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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2007
Jamie Livingston, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Dirk Jan Kootstra, Beekbergen, NL;
Jamie Livingston, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Dirk Jan Kootstra, Beekbergen, NL;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An integrated shipping and alignment fixture for shipping and aligning a jointed multi-section wind turbine blade is provided. The fixture includes a first shipping fixture supporting a first end of a section of the multi-section wind turbine blade; a second shipping fixture supporting a second end of a section of the multi-section wind turbine blade; supports on the the first shipping fixture and the second shipping fixture for retaining one end of the section of the wind turbine blade; an aligning device for aligning a detached section of the multi-section wind turbine blade with a retained section of the wind turbine blade; and a clamping device for clamping a detached section with a retained section.