Patent ID: 8409381

Claim:
A method for bonding component parts of a wind turbine blade along a bond line, comprising: placing at least one barrier within an internal cavity of the blade at a defined bond line width along the length of the bond line; defining a plurality of spaced apart external access ports along the bond line, into the internal cavity; sequentially injecting a bond paste into the plurality of access ports to fill the bond line; wherein the method is used to form a bond line between upper and lower shell members of the turbine blade; wherein the sequentially injecting step includes injecting the bond paste into a plurality of hoses at the external access ports, wherein the injecting step is sequenced to a next subsequent hose upon detection of the bond paste at the respective next subsequent hose; and wherein presence of the bond paste at the next subsequent hose is determined by detecting a change in air pressure in the hose caused by the presence of the bond paste within the internal cavity migrating to the hose.