Patent ID: 8900037

Claim:
Grinding device ( 1 ) for the machine-based automated grinding of a surface ( 110 ) of a rotor blade ( 100 ), the rotor blade having a longitudinal axis direction (L) and a transverse axis direction (Q), the grinding device comprising: a belt grinding unit ( 10 ) having a continuous grinding belt ( 12 ) the continuous grinding belt ( 12 ) having a belt velocity imparted to it by a motor ( 20 ), the continuous grinding belt ( 12 ) having a portion that engages the surface ( 110 ) of the rotor blade ( 100 ), the portion of the grinding belt ( 12 ) that engages the surface ( 110 ) of the rotor blade ( 100 ) having a belt velocity in a direction that is transverse to the longitudinal axis direction (L) of the rotor blade ( 100 ); and at least one belt cleaning device ( 16 , 46 ) operating to clean a portion of the grinding belt ( 12 ) that is distal from the portion of the grinding belt ( 12 ) that is in contact with the surface ( 110 ) of the rotor blade ( 100 ).