US 11,939,947 B2
Method of shaping an edge seal for a rotor blade add-on
Giridhar Ramanujam, Brande (DK)
Assigned to SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY A/S, (DK)
Appl. No. 17/435,842
Filed by Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S, Brande (DK)
PCT Filed Mar. 9, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/056258
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 2, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/182762, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19161709 (EP), filed on Mar. 8, 2019; and application No. 19189612 (EP), filed on Aug. 1, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0154685 A1, May 19, 2022
Int. Cl. F03D 1/06 (2006.01)
CPC F03D 1/0675 (2013.01) [F05B 2230/10 (2013.01); F05B 2230/31 (2013.01); F05B 2230/90 (2013.01); F05B 2240/303 (2020.08); F05B 2250/62 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of shaping an initial edge seal along a longitudinal edge step of an add-on part mounted on an outer surface of a rotor blade, which method comprises:
providing the initial edge seal along the longitudinal edge step of the add-on part mounted on the outer surface of the rotor blade,
removing a top layer of the initial edge seal.