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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2021
Applicant:
Vestas Wind Systems A/s, Aarhus N, DK;
Inventor:
Henrik Boas Dahl, Esbjerg, DK;
Assignee:
VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S, Aarhus N, DK;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 17/00 (2016.01); G01N 19/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 17/013 (2023.08); F03D 17/028 (2023.08); G01N 19/08 (2013.01); F05B 2260/83 (2013.01);
Abstract
In order to provide an improved and cost-efficient method and tool for performing a defect detection procedure aiming at the detection of a defect underneath an outer protection layer covering the leading edge of a wind turbine generator blade a method is described during which a tool tip is being biased against the surface of the outer protection layer while being guided over the outer protection layer and deviations in the uniformity of the at least one feedback value are sensed to identify potential defects. A tool and a detection unit suitable for the described method is also described.