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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2022
Vestas Wind Systems A/s, Aarhus, DK;
Aksel Petersen, Ringkøbing, DK;
Jack Zhen-zhe Chen, Vejle, DK;
Balachandra Udayavara, Chennai, IN;
Søren Bjørnsgaard Kristensen, Ringkøbing, DK;
Vestas Wind Systems A/S, Aarhus, DK;
Abstract
In a first example there is provided a method of servicing a wind turbine rotor blade. The blade comprises an outer shell defining an interior cavity, and the rotor blade is part of a rotor connected to a wind turbine. The method comprises arranging the rotor such that the 5 blade is in a first orientation, installing a work platform in the interior cavity of the blade when the blade is in the first orientation, and subsequently arranging the blade in a second orientation. The method further comprises using the work platform, when the blade is in the second orientation, to support a technician performing a service operation on the blade.