Patent ID: 9506452
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: F03D,F05B,Y02E,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A method for installing a shear web insert between a blade segment and a blade insert of a rotor blade assembly, the blade segment including a first shear web and the blade insert including a second shear web, the method comprising: coupling a first positioning device along an inner surface of a first side of the rotor blade assembly, the first side of the rotor blade assembly corresponding to one of a pressure side or a suction side of the rotor blade assembly, an opposite second side of the rotor blade assembly corresponding to the other of the pressure side or the suction side of the rotor blade assembly; inserting the shear web insert horizontally between the first and second shear webs until a first side face of the shear web insert engages the first positioning device, the shear web insert including a second side face opposite the first side face, the shear web insert extending vertically between the first and second sides of the rotor blade assembly; and after the shear web insert has been inserted between the first and second shear webs so as to engage the first side face of the shear web insert with the first positioning device, coupling a first retention device along the inner surface of the first side of the rotor blade assembly so that the first retention device is positioned adjacent to a second side face of the shear web insert, the shear web insert being positioned horizontally between the first positioning device and the first retention device.