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Rotor blade inspection rig

US11143168B2 · kind B2 · utility

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14Claims

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Assignee

WP SYSTEMS GMBH · SE

Inventors

Holger Müller · Recklinghausen, DE
Jan Boesner · Dresden, DE
Robert Hofner · Ashdod, IL
Ole Renner · Dresden, DE
Michael Zavesky · Dresden, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 14, 2017
Grant date	Oct 12, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 14, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E10/72
WIPO fieldCivil engineering
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

Disclosed is a rotor blade inspection device having a maintenance chamber through which a rotor blade can pass vertically, wherein the floor opening and a roof opening, through which the rotor blade can pass, are arranged in the chamber floor and in the chamber roof of the maintenance chamber, characterized in that the maintenance chamber is arranged on a supporting frame, and in that the bracing frame can be supported on a tower of a wind turbine, and in that the chamber floor and the chamber roof of the maintenance chamber are respectively designed as a diaphragm system in order to minimize a gap between the floor opening or roof opening and the rotor blade.

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