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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2018
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Ulrich Werner Neumann, Simpsonville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for manufacturing a wind turbine rotor blade that can be easily lifted and lowered to and from a rotor installed atop a tower. The method includes providing a plurality of root inserts for a blade root of the blade and securing at least one cylindrical member to one of the root inserts such that the cylindrical member is substantially perpendicular with the root insert. The method also includes arranging the root inserts in a blade mold of the blade and forming a blade shell with the plurality of root inserts laminated therein. The method may further include securing at least one attachment component within each of the cylindrical members so as to provide an attachment location for a pulley cable used to lift and lower the rotor blade to and from the rotor installed atop the tower.