Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method of inspecting interior of wind turbine blade and inspection device for wind turbine blade
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Application No.: US16149639Application Date: 2018-10-02
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Publication No.: US10598608B2Publication Date: 2020-03-24
- Inventor: Naota Watanabe , Keisuke Ota
- Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
- Current Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Manabu Kanesaka
- Agent Kenneth Berner; Benjamin Hauptman
- Priority: JP2018-064103 20180329
- Main IPC: G01N21/954
- IPC: G01N21/954

Abstract:
Provided is a method that enables an interior of a wind turbine blade to be safely inspected. A method of inspecting an interior of a wind turbine blade includes the steps of: placing, in the wind turbine blade, an inspection unit including a support frame, at least one wheel rotatably provided to the support frame, and inspection equipment attached to a front portion of the support frame in a traveling direction; and conveying the inspection unit from a blade root portion toward a blade tip portion of the wind turbine blade. The conveying step includes connecting at least one extension bar to a back end portion of the inspection unit, and sending the inspection unit by pushing the extension bar toward the blade tip portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190302034A1 METHOD OF INSPECTING INTERIOR OF WIND TURBINE BLADE AND INSPECTION DEVICE FOR WIND TURBINE BLADE Public/Granted day:2019-10-03
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