MUMBAI, India, June 24 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617059528 A) filed by Vestas Wind Systems As on May 11, 2026, for A Wind Turbine Blade Handling Method.
Inventor includes Bech, Anton.
The application for the patent was published on June 12, 2026, under issue no. 24/2026.
Abstract: The invention provides a method for handling a blade (11) of a horizontal axis wind turbine (1), wherein the wind turbine comprises a tower (14), a nacelle (15) mounted on the tower, and a rotor hub (18) mounted to the nacelle, wherein the blade is elongated and extends from a blade root (111) to a blade tip (112), wherein, when the blade is mounted to the hub, a circular blade mounting flange (182) of the hub is in contact with the blade root (111), the method comprising a blade mounting procedure comprising - fixing in relation to the hub (18) a plurality of blade guide devices (411-414) so as to be distributed in a circumferential direction of the blade mounting flange (182), each blade guiding device protruding in a direction away from the hub (18) and in a non-zero angle to a plane formed by the mounting flange, - engaging a blade supporting arrangement (301) with the blade (11), - supporting the blade (11) by means of the engaged blade supporting arrangement (301), - providing contact between contact surfaces (4101) of the fixed blade guide devices (411-414) and the supported blade (11), at the blade root (111), and - moving, with the contact surfaces (4101) of the blade guide devices (411-414) in contact with the supported blade (11), at least one of the contact surfaces in a radial direction of the blade mounting flange (182).
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