Abstract: Provided is a mold adapted for producing a wind turbine blade, including a first carrier and a shell for accommodating blade building elements to be embedded in a resin matrix for building a blade body part, which shell is placed on the first carrier, and a second carrier changeable in its length and elongating the first carrier adapted to accommodate a prefabricated blade tip to be connected to the blade body part when the blade body part is built.

Abstract: A method for assembling blade parts of a wind turbine blade includes the steps of: obtaining information about a connection area of a blade part, at least one of selecting, customizing and manufacturing an adaptor piece depending on the obtained information about the connection area of the blade part, wherein the adaptor piece serves to connect the blade part with at least another blade part, and connecting the blade part to the adaptor piece. Independently manufactured blade parts of a wind turbine blade are assembled in a manner such that the assembled blade comes as close as possible to a single-casted blade.

Abstract: A blade for a wind turbine includes: a suction side and a pressure side extending between a leading edge and the trailing edge, an energy distribution system having at least one external portion protruding from the suction side or the pressure side, at least one aerodynamic element attached to the suction side or the pressure side for aerodynamically shielding the external portion of the energy distribution system.

Abstract: A mold for manufacturing a wind turbine blade, including: a lower mold component, and an upper mold component, wherein the lower mold component and the upper mold component form a mold cavity in the shape of a wind turbine blade, and the upper mold component includes at least two upper mold parts is provided. The required floor-to-ceiling height of a production hall is decreased and the required lifting capacity of a crane is lowered.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a wind turbine blade having a blade body including a body part and a tip part, the blade being produced by using a mold, wherein a prefabricated tip part having a first connection interface is arranged adjacent to the mold for producing the body part, whereby building elements for building the body part are arranged in the mold providing a second connection interface which corresponds to and connects to the first connection interface, whereafter both connection interfaces are fixed by applying a fixing agent and curing it.

Abstract: A modular molding device for creating a mold for a blade segment of a wind turbine blade of a wind turbine, the modular molding device including: a flexible support plate forming the mold for the blade segment, at least one bending apparatus including at least a first end and a second end, the at least one bending apparatus attached to the support plate and configured to bend the support plate from a first support plate shape to at least one second support plate shape, and at least one connection means, which is configured to removably connect the flexible support plate of the modular molding device with at least one connection of a flexible support plate of another modular molding device is provided. Moreover, a molding system and a method for creating a mold for a blade segment of a wind turbine blade of a wind turbine is also provided.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a wind turbine blade includes the steps of: a) arranging a first pre-casted blade segment adjacent to a second pre-casted blade segment, b) arranging a fiber lay-up in a connection region between the first pre-casted blade segment and the second pre-casted blade segment, c) covering the connection region with a vacuum cover, d) applying vacuum to a space covered by the vacuum cover, and e) infusing the connection region with a resin and curing the resin. Manufacturing the wind turbine blade by connecting pre-casted segments with each other by vacuum-assisted infusion of resin of added fibers and curing the resin simplifies the manufacturing process. This is in particular the case for very large blades.

Abstract: A wind turbine blade is provided including at least one laminate structure, and at least one connection terminal element, wherein the laminate structure includes a panel core embedded between at least one first laminate layer and at least one second laminate layer, wherein the connection terminal element is arranged in a corresponding opening of the panel core between the first laminate layer and the second laminate layer, wherein the connection terminal element includes at least one first connection portion connected to an embedded electrical conductor embedded in the laminate structure and/or at least one second connection portion adapted to be connected to at least one further electrical conductor arranged outside of the laminate structure.

Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a wind turbine rotor blade, which method includes the steps of preparing a mold by forming a partial negative leading-edge profile in a first mold half, which partial negative leading-edge profile includes a plurality of first indentations along a leading edge region of the first mold half; forming a partial negative leading-edge profile in a second mold half, which partial negative leading-edge profile includes a complementary plurality of second indentations along a leading edge region of the second mold half; and wherein the combined shape of a first indentation and a complementary second indentation corresponds to the negative shape of a leading-edge fin that will extend radially outward from the body of the rotor.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a wind turbine blade having a blade body including a body part and a tip part, the blade being produced by using a mold, wherein a prefabricated tip part having a first connection interface is arranged adjacent to the mold for producing the body part, whereby building elements for building the body part are arranged in the mold providing a second connection interface which corresponds to and connects to the first connection interface, whereafter both connection interfaces are fixed by applying a fixing agent and curing it.

Abstract: A wind turbine blade for a wind turbine is provided, the wind turbine blade including: an electrical conductor for conducting lighting strikes towards a hub of the wind turbine, a fiber sock fully enclosing the electrical conductor when seen in cross-section, a support element, and at least one finger connecting the support element and the fiber sock, the fiber sock, the support element and the at least one finger being made of electrically conductive fibers for conducting lightning strikes from the support element to the electrical conductor. Such a fiber sock mitigates the risk of delamination around the electrical conductor resulting from injected high voltages in case of lightning strikes.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a wind turbine blade shell, wherein the wind turbine blade shell is fabricated in a casting process using a mould and a plurality of shell components, includes the steps of: providing the mould and the plurality of shell components, providing at least one alignment mark at the mould and/or at one or more shell components placed in the mould, providing at least one marker at the position of the at least one alignment mark, and arranging the or further shell components in the mould and casting the wind turbine blade shell.

Abstract: Provided is a leading-edge protector for a wind turbine rotor blade, including a curved body shaped for attachment to the rotor blade along at least a section of its leading edge; a plurality of fins, each fin extending radially outward from the curved body and terminating in a blunt outer face; and a plurality of reinforcement bands, wherein a reinforcement band is attached to the blunt outer face of a fin. Also provided is a method of manufacturing such a leading-edge protector.

Abstract: A method for assembling blade parts of a wind turbine blade includes the steps of: obtaining information about a connection area of a blade part, at least one of selecting, customizing and manufacturing an adaptor piece depending on the obtained information about the connection area of the blade part, wherein the adaptor piece serves to connect the blade part with at least another blade part, and connecting the blade part to the adaptor piece. Independently manufactured blade parts of a wind turbine blade are assembled in a manner such that the assembled blade comes as close as possible to a single-casted blade.

Abstract: An alignment device for aligning multiple beams for a spar cap of a wind turbine blade of a wind turbine with respect to each other is provided. The alignment device includes a support plate, which is configured so that the multiple beams can be placed on a top side of the support plate, two limit stops, which are configured to partially enclose the multiple beams, at least one bending apparatus attached to the support plate and configured to bend the support plate, a vibration apparatus attached to the support plate and/or the at least one bending apparatus, whereby the vibration apparatus is configured to vibrate the support plate and/or the bending apparatus, so that the multiple beams become aligned with respect to each other is provided. A method for aligning multiple beams for a spar cap of a wind turbine blade of a wind turbine is also provided.

Abstract: Provided is a wind turbine blade spar cap for a wind turbine blade for a wind turbine, the wind turbine blade including a down conductor, the wind turbine blade spar cap including at least one carbon element and at least one conductive layer, wherein the at least one carbon element and the at least one conductive layer are electrically connected, and at least one conductive profile to electrically connect the at least one conductive layer to the down conductor of the wind turbine blade, wherein the conductive profile is electrically connected to the at least one conductive layer and wherein the conductive profile is arranged at the wind turbine blade spar cap. Also provided is a wind turbine blade including a spar cap and a wind turbine including wind turbine blades.

Abstract: Provided is a beam for a wind turbine blade of a wind turbine, whereby the beam is made from a composite material including a matrix and a reinforcement. The beam includes at least one recessed longitudinal end section in which the beam includes at least one longitudinal recess arranged in a longitudinal direction or substantially a longitudinal direction of the beam extending from a longitudinal mid-section of the beam to a longitudinal end of the beam, so that the at least one longitudinal recess separates the beam into adjacent longitudinal beam portions, whereby the longitudinal beam portions are attached to the longitudinal mid-section.

Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a shell of a wind turbine blade having improved leading edge erosion protection, wherein the method includes the steps of: (a) providing a preform of the shell, (b) providing a protective cover for protection of the shell, (c) arranging the protective cover at a portion of a leading edge of the shell, so that an erosion protected shell is obtained, and (d) casting the erosion protected shell, so that the shell of the wind turbine blade having the improved erosion protection is obtained. Also provided is a method of manufacturing the wind turbine blade and to a shell, a wind turbine blade and a wind turbine.

Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing an adaptable pre-cast resin-infused carbon-fiber beam, which method includes the steps of arranging a plurality of elongate carbon-fiber blocks side by side; arranging sheets to enclose the blocks and to extend over opposing faces of adjacent blocks; arranging the sheets to converge as an outwardly projecting elongate bead at a junction between adjacent blocks; and pulling on the elongate bead to inhibit resin flow between blocks during a resin infusion step. Also provided is a pre-cast adaptable carbon-fiber beam manufactured using that method; a method of manufacturing a wind turbine rotor blade; and a wind turbine rotor blade.

Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing at least a portion of rotor blade for a wind turbine, the method including: casting at least a portion of an rotor blade outer surface using a casting material thereby at least partially embedding at least one fluid convey tube into the casting material, the fluid convey tube being provided for conveying fluid into or out of a deformable container for adjusting an adjustable flow regulating device of the rotor blade.