Patent ID: 8347501

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade having a wind turbine blade spar, comprising: obtaining a lower part of a wind turbine blade mould, wherein the lower part of the wind turbine blade mould is supported by a support structure; providing a wind turbine blade shell in the lower part; positioning a wind turbine blade spar adjacent to the wind turbine blade mould; and engaging a root end of the wind turbine blade spar with a spar fixture that operates as a support between the root end of the wind turbine spar and at least one of the lower part of the wind turbine blade mould, the support structure that supports the lower part of the wind turbine blade mould, and the ground, wherein the spar fixture supports the wind turbine blade spar relative to the wind turbine blade shell to provide a fixed predetermined relative position between at least the root end of the wind turbine blade spar and at least a root end of the wind turbine blade shell in the wind turbine blade mould.