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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2013
Applicant:
Vestas Wind Systems A/s, Aarhus N., DK;
Inventors:
Andrew Hedges, London, GB;
Byungwoo Lee, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Vestas Wind Systems A/S, Aarhus N., DK;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/38 (2006.01); B29C 70/34 (2006.01); B29C 70/54 (2006.01); B29C 31/08 (2006.01); B66C 19/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/541 (2013.01); B29C 31/085 (2013.01); B29C 70/34 (2013.01); B29C 70/38 (2013.01); B66C 19/00 (2013.01); B29L 2031/085 (2013.01); Y02P 70/523 (2015.11);
Abstract
An apparatus for positioning sheets of material in a wind turbine blade mold to form a shell of a wind turbine blade, the mold having a mold surface defining the profile of a portion of the shell, the apparatus comprising: a rail that, in use, is mounted proximate to the mold and follows a path in a direction along the longitudinal length of the mold; and a sheet mounting apparatus coupled to the rail, the mounting apparatus configured to releasably hold a sheet of material and to move along the rail.