remains between the filler bodies, and introducing an adhesive medium into the adhesive gap. Also a rotor blade manufactured according to the method, and a wind power plant including such a rotor blade.

Method for manufacturing a rotor blade of a wind power plant, rotor blade and wind power plant

An apparatus and method for producing a rotor blade spar cap for a rotor blade of a wind turbine. The apparatus includes a mold, which has a cavity-like depression in cross section, in which material for a rotor blade spar cap can be placed, and a sheet-like mold covering for sealing off the depression. The depression has side walls, an opening bounded by the side walls and a base area between the side walls. In accordance with the method, fiber material and/or fiber-reinforced material is placed in the depression of the mold such that the material finishes flush with the side walls with respect to the height of the rotor blade spar cap, the depression is sealed off by the sheet-like mold covering, the material is fused together to form the rotor blade spar cap and the rotor blade spar cap is removed from the mold.

Apparatus and method for producing a rotor blade spar cap

A composite fiber component for a rotor blade of a wind power plant including a first sandwich core and a second sandwich core arranged next to each other, each having an inside facing a rotor blade interior and an outside facing a rotor blade exterior. A first fiber-containing laminate layer is arranged on the inside of the first sandwich core and on the outside of the second sandwich core. A second fiber-containing laminate layer is arranged on the outside of the first sandwich core and on the outside of the second sandwich core. And, a third fiber-containing laminate layer is arranged on the inside of the first sandwich core and on the inside of the second sandwich core. Also disclosed is a rotor blade for a wind power plant having a composite fiber component as disclosed.

Fibre composite component for the rotor blade of a wind turbine

The invention relates to a method for mounting a rotor blade with a rotor blade shell and an internal space defined by the rotor blade shell, by at least one rotor blade clamp being applied around the outside of the rotor blade shell, by means of which at least one clamping force is exerted from the outside to the rotor blade shell, directed into the internal space by at least one expansion device being introduced into the internal space, by the expansion device inside the internal space being moved into at least one segment of the rotor blade around which the at least one rotor blade clamp is applied, by the at least one expansion device being expanded inside the at least one segment until at least one outwardly-acting counteracting force is exerted from the inside on the rotor blade shell.

Method for mounting a rotor blade and assembly arrangement

The invention relates to a system and to a method for producing a rotor-blade spar cap with pultruded rods made of a fiber-reinforced material. According to the invention, the system includes at least one retaining apparatus for rotatably mounting at least one rod-layer roll with a rolled-up layer of pultruded rods arranged one beside the other, and a laminating mold for receiving layers of pultruded rods. The system further includes at least one guiding apparatus and additionally at least one trimming apparatus. The guiding apparatus is designed to guide onto the laminating mold a layer of pultruded rods which has been unrolled from a rod-layer roll. And, the trimming apparatus, for trimming the layers of pultruded rods, has a sawing apparatus and/or a milling apparatus.

System and method for producing a rotor blade spar cap

A bulkhead () of a wind turbine () to be arranged on a rotor blade connection of a rotor blade (), especially on a rotor hub (). The bulkhead () has a core body (). A layer () of fiberglass-reinforced plastic () is arranged on the core body () on both sides respectively and a metal layer body () is arranged on one side of the layer of fiberglass-reinforced plastic (). A method for producing a bulkhead () of a wind turbine (), which is arranged on a rotor blade connection of a rotor blade () and a use of a bulkhead () of a wind turbine ().

Bulkhead of a wind turbine

A rotor blade and a method and a manufacturing mold for the production of a rotor blade for a wind turbine, which extends longitudinally in the operational state from a blade root area to the connection to a rotor hub of the wind turbine and which is divided into at least two segments for its production, wherein at least one subdivision is provided approximately transverse to its longitudinal extension between the blade root area and the blade tip. The method facilitates and shortens the production of the rotor blade, in particular for a series production and to still provide the completed rotor blade as a familiar uniform rotor blade. In the method, the at least two segments, preferably after they have been at least partially produced or partially produced mainly parallel in time, are interconnected in an integration device.

Rotor blade for a wind turbine, method and manufacturing mold for the production thereof

The invention relates to a process for manufacturing a blade connection of a rotor blade for a wind energy system which comprises fastening elements for fastening the blade connection to a hub, which fastening elements are provided on a circular arc, preferably equidistant from each other. Furthermore, the invention relates to a blade connection and a fastening element for a blade connection. The invention is based on the problem of improving the fastening of a rotor blade on the hub of a wind energy system as well as improving the manufacture and/or making a suitable blade connection available. The invention solves this problem as regards the process in that fastening elements formed in pieces are arranged on the circular arc and spaced from each other with spacer elements.

Method for establishing a blade connection of a rotor blade, a blade connection and a securing element for a blade connection

A method for the production of a rotor blade () for a wind power plant, wherein the produced rotor blade () in its longitudinal extension, which extends from a rotor blade root () essentially to a rotor blade tip (), has at least one area, in which the rotor blade has an aerodynamic blade section (), which has a leading edge () and a trailing edge (), which are connected via a suction side () and a pressure side () of the blade section (), wherein at least a first and at least a second molded part () manufactured in the longitudinal direction of the rotor blade () are provided for a suction side () and a pressure side () of the rotor blade (), which are to be connected with each other in the areas of the leading edge () and the trailing edge (). A corresponding rotor blade () for a wind power plant and a wind power plant with a corresponding rotor blade ().

Rotor blade with drainage bore hole

A rotor blade attachment, in particular of a wind power plant, for the connection of a rotor blade with an attachment device, including a transverse pin and a connecting device, which can be brought together to establish an operative connection, wherein the connecting device defines a longitudinal axis. The rotor blade attachment is characterized in that the transverse pin in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the connecting device has a higher bending stiffness than transversally to the longitudinal axis. An alternative rotor blade attachment is characterized in that the transverse pins are arranged in at least two rows, wherein at least a first row is arranged closer to the blade-root-side end of the rotor blade than at least a second row.

Rotor blade attachment

The invention relates to a rotor blade attachment (), in particular of a wind power plant (), for the connection of a rotor blade () with an attachment device (), including a transverse pin (') and a connecting device (), which can be brought together to establish an operative connection, wherein the connecting device () defines a longitudinal axis. The rotor blade attachment () is characterized in that the transverse pin (&#x2032;) in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the connecting device has a higher bending stiffness than transversally to the longitudinal axis (). An alternative rotor blade attachment () is characterized in that the transverse pins (&#x2032;) are arranged in at least two rows (), wherein at least a first row () is arranged closer to the blade-root-side end () of the rotor blade () than at least a second row (). Another rotor blade attachment () is characterized in that the transverse pin (&#x2032;) is completely encapsulated by the rotor blade ().

A bulkhead for a wind turbine is provided. The wind turbine includes a rotor hub and a rotor blade operatively attached to the rotor hub. The rotor blade includes a blade root. The bulkhead includes multiple access openings with closable hatches and is arranged in or on the blade root or in the area between the blade root and the rotor hub.

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