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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2021
Filed:
May. 24, 2017
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Danilo Veljkovic, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Brian Scott Redmon, Baker, FL (US);
Roland Joseph Menassa, Macomb, MI (US);
Thomas Merzhaeuser, Munich, DE;
Daniel Alan Hynum, Greenville, SC (US);
Alan M. Walker, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Shridhar Champaknath Nath, Niskayuna, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to a method of assembly of a rotor blade for a wind turbine. The method includes placing a first rotor blade section onto a first set location of an assembly fixture, wherein the first rotor blade includes a first locating datum such that the assembly fixture at the first set location constrains movement of the first rotor blade section at the first locating datum along a first direction; placing the first rotor blade section onto a second set location of the assembly fixture, wherein the first rotor blade includes a second locating datum such that the assembly fixture at the second set location constrains movement of the first rotor blade section at the second locating datum along a second direction; and positioning a second rotor blade section onto the first rotor blade section within the assembly fixture.