US 12,350,899 B2
Wind turbine blade tool and method for producing a wind turbine blade
Manish Mukherjee, Eastleigh (GB); and Michael Lund-Laverick, Kolding (DK)
Assigned to BLADE DYNAMICS LIMITED, Eastleigh (GB); and LM WIND POWER A/S, Kolding (DK)
Appl. No. 17/616,415
Filed by Blade Dynamics Limited, Eastleigh (GB); and LM Wind Power A/S, Kolding (DK)
PCT Filed Jun. 4, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/065471
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 3, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/245263, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1907911 (GB), filed on Jun. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0314568 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. B29D 99/00 (2010.01); B29C 70/46 (2006.01); F03D 1/06 (2006.01)
CPC B29D 99/0028 (2013.01) [B29C 70/46 (2013.01); F03D 1/0675 (2013.01); F05B 2230/21 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A blade mould system for manufacturing of a wind turbine blade shell, the blade mould system comprising:
a blade mould having a moulding surface for defining an outer shape of a blade shell part, the blade shell part having an outer surface facing the moulding surface and an inner surface facing away from the moulding surface; and
a first placement tool being positioned at a first placement tool position relative to the blade mould, the placement tool being adaptable between a first configuration and a second configuration,
the first placement tool being configured to:
engage with a blade component being in a primary component position, the blade component being a glue flange for joining two half shells of a flat back wind turbine blade; and
position the blade component at a secondary component position relative to the moulding surface by the first placement tool attaining the second configuration, wherein the blade component is configured to be attached to the blade shell part in the secondary component position,
wherein the first placement tool comprises a first movable part and a first stationary part, and wherein the first movable part is rotatable relative to the first stationary part around a rotation axis,
wherein the first placement tool further comprises a first guiding part,
wherein the blade mould comprises a mould guiding part, and
wherein the first guiding part is configured to engage with the mould guiding part when the first placement tool is in the second configuration.