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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2016
Vestas Wind Systems A/s, Aarhus N., DK;
Karthik Krishnan Jamuna, Trivandrum, IN;
Vestas Wind Systems A/S, Aarhus N., DK;
Abstract
Apparatus for treating a surface of a wind turbine blade (), comprising an expandable structure () that is deployable from a collapsed state into an expanded state in which the structure defines an elongated treatment zone () into which a blade () is receivable in use. The apparatus includes treating means () arranged to apply a treatment in the treatment zone. Also provided is a method for treating a wind turbine blade () including: positioning a wind turbine blade in a substantially vertical orientation; locating an expandable structure () adjacent the wind turbine blade; deploying the expandable structure () about the blade () such that the expandable structure () defines an elongated treatment zone () which receives at least part of the blade (); and applying surface treatment to the surface of the blade () using the expandable structure ().