Improvements relating to the manufacture of wind turbines

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9944024
APP PUB NO 20160354984A1
SERIAL NO

14678033

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A production system for a wind turbine component is described. The system includes an elongate mold assembly extending in a longitudinal direction, the mold assembly comprising a mold surface and having a width that varies in the longitudinal direction. First and second tracks are defined respectively on opposite longitudinal sides of the mold surface. The perpendicular distance between the respective tracks varies along the length of the track. A transport assembly is moveable relative the mold assembly in the longitudinal direction. The transport assembly includes a pair of side supports arranged to move along the respective tracks, and a gantry supported above the mold assembly by the side supports. The gantry extends transverse to the longitudinal direction. The transport assembly is configured such that the side supports move relative to one another in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction in accordance with the varying distance between the tracks as the transport assembly moves in the longitudinal direction.

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VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/SAARHUS AARHUS REGION MIDTJYLLAND

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hedges, Andrew London Greater London, GB 23 252
Rajasingam, Damien East Cowes, GB 7 72

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