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Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 23, 2016
Applicant:

Vestas Wind Systems A/s, Aarhus N., DK;

Inventors:

Jonathan Smith, Burridge, GB;

Trevor Corsham, Newport, GB;

Steve Wardropper, New Milton, GB;

Assignee:

Vestas Wind Systems A/S, Aarhus N., DK;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 1/0675 (2013.01); F03D 1/065 (2013.01); F03D 1/0683 (2013.01); F05B 2230/604 (2013.01); F05B 2240/221 (2013.01); Y02E 10/72 (2013.01); Y02P 70/50 (2015.11);
Abstract

A web locating device for locating a shear web at a predefined location on an inner surface of a wind turbine blade shell is described. The base comprises a base and a first guide structure. The base is for securing to the inner surface of the blade shell at a predefined position on the inner surface and the first guide structure projects from the base. The first guide structure has a first guide surface arranged to guide a mounting portion of the shear web towards the predefined location on the inner surface of the wind turbine blade shell. The base of the device includes one or more alignment features for aligning with one or more reference features at the predefined position on the inner surface of the blade shell. Also described are a wind turbine blade, and a method of making a wind turbine blade.


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