Patent ID: 7665273

Claim:
A method for generating a substantially uninterrupted connection of peripheral wall portions of two adjacent tubular segments each provided with flanges having holes therein, of a tower, wherein the method comprises: arranging a first tubular segment and a second tubular segment with said flanges thereof facing each other and said holes in said flanges aligned with each other, connecting said tubular segments by prefastening screws extending through said aligned holes in said flanges, forming into a side of the tubular segments opposite to the flanges a notch of a predetermined width at least at a location of said contacting flanges where a gap, exists, inserting into said notch at least one insert part having a width substantially equal to the width of said notch, and completely fastening said screws connecting said flanges of said tubular segments providing a substantially uninterrupted connection of said peripheral wall portions of said tubular segments through said at least one insert part.