Method of automatic manufacture of a modular wind turbine blade
The method of using labeled, modular fibre-panels in wind turbine blade manufacturing addresses labor-intensive production and transportation issues by enabling automated assembly, reducing manual labor and transportation challenges while maintaining cost-effectiveness.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- WO · WO
- Patent Type
- Applications
- Current Assignee / Owner
- YUANJIAN WIND POWER JIANGYINENVISION ENERGY CO LTD
- Filing Date
- 2024-12-28
- Publication Date
- 2026-07-02
AI Technical Summary
The existing methods for manufacturing wind turbine blades are labor-intensive, require large production facilities, and face challenges in transporting and handling long blades due to their size, with prior solutions failing to efficiently reduce manual labor and facilitate the use of small, transportable components.
A method involving the use of flat, individually constructed and labeled modular fibre-panels, arranged in specific predetermined positions within blade moulds using an automatic or semi-automatic assembly guided by visual and distance recognition systems, utilizing fibre-panel and mould labels to optimize the layup process.
This approach significantly reduces the need for manual labor, enables efficient production of wind turbine blades without pre-shaped preforms, and allows for cost-effective, flexible manufacturing with reduced transportation challenges.
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Abstract
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METHOD OF AUTOMATIC MANUFACTURE OF A MODULAR WIND TURBINE BLADETECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a wind turbine blade utilizing a plurality of individually constructed modular fibre-panels. Furthermore, the invention relates to a wind turbine blade manufactured according to the method according to the present invention.BACKGROUND
[0002] Wind is an increasingly popular source of renewable and clean energy causing limited pollution. Wind turbine blades are carefully designed to maximize efficiency and especially off-shore wind turbine blades exceed 80 or even 100 meters in length.
[0003] Wind turbine rotor blades are typically made from a fibre-reinforced polymer material, comprising a pressure side shell half and a suction side shell half, also called blade halves. The cross-sectional profile of a typical blade includes an airfoil for creating an air flow leading to a pressure difference between both sides. The resulting lift force generates torque for producing electricity.
[0004] As the length of wind turbine blade increases, the production of the blade requires more intricate processes and larger and more complicated production faculties on top of the huge issue arising from the need of transporting a 100-meter-long wind turbine blade from the production site to the installation site.
[0005] As the size of wind turbine blade has increased, the use of so called preforms for the production of the wind turbine blade has increased. A preform, is as the name suggests a pre-shaped or pre-formed arrangement of fibers, usually multiple layers of fibers, which has been bound and / or consolidated and then shaped or formed into a specific geometric shape for aligning with the blade mould, for later use as part of the fibre lay-up in the blade mould. The rationale for using preforms for blade manufacturing is to reduce cycle time in the blade mould.
[0006] Typically, multiple preforms will be used in manufacturing a wind turbine blade, though in some cases only one or a couple of preforms is used for each shell. This usually requires large production facilities for the manufacturing and storing of both the pre-shaped preforms and the materials needed for the production. Even more importantly, the process of manufacturing a wind turbine blade is mostly done by manual labor, thus being very time consuming and expensive. There have been attempts to solve the issue of man-power needed for turbine blade production, mainly focusing on utilizing even bigger blade components and equipment, thus requiring bigger manufacturing facilities.
[0007] Conventionally, turbine components for wind farms, in particular the wind turbine blades, are manufactured in permanent factories at fixed, central locations. The wind turbine components, in particular the wind turbine blades, are then transported to local locations at which the wind turbines are assembled and installed. Wind turbine blades often have a significant size, where the length of a modem wind turbine blade may for example be more than 80 meters. This makes them challenging to handle both during manufacturing of the blades and especially during transportation from the manufacturing plant to a its destination or wind turbine site. Therefore, the distance and logistics for transporting the wind turbine blades from the fixed, permanent factories to the local installation sites may be long and complex, including needing special access to roads, such as closing down other traffic thereby increasing the overall transport costs.
[0008] WO2019006353 discloses a method of optimizing a layup process utilizing model-based calibration method for alignment, utilizing a laser projection system to draw mould features digitally, any difference between the features of the actual utilized blade shell components and projected features according to the manufacturing model are identified and where digital location of reflectors is utilized to compensate for the mould deformations. Even though it is disclosed to create a model of the blade, this model is utilized for quality control, or for limiting errors and deformation in the blade shell produced, and not for limiting the manual labour utilized.
[0009] WO2021 / 239954A discloses a method utilizing a specific production assembly for arranging a plurality of preforms in a wind turbine mould and a wind turbine blade produced by use of the production assembly. The disclosure focuses on the production assembly and is clear from the disclosure ad figures that the preforms will be pre-shaped and relatively large, with multiple variations in geometry, including their 3-dimensional structure or curvature. Thus, though the disclosure regards utilizing a production assembly for the production, the pre-formed preformed disclosed are large and pre-shaped and therefore not suited for transport from the production site of the pre-shaped preforms to the production site of a wind turbine blade.
[0010] WO2021151569 discloses a method for manufacturing a wind turbine blade shell in a casting process utilizing a plurality of shell components and a mould, utilizing alignment marking on the shell components and / or the mould, and utilizing said alignment marking during the placement of the shell components in the mould. The markings disclosed are used for enabling manual detection.
[0011] However, none of the above-mentioned prior art solutions solves the main issue of limiting the use of manual labour, while still utilizing small components that do not require large manufacturing facilities.SUMMARY
[0012] It is therefore one object of the present invention to provide a cost efficient and easily implementable way of automatic or semi-automatic method for producing a wind turbine blade utilising flat and easily transportable fibre-panels that have not been pre-shaped, as traditional preforms.
[0013] It is another object of the present invention to provide a cost efficient and easily implementable way of automatic or semi-automatic method for producing a wind turbine blade by utilising flat and easily transportable fibre-panels, that are arranged in specific predetermined positions in the blade moulds according to a specific predetermined layup sequence according to the blade design, utilizing an automatic production assembly for arranging the fibre panels in the blade shell mould, the automatic production assembly utilizing labelling of mould and / or the fibre-panels and a blade design.
[0014] The present invention addresses one or more of the above-mentioned objects by providing a method of manufacturing a wind turbine comprising the steps of: - providing a blade design; - providing a first blade shell mould adapted for achieving a first blade shell comprising one or more shell-labels and / or a second blade shell mould adapted for achieving a second blade shell comprising one or more shell-labels; - providing a plurality of individually constructed and labelled modular fibre-panels, each individual modular fibre-panel comprising one or more fibre-panel label; - arranging the plurality of individually constructed modular fibre-panels in the first and / or the second blade shell mould;
[0015] where the step of arranging is performed utilizing the one or more fibre-panel labels and / or the one or more shell-labels according to the blade design.
[0016] One or more of the above-mentioned objects is further accomplished by a method of producing a wind turbine blade comprising the steps: - providing a production assembly; - providing one or more visual recognition means and / or one or more distance recognition means; - providing a controller system communicatively coupled to the production assembly, said controller system configured to receive data from the visual recognition means and / or the distance recognition means and to transmit data to the production assembly;
[0017] where the controller system comprises a processor and a computer readable medium having stored instructions configured to: - interpret the data from the one or more fibre-panel labels and / or the one or more mould panel labels, and - instruct the production assembly to perform the acts of arranging the plurality of individually constructed and labelled modular fiber-panels according to the fibre-panel labels and / or the one or more mould label according to the blade design.
[0018] It has been discovered that it is possible to manufacture a wind turbine blade without the need for pre-shaped preforms, by utilizing the method and plurality of individually constructed and labelled fibre-panels and labelled blade shell moulds provided by the present invention, and where the labels are utilized for controlling the production assembly, either fully automatically or semi-automatically, thereby considerably limiting the need for manual labour during the manufacturing process.
[0019] The present invention further addresses one or more of the above-mentioned objects by providing a modular wind turbine blade manufactured by the method provided by the present invention, where the assembly of the modular wind turbine blade is directly derived from a 3D model comprising a digital representation of the modular wind turbine blade design, such that the manufacturing method is guided and optimized based on said 3D model.
[0020] One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade, including the step of providing a blade design, the blade design comprising the specifications of the blade to be produced, such as the geometric specifications of the blade, such as the length, width and curvature of the blade, the physical properties of the blade, such as strength, weight and other traditional properties to be considered by a person skilled in the art during the production of a wind turbine blade.
[0021] As the blade design comprises the geometric specifications for the blade to be produced, the blade design is utilized for calculating and specifying the number of flat individually constructed fibre-panels and the design requirements for each flat modular individually constructed fibre-panel, such as the width, length, bonding method and / or type of fibre material used.
[0022] In one embodiment of the present invention, a method of manufacturing a wind turbine is provided comprising the step of providing a predetermined placement sequence for arranging or placing the plurality of individual modular fibre-panel in the first and / or the second blade shell mould.
[0023] One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade, where the step of providing a plurality of individually constructed modular fibre-panels, comprises the step of providing a predetermined placement sequence and stack the individually constructed modular fibre-panels in stacks according to the predetermined placement sequence.
[0024] One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade, including the step of providing a blade design, where the blade design includes multiple specific positions within each mould, each specific position appointed for a specific individual modular fibre-panel. In another embodiment of the present invention, a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade is provided, where each individual modular fibre-panel is constructed for its appointed specific predetermined position in either the first or the second blade mould. In another embodiment of the present invention, a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade is provided where each individual modular fibre-panel is specifically designed according to its appointed specific predetermined position in either the first or the second blade mould. In another embodiment of the present invention, a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade is provided where each individual modular fibre-panel is comprises a specific individual design, the specific individual fibre-panel design constructed according to said fibre-panels appointed specific predetermined position in either the first or the second blade mould.
[0025] One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade providing a cost efficient and easily implementable method of producing a wind turbine blade is provided, where individually constructed modular fibre-panels are utilized, and where the individually constructed modular fibre-panels are arranged in specific predetermined positions in the blade moulds according to a specific predetermined layup sequence according to the blade design.
[0026] One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade providing a blade design comprising layers of positions, partly or fully overlapping each other, such that there will be multiple layers of flat individually constructed fibre-panels, arranged partly and / or fully overlapping each other in the blade mould.
[0027] One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade providing blade design, where the specific predetermined positions are arranged in two or more rows, along the longitudinal axis of the blade shell mould. Another embodiment of the present invention provides a blade design, where the specific predetermined positions for each shell blade mould include a starting position, constructed for the starting individually constructed modular fibre-panel, that is the individually constructed modular fibre-panel that is arranged first within said shell blade mould. Yet another embodiment of the present invention provides a blade design, where the specific predetermined positions for each shell blade mould are arranged in two or more rows and include a starting position, for the individually constructed modular fibre-panel that is arranged first within said shell blade mould, said starting position is arranged in one of the two or more rows.
[0028] Yet another embodiment of the present invention provides a blade design, where the specific predetermined positions for each shell blade mould are arranged in two or more rows and include a starting position, for the individually constructed modular fibre-panel that is arranged first within said shell blade mould, said starting position is arranged in one of the two or more rows.
[0029] One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade, where the specific predetermined positions for each shell blade mould are arranged in two or more rows, comprise a starting position, assigned to the starting individually constructed modular fibre-panel, and where said starting position is arranged in the root section of the blade shell mould.
[0030] One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade, where the specific predetermined positions for each shell blade mould are arranged in two or more rows, comprise a starting position, assigned to the starting individually constructed modular fibre-panel, and where said starting position is arranged in the tip section of the blade shell mould.
[0031] One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade providing a blade design comprising specific predetermined positions, arranged in two or more rows, along the longitudinal axis of the first blade shell mould and / or the second blade shell mould, the two or more rows comprising a leading edge row and a trailing edge row, and where the specific predetermined positions comprise a starting position, appointed to the starting individually constructed modular fibre-panel to be arranged first within said first blade shell mould and / or said second blade shell mould and where the starting position is arranged in the leading edge row or the trailing edge row of said first blade shell mould and / or said second blade shell mould.
[0032] One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade providing a blade design comprising specific predetermined positions, arranged in two or more rows, along the longitudinal axis of a blade shell mould, where he two or more rows comprise a leading edge row and a trailing edge row, and where the specific predetermined positions comprise a starting position, appointed to the starting individually constructed modular fibre-panel to be arranged first within said blade shell mould and where the starting position is arranged in the leading edge row.
[0033] One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade providing a blade design comprising specific predetermined positions, arranged in two or more rows, along the longitudinal axis of a blade shell mould, where he two or more rows comprise a leading edge row and a trailing edge row, and where the specific predetermined positions comprise a starting position, appointed to the starting individually constructed modular fibre-panel to be arranged first within said blade shell mould and where the starting position is arranged in the leading edge row.
[0034] One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade providing a blade design comprising specific predetermined positions, arranged in two or more rows, along the longitudinal of the first blade shell mould and / or the second blade shell mould, the two or more rows comprising a leading edge row and a trailing edge row, and where the specific predetermined positions comprise a starting position, appointed to the starting individually constructed modular fibre-panel to be arranged first within said first blade shell mould and / or said second blade shell mould and where the starting position is arranged in the root section of the leading edge row or the trailing edge row of said first blade shell mould and / or said second blade shell mould.
[0035] One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade, where the step of providing a plurality of individually constructed modular fibre-panels further comprises the steps of: - providing one individually constructed modular starting fibre-panel constructed for a specific starting predetermined position within the first shell mould; and / or - providing one individually constructed modular starting fibre-panel constructed for a specific starting predetermined position in the second blade shell mould.
[0036] In one embodiment of the present invention, a blade design is provided comprising layers of positions, partly or fully overlapping each other, such that there will be multiple layers of flat individually constructed fibre-panels, arranged partly and / or fully overlapping each other in the blade mould.
[0037] One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade providing a plurality of individually constructed modular fibre-panels, where each individually constructed modular fibre-panel comprises one or more label. In another embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of individually constructed modular fibre-panels is provided, where each individually constructed modular fibre-panel comprises one or more label and where at least of the one or more labels is visually recognizable. In yet another embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of individually constructed modular fibre-panels is provided, where each individually constructed modular fibre-panel is labelled by printing, stitching, painting, burning, thermal marking, embossing, engraving, caring and / or cutting the fibre-panels. In yet another embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of individually constructed modular fibre-panels is provided, where each individually constructed modular fibre-panel is labelled with at least one visually recognizable label by printing, stitching, painting, burning, thermal marking, embossing, engraving, caring and / or cutting the fibre-panels.
[0038] One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade providing a plurality of individually constructed modular fibre-panels, where each modular fibre-panel is divided into different labelling zones. In another embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of individually constructed modular fibre-panels is provided, where each modular fibre-panel is divided into different labelling zones and where one or more labels are placed within different labelling zones. In yet another embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of individually constructed modular fibre-panels is provided, where each modular fibre-panel is divided into different labelling zones and where one or more labels are placed within different labelling zones, the placement of individual labels depending on the information each individual label represents.
[0039] One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade providing a plurality of individually constructed modular fibre-panels where each individually constructed modular fibre-panel comprises one or more label. In another embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of individually constructed modular fibre-panels is provided comprising one or more label, where the one or more labels comprises any one or more of the following information: - position information, indicating the intended predetermined positions of the modular fibre-panel; - centre information indicating the centre of the modular fibre-panel; - row information, indicating the row of the intended predetermined position; - direction information indicating the intended direction of the modular fibre-panel; - longitudinal alignment information, indicating the longitudinal or lengthwise alignment of the modular fibre-panel; - horizontal alignment information, indicating the horizontal or crosswise alignment of the modular fibre-panel; - overlap information, indicating the overlap between neighbouring fibre-panels; - number information, indicating the number of the modular fibre-panel within the predetermined placement sequence; - edge information, where the edges of individually constructed and labelled modular fibre-panels act as labels, indicating the size and design of the modular fibre-panels; and - tolerance information indicating the tolerance allowance for the arrangement of a modular fibre-panel at the specific position.
[0040] One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade providing a plurality of individually constructed and labelled modular fibre-panels where the starting individually constructed modular fibre-panel is first arranged in the starting position, in the row comprising the starting position, and where one or more labels on the starting individually constructed modular fibre-panel are utilized for arranging the second individually constructed modular fibre-panel in the row comprising the starting position.
[0041] The fibre-panels labels can be different visible markers or labels, adapted for visual recognition of any kind, such as by camera, infrared sensor, camera sensors or by the human eye. They are provided for marking specific fibre-panel information, such as the number of either the individually constructed modular fibre-panel or of the position assigned to the individually constructed modular fibre-panel, alignment markers, overlap markers, number of row and / or other relevant information.
[0042] One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade, providing a plurality of individually constructed and labelled modular fibre-panels where the fibre-panels comprises one or more human recognizable fibre-panel labels, such as a numbers, text, lines, crosses or other human recognizable labels.
[0043] One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade comprising the following steps: - providing a blade design; - providing a blade shell mould comprising one or more shell-labels, - providing a plurality of individually constructed modular fibre-panels labelled with one or more fibre- panel labels; - providing one individually constructed modular starting fibre-panel for the blade shell mould, the individually constructed modular starting fibre-panel constructed to be the first individually constructed modular fibre-panel arranged within the blade shell mould; - providing a predetermined placement sequence for placing the plurality of individually constructed modular fibre-panels in the blade shell mould according to the blade design, - assigning each individually constructed modular fibre-panel with a specific predetermined position within the blade shell mould; the specific predetermined positions arranged in a leading edge row and a trailing edge row; - assigning the individually constructed modular starting fibre-panel with a starting position in the root section of the leading edge row; - arrange the individually constructed modular starting fibre-panel in the starting position; - arrange individually constructed modular fibre-panels in the remainder of the specific predetermined position in the leading edge row; - arrange the first individually constructed modular fibre-panel in the root section of the trailing edge row; and - arrange individually constructed modular fibre-panels in the remainder of the specific predetermined position in the trailing edge row.
[0044] One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade comprising the following steps: - providing a blade design; - providing a blade shell mould comprising one or more shell-labels, - providing a plurality of individually constructed modular fibre-panels labelled with one or more fibre- panel labels; - providing one individually constructed modular starting fibre-panel for the blade shell mould, the individually constructed modular starting fibre-panel is constructed to be the first individually constructed modular fibre-panel arranged within the blade shell mould; - providing a predetermined placement sequence for placing the plurality of individually constructed modular fibre-panels in the blade shell mould according to the blade design, - assigning each individually constructed modular fibre-panel with a specific predetermined position within the blade shell mould; the specific predetermined positions are arranged in a leading edge row and a trailing edge row; - assigning the individually constructed modular starting fibre-panel with a starting position in the root section of the trailing edge row; - arranging the individually constructed modular starting fibre-panel in the starting position; - arranging individually constructed modular fibre-panels in the remainder of the specific predetermined position in the trailing edge row; - arranging the first individually constructed modular fibre-panel in the root section of the leading edge row; and - arranging individually constructed modular fibre-panels in the remainder of the specific predetermined position in the leading edge row.
[0045] One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade comprising the following steps: - providing a blade design; - providing a blade shell mould comprising one or more shell-labels, - providing a plurality of individually constructed modular fibre-panels labelled with one or more fibre- panel labels; - providing one individually constructed modular starting fibre-panel for the blade shell mould, the individually constructed modular starting fibre-panel is constructed to be the first individually constructed modular fibre-panel arranged within the blade shell mould; - providing a predetermined placement sequence for placing the plurality of individually constructed modular fibre-panels in the blade shell mould according to the blade design, - assigning each individually constructed modular fibre-panel with a specific predetermined position within the blade shell mould; the specific predetermined positions are arranged in a leading edge row, a trailing edge row and one or more mid rows; - assigning the individually constructed modular starting fibre-panel with a starting position in the root section of the trailing edge or the leading edge row; - arranging the individually constructed modular starting fibre-panel in the starting position; - arranging individually constructed modular fibre-panels in the remainder of the specific predetermined position in the row comprising the starting position; - arranging the first individually constructed modular fibre-panel in the root section of the row that does not comprise the starting position, chosen from the group of the leading edge and the trailing edge row; - arranging individually constructed modular fibre-panels in the remainder of the specific predetermined positions in the row that does not comprise the starting position, chosen from the group of the leading edge and the trailing edge row; - arranging the first individually constructed modular fibre-panel in the root section of a mid row; and - arranging individually constructed modular fibre-panels in the remainder of the specific predetermined positions in the mid row.
[0046] One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade providing a plurality of individually constructed and labelled modular fibre-panels, where the starting individually constructed modular fibre-panel is first arranged in the starting position, in the row comprising the starting position, and where one or more labels on the starting individually constructed modular fibre-panel are utilized for arranging the second individually constructed modular fibre-panel in the row comprising the starting position, and where one or more labels on the second individually constructed modular fibre-panel are utilized for arranging the third individually constructed modular fibre-panel in the row comprising the starting position.
[0047] One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade providing a plurality of individually constructed and labelled modular fibre-panels, where the specific predetermined positions are arranged in two or more rows, along the longitudinal axis of the blade shell mould.
[0048] In one embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of individually constructed and labelled modular fibre-panels are provided, where the specific predetermined positions are arranged in two or more rows, along the longitudinal axis of the blade shell mould, and where each of the two or more rows comprises a first position, constructed for arranging the first individually constructed modular fibre-panel within said row.
[0049] One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade providing a plurality of individually constructed and labelled modular fibre-panels, each individually constructed and labelled modular fibre-panels is assigned a specific individual position in either the first blade shell mould or the second blade shell mould, the specific individual position is arranged in two or more rows, along the longitudinal axis of the blade shell mould.
[0050] One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade providing a plurality of individually constructed and labelled modular fibre-panels, each individually constructed and labelled modular fibre-panels is assigned a specific individual position in either the first blade shell mould or the second blade shell mould, the specific individual position is arranged in two rows, a leading edge row and a trailing edge row, along the longitudinal axis of the blade shell mould.
[0051] One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade providing a plurality of individually constructed and labelled modular fibre-panels, each individually constructed and labelled modular fibre-panels is assigned a specific individual position in either the first blade shell mould or the second blade shell mould, the specific individual position is arranged in three rows, a leading edge row, a trailing edge row and a mid-row, along the longitudinal axis of the blade shell mould.
[0052] One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade providing a plurality of individually constructed and labelled modular fibre-panels, each individually constructed and labelled modular fibre-panels is assigned a specific individual position in either the first blade shell mould or the second blade shell mould, the specific individual position is arranged in three rows along the longitudinal axis of the blade shell mould, a leading edge row, a trailing edge row and a mid-row, and where the mid-row has a constant width along the length of the blade shell mould.
[0053] One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade providing a plurality of individually constructed and labelled modular fibre-panels, each individually constructed and labelled modular fibre-panels is assigned a specific individual position in either the first blade shell mould or the second blade shell mould, the specific individual position is arranged in three rows along the longitudinal axis of the blade shell mould, a leading edge row, a trailing edge row and a mid-rows, where the width of the mid-row is defined by the curvature of the blade mould, such that the no part of mid-row has a curvature with an angle of 10 degrees or more.
[0054] One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade providing a plurality of individually constructed and labelled modular fibre-panels, each individually constructed and labelled modular fibre-panels is assigned a specific individual position in either the first blade shell mould or the second blade shell mould, the specific individual position is arranged in three rows along the longitudinal axis of the blade shell mould, a leading edge row, a trailing edge row and a mid-row, and where the mid-row has a constant width along the length of the blade shell mould.
[0055] One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade providing a plurality of individually constructed and labelled modular fibre-panels, each individually constructed and labelled modular fibre-panels is assigned a specific individual position in either the first blade shell mould or the second blade shell mould, the specific individual position is arranged in four or more rows along the longitudinal axis of the blade shell mould, a leading edge row, a trailing edge row and one or more mid-rows.
[0056] One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade providing a plurality of individually constructed and labelled modular fibre-panels, where the first individually constructed modular fibre-panel is arranged in the first position, where the first position is the starting position in the row comprising the starting position, but not in the row that does not comprise the starting position, and where one or more labels on the first individually constructed modular fibre-panel are utilized for arranging the second individually constructed modular fibre-panel in the row.
[0057] The present invention provides a flexible method of arranging individual modular fibre-panels, where the placement sequence may vary between blade designs, and can be amended for increased flexibility or if the design of one or more of the individual modular fibre-panels has been amended.
[0058] One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade providing a plurality of individually constructed and labelled modular fibre-panels where the specific predetermined positions are arranged in two or more rows, along the longitudinal axis of the blade shell mould, and where all the individually constructed modular fibre-panels to be arranged in the row comprising the starting position, are arranged before the first individually constructed modular fibre-panel is arranged in any row not comprising the starting position.
[0059] One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade, comprising the steps of: - starting by arranging the individually constructed modular starting fibre-panel in the starting position in the leading edge row or the trailing edge row in the first or the second blade shell mould; and - arranging at least one more individually constructed modular fibre-panel in the row comprising the starting position; and - arranging the remainder of the individually constructed modular fibre-panel in either the row comprising the starting position or any other row.
[0060] In another embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of individually constructed and labelled modular fibre-panels is provided, where the specific predetermined positions are arranged in two or more rows, along the longitudinal axis of the blade shell mould, where one of the two or more rows comprises the starting position, and where the arranging of the individually constructed modular fibre-panels is alternated between rows, such that only part of the individually constructed modular fibre-panels to be arranged in the row comprising the starting position, are arranged before the first individually constructed modular fibre-panel is arranged in any row not comprising the starting position.
[0061] In yet another embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of individually constructed and labelled modular fibre-panels is provided, where the specific predetermined positions are arranged in two or more rows, along the longitudinal axis of the blade shell mould, where one of the two or more rows comprises the starting position, and where the arranging of the individually constructed modular fibre-panels is alternated between rows in sets of individually constructed modular fibre-panels, such that a first set of individually constructed modular fibre-panels comprising the starting individually constructed modular fibre-panel is arranged first in the row comprising the starting position, followed by a arranging a set of individually constructed modular fibre-panels comprising the first individually constructed modular fibre-panel of a row not comprising the starting position.
[0062] In yet another embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of individually constructed and labelled modular fibre-panels is provided, where the specific predetermined positions are arranged in two rows, along the longitudinal axis of the blade shell mould, where the starting row comprises the starting position, and where the arranging of the individually constructed modular fibre-panels is alternated between the two rows in sets of individually constructed modular fibre-panels, such that a first set of individually constructed modular fibre-panels comprising the starting individually constructed modular fibre-panel is arranged first in the starting row, followed by a arranging a set of individually constructed modular fibre-panels comprising the first individually constructed modular fibre-panel of the second row.
[0063] In yet another embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of individually constructed and labelled modular fibre-panels is provided, where the specific predetermined positions are arranged in a leading edge row, a trailing edge row and one or more mid rows, along the longitudinal axis of the blade shell mould, where one of the two or more rows comprises the starting position, and where the starting position is placed in either the leading edge row or the trailing edge row.
[0064] In yet another embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of individually constructed and labelled modular fibre-panels is provided, where the specific predetermined positions are arranged in a leading edge row, a trailing edge row and one or more mid rows, along the longitudinal axis of the blade shell mould, where one of the two or more rows comprises the starting position, and where the starting position is placed in the tip section of the blade shell mould in either the leading edge row or the trailing edge row.
[0065] In yet another embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of individually constructed and labelled modular fibre-panels is provided, where the specific predetermined positions are arranged in a leading edge row, a trailing edge row and one or more mid rows, along the longitudinal axis of the blade shell mould, where one of the two or more rows comprises the starting position, and where the starting position is placed in either the root section of the blade shell mould in either the leading edge row or the trailing edge row.
[0066] In one embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of individually constructed and labelled modular fibre-panels is provided, where the specific predetermined positions are arranged in three rows, along the longitudinal axis of the blade shell mould, where the starting row comprises the starting position, and where row two and three comprise a first position for arranging the first individually constructed modular fibre-panel in the second and third row, respectively, and where the arranging of the individually constructed modular fibre-panels is alternated between the three rows in sets of individually constructed modular fibre-panels, such that a first set of individually constructed modular fibre-panels comprising the starting individually constructed modular fibre-panel is arranged first in the starting row, followed by a arranging a set of individually constructed modular fibre-panels comprising the first individually constructed modular fibre-panel of the second row and then followed by a arranging a set of individually constructed modular fibre-panels comprising the first individually constructed modular fibre-panel of the third row.
[0067] In one embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of individually constructed and labelled modular fibre-panels is provided, where the specific predetermined positions are arranged in three rows, along the longitudinal axis of the blade shell mould, where the starting row comprising the starting position is either the leading edge row or the trailing edge row, and where row two is either the leading edge row or the trailing edge row, and row three is the mid row.
[0068] In yet another embodiment of the present invention, a cost efficient and easily implementable method of producing a wind turbine blade is provided, where individually constructed modular fibre-panels are arranged in specific predetermined positions in the blade moulds according to a specific predetermined layup sequence according to the blade design by utilization of an automatic or semi-automatic manufacturing assembly according to the labels provided on the individually constructed modular fibre-panels and / or the blade moulds and / or the blade mould surroundings.
[0069] One embodiment of the present invention provides a blade design, where the specific predetermined positions are arranged in two or more rows, along the longitudinal axis of the blade shell mould. Another embodiment of the present invention provides a blade design, where the specific predetermined positions for each shell blade mould include a starting position, constructed for the start individually constructed modular fibre-panel, that is the individually constructed modular fibre-panel that is arranged first within said shell blade mould. Yet another embodiment of the present invention provides a blade design, where the specific predetermined positions for each shell blade mould are arranged in two or more rows and include a starting position, for the individually constructed modular fibre-panel that is arranged first within said shell blade mould, said starting position is arranged in one of the two or more rows.
[0070] In one embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of individually constructed and labelled modular fibre-panels is provided, where the starting individually constructed modular fibre-panel is first arranged in the starting position, in the row comprising the starting position, and where one or more labels on the starting individually constructed modular fibre-panel are utilized for arranging the second individually constructed modular fibre-panel in the row comprising the starting position.
[0071] In one embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of individually constructed and labelled modular fibre-panels is provided, where the start individually constructed modular fibre-panel is arranged in the starting position, in the row comprising the starting position, and where one or more labels on the start individually constructed modular fibre-panel are utilized for arranging the second individually constructed modular fibre-panel in the row comprising the starting position and where one or more labels on the second individually constructed modular fibre-panel are utilized for arranging the third individually constructed modular fibre-panel in the row comprising the starting position.
[0072] In another embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of individually constructed and labelled modular fibre-panels is provided, where the starting individually constructed modular fibre-panel is first arranged in the starting position, in the row comprising the starting position, and where one or more labels on the starting individually constructed modular fibre-panel are utilized for arranging the second individually constructed modular fibre-panel in the row comprising the starting position, and where one or more labels on the second individually constructed modular fibre-panel are utilized for arranging the third individually constructed modular fibre-panel in the row comprising the starting position.
[0073] In one embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of individually constructed and labelled modular fibre-panels is provided, where the specific predetermined positions are arranged in two or more rows, along the longitudinal axis of the blade shell mould.
[0074] In one embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of individually constructed and labelled modular fibre-panels is provided, where the specific predetermined positions are arranged in two or more rows, along the longitudinal axis of the blade shell mould, and where each of the two or more rows comprises a first position, constructed for arranging the first individually constructed modular fibre-panel within said row.
[0075] In one embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of individually constructed and labelled modular fibre-panels is provided, where the first individually constructed modular fibre-panel is arranged in the first position, where the first position is the starting position in the row comprising the starting position, but not in the row that does not comprise the starting position, and where one or more labels on the first individually constructed modular fibre-panel are utilized for arranging the second individually constructed modular fibre-panel in the row.
[0076] The present invention provides a flexible method of arranging individual modular fibre-panels, where the placement sequence may vary between blade designs, and can be amended for increased flexibility or if the design of one or more of the individual modular fibre-panels has been amended.
[0077] In one embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of individually constructed and labelled modular fibre-panels is provided, where the specific predetermined positions are arranged in two or more rows, along the longitudinal axis of the blade shell mould, and where all the individually constructed modular fibre-panels to be arranged in the row comprising the starting position, are arranged before the first individually constructed modular fibre-panel is arranged in any row not comprising the starting position.
[0078] In another embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of individually constructed and labelled modular fibre-panels is provided, where the specific predetermined positions are arranged in two or more rows, along the longitudinal axis of the blade shell mould, where one of the two or more rows comprises the starting position, and where the arranging of the individually constructed modular fibre-panels is alternated between rows, such that only part of the individually constructed modular fibre-panels to be arranged in the row comprising the starting position, are arranged before the first individually constructed modular fibre-panel is arranged in any row not comprising the starting position.
[0079] In yet another embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of individually constructed and labelled modular fibre-panels is provided, where the specific predetermined positions are arranged in two or more rows, along the longitudinal axis of the blade shell mould, where one of the two or more rows comprises the starting position, and where the arranging of the individually constructed modular fibre-panels is alternated between rows in sets of individually constructed modular fibre-panels, such that a first set of individually constructed modular fibre-panels comprising the starting individually constructed modular fibre-panel is arranged first in the row comprising the starting position, followed by arranging a set of individually constructed modular fibre-panels comprising the first individually constructed modular fibre-panel in a row not comprising the starting position.
[0080] In yet another embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of individually constructed and labelled modular fibre-panels is provided, where the specific predetermined positions are arranged in two rows, along the longitudinal axis of the blade shell mould, where the starting row comprises the starting position, and where the arranging of the individually constructed modular fibre-panels is alternated between the two rows in sets of individually constructed modular fibre-panels, such that a first set of individually constructed modular fibre-panels comprising the starting individually constructed modular fibre-panel is arranged first in the starting row, followed by arranging a set of individually constructed modular fibre-panels comprising the first individually constructed modular fibre-panel in the second row.
[0081] One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade providing a plurality of individually constructed and labelled modular fibre-panels, where the specific predetermined positions are arranged in three rows, along the longitudinal axis of the blade shell mould, where the starting row comprises the starting position, and where row two and three comprise a first position for arranging the first individually constructed modular fibre-panel in the second and third row, respectively, and where the arranging of the individually constructed modular fibre-panels is alternated between the three rows in sets of individually constructed modular fibre-panels, such that a first set of individually constructed modular fibre-panels comprising the starting individually constructed modular fibre-panel is arranged first in the starting row, followed by arranging a set of individually constructed modular fibre-panels comprising the first individually constructed modular fibre-panel in the second row and then followed by arranging a set of individually constructed modular fibre-panels comprising the first individually constructed modular fibre-panel in the third row.
[0082] In one embodiment of the present invention, a method of manufacturing a wind turbine is provided, comprising the step of providing a predetermined placement sequence for arranging or placing the plurality of individual modular fibre-panel in the first and / or the second blade shell mould, where the predetermined placement sequence comprises: - the predetermined position of each individually constructed modular fibre-panel; - the order of arranging the plurality of individually constructed modular fibre-panels in the predetermined position; and - the direction of arranging the plurality of individually constructed modular fibre-panels in the predetermined position.
[0083] One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade, comprising the following steps: - providing a blade design; - providing a blade shell mould comprising one or more shell-labels, - providing a plurality of individually constructed modular fibre-panels labelled with one or more fibre- panel labels; - providing one individually constructed modular starting fibre-panel for the blade shell mould, the individually constructed modular starting fibre-panel is constructed to be the first individually constructed modular fibre-panel arranged within the blade shell mould; - providing a predetermined placement sequence for placing the plurality of individually constructed modular fibre-panels in the first and / or the second blade shell mould according to the blade design, including a starting position specifically assigned for the individually constructed modular starting fibre-panel within the first and / or the second blade shell mould; - assigning each individually constructed modular fibre-panel with a specific predetermined position within the blade shell mould; the specific predetermined positions are arranged in two or more rows along the longitudinal axis of the blade shell mould; including assigning a starting position to the individually constructed modular starting fibre-panel; - providing a first set of individually constructed modular fibre-panels comprising two or more individually constructed modular fibre-panels to be arranged in the same row, the first set comprising the starting fibre-panel; - providing one or more additional sets of individually constructed modular fibre-panels, where each additional set comprises two or more individually constructed modular fibre-panels to be arranged in the same row as the starting fibre-panel; - arranging the first set in the blade shell mould; starting with arranging the starting fibre-panel and continuing arranging the remainder of the individually constructed modular fibre-panels of the first set; - arranging the remainder of the one or more additional sets of individually constructed modular fibre- panels;
[0084] where the predetermined placement sequence is utilized for deterring the sequence of arranging the sets and / or the number of individually constructed modular fibre-panels in each set.
[0085] In one embodiment of the present invention, a first blade shell mould is provided that is adapted for receiving a first blade shell, and where the first blade mould comprises one or mor shell-labels, the shell-labels representing a first blade mould specific information. In one embodiment of the present invention, a second blade shell mould is provided that is adapted for receiving a second blade shell, and where the second blade mould comprises one or more shell-labels, the shell-labels representing a first blade mould specific information. In yet another embodiment of the present invention, a first blade shell mould and a second blade shell mould are provided, the first blade shell mould is adapted for receiving a first blade shell and the second blade shell mould is adapted for receiving a second blad shell, and where the first blade shell mould and / or the second blade shell mould comprise one or more shell-labels, the shell-labels representing a blade mould specific information.
[0086] The shell-labels can be different visible markers or labels, adapted for visual recognition of any kind, such as by camera, infrared sensor, camera sensors or by the human eye. They are provided for marking specific mould information, such as the appointed positions for the individually constructed modular fibre-panels, alignment marking, overlap marking, distance marking, row (of position) information and / or other relevant information.
[0087] One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade, where a first blade shell mould is provided that is adapted for receiving a first blade shell, and where the first blade mould comprises one or more human recognizable shell-labels, such as a number, text, lines, crosses or other human recognizable labels. Another embodiment of the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade, where a second blade shell mould is provided that is adapted for receiving a second blade shell, and where the second blade mould comprises one or more human recognizable shell-labels, such as a number, text, lines, crosses or other human recognizable labels.
[0088] In one embodiment of the present invention, a first and / or a second blade shell mould is provided, where the first and / or second blade shell mould comprises shell-labels marking one or more of the following: - the individual number of the positions of the individually constructed modular fibre-panels to be arranged in said blade shell mould; - the geography of individual positions within said blade shell mould, such as labels for the centre of a position, borders of positions, overlap between positions; - the starting label, indicating the starting position, that is the placement of the first individually constructed modular fibre-panel to be arranged in said blade shell mould; - alignment labels, for visual recognition of different landmarks of said blade shell mould, such as centre, distance to tip and / or distance to root; - tolerance information indicating the tolerance allowance for the arrangement of a modular fibre-panel at the specific position; and / or - row related information, regarding the layout of the row of position that the individually constructed modular fibre-panels are arranged in.
[0089] In another embodiment of the present invention a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade is provided, where the whole manufacturing process utilizes a blade design and where the blade design is represented in a 3-dimensional model of the blade, including the number and design of each individually constructed fibre-panel, the geometry or layout, number and location of each appointed position for each individually constructed fibre-panel, including the row of said position for each individually constructed fibre-panel, the overlap between all adjoining positions, number of layers of positions at every point throughout the shell blade mould.
[0090] One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade, where the mould-labels comprise any one or more of the following information: - position information, indicating the placement of one or more of the predetermined positions within the shell blade mould; - centre information, indicating the centre of one or more of the predetermined positions within the shell blade mould; - starting information, indicating the placement of the starting position, the starting position being the assigned position for the starting or first modular fibre-panel to be arranged in within the mould; - remainder information, indicating the remainder of the positions in the same row as the starting position, to be filled out by arranging the remainder of the modular fibre-panels; - row information indicating the placement and / or layout of one or more rows within the mould; - edge information, indicating the distance and / or slope towards the leading edge and / or the trailing edge; and / or - tolerance information, indicating the tolerance allowance for one or more of the predetermined positions within the shell blade mould.
[0091] One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade, where the mould-labels represent information that can be recognized and utilised by a stored instructions of a computer readable medium, and where the information represented is any one or more of the following information: - position information, indicating the placement of one or more of the predetermined positions within the shell blade mould; - centre information, indicating the centre of one or more of the predetermined positions within the shell blade mould; - starting information, indicating the placement of the starting position, the starting position being the assigned position for the starting modular fibre-panel to be arranged within the mould; - remainder information, indicating the remainder of the positions in the same row as the starting position, to be filled out by arranging the remainder of the modular fibre-panels; - row information indicating the placement and / or layout of one or more rows within the mould; - edge information, indicating the distance and / or slope towards the leading edge and / or the trailing edge; and / or - tolerance information, indicating the tolerance allowance for one or more of the predetermined positions within the shell blade mould.
[0092] One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade comprising the steps of: - providing a blade design; - providing a first blade shell mould comprising one or more shell-labels, the first blade shell mould is adapted for achieving a first blade shell, and / or providing a second blade shell mould comprising one or more shell-labels, the second blade shell mould is adapted for achieving a second blade shell; - providing a plurality of individually constructed modular fibre-panels labelled with one or more fibre- panel labels; - assigning each individually constructed modular fibre-panel with a specific predetermined position within the first and / or second blade shell mould; - providing a predetermined placement sequence for placing the plurality of individually constructed modular fibre-panels in the first and / or the second blade shell mould according to the blade design; - arranging the plurality of individually constructed modular fibre-panels in the specific predetermined position according to the predetermined placement sequence in either the first and / or the second blade shell mould, according to the one or more fibre-panel labels and / or the one or more mould label according to the blade design; - infusing the arranged plurality of individually constructed modular fibre-panels with a resin material; - curing the infused plurality of individually constructed modular fibre-panels into a first cured blade shell and a second cured blade shell, respectively, - bonding the first cured blade shell and the second cured blade shell together to form the wind turbine blade.
[0093] One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade, comprising the steps of: - providing a blade design; - providing a first blade shell mould comprising one or more shell-labels, the first blade shell mould is adapted for achieving a first blade shell, and / or providing a second blade shell mould comprising one or more shell-labels, the second blade shell is mould adapted for achieving a second blade shell; - providing a plurality of individually constructed modular fibre-panels labelled with one or more fibre- panel labels; - providing a predetermined placement sequence for placing the plurality of individually constructed modular fibre-panels in the first and / or the second blade shell mould according to the blade design; - assigning each individually constructed modular fibre-panel with a specific predetermined position within the first and / or second blade shell mould; the specific predetermined positions are arranged in two or more rows along the longitudinal axis of the first and / or second blade shell mould; - arranging the plurality of individually constructed modular fibre-panels in their assigned positions according to the predetermined placement sequence in either the first and / or the second blade shell mould according to the one or more fibre-panel labels and / or the one or more mould label according to the blade design.
[0094] One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade, comprising the steps of: - providing a blade design; - providing a first blade shell mould comprising one or more shell-labels, the first blade shell mould is adapted for achieving a first blade shell, and / or providing a second blade shell mould comprising one or more shell-labels, the second blade shell mould is adapted for achieving a second blade shell; - providing a plurality of individually constructed modular fibre-panels labelled with one or more fibre- panel labels; - providing a predetermined placement sequence for placing the plurality of individually constructed modular fibre-panels in the first and / or the second blade shell mould according to the blade design; - assigning each individually constructed modular fibre-panel with a specific predetermined position within the first and / or second blade shell mould; the specific predetermined positions are arranged in a leading edge row and a trailing edge row and optionally one or more additional rows, along the longitudinal axis of the first and / or second blade shell mould; - arranging the plurality of individually constructed modular fibre-panels in their assigned positions according to the predetermined placement sequence in either the first and / or the second blade shell mould according to the one or more fibre-panel labels and / or the one or more mould label according to the blade design.
[0095] One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade, comprising the steps of: - providing a blade design; - providing a first blade shell mould comprising one or more shell-labels, the first blade shell mould is adapted for achieving a first blade shell, and / or providing a second blade shell mould comprising one or more shell-labels, the second blade shell mould is adapted for achieving a second blade shell; - providing a plurality of individually constructed modular fibre-panels labelled with one or more fibre- panel labels; - providing one individually constructed modular starting fibre-panel for the first blade shell mould, the individually constructed modular starting fibre-panel is constructed to be the first individually constructed modular fibre-panel arranged within the first blade shell mould and / or providing one individually constructed modular starting fibre-panel for the second blade shell mould, the individually constructed modular starting fibre-panel is constructed to be the first individually constructed modular fibre-panel arranged within the second blade shell mould; - providing a predetermined placement sequence for placing the plurality of individually constructed modular fibre-panels in the first and / or the second blade shell mould according to the blade design, including a starting position specifically assigned for the individually constructed modular starting fibre-panel within the first and / or the second blade shell mould; - assigning each individually constructed modular fibre-panel with a specific predetermined position within the first and / or second blade shell mould; the specific predetermined positions are arranged in two or more rows along the longitudinal axis of the first and / or second blade shell mould; including assigning a starting position to the individually constructed modular starting fibre-panel of the first and / or the second blade shell mould; - arranging the plurality of individually constructed modular fibre-panels in their assigned positions according to the predetermined placement sequence in either the first and / or the second blade shell mould according to the one or more fibre-panel labels and / or the one or more mould label according to the blade design.
[0096] One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade where the one or more fibre-panel labels either comprise or represent an individually constructed modular fibre-panel specific information, regarding the individually constructed modular fibre-panel comprising said fibre-panel label, such as any one or more of the following: - position information, indicating the intended predetermined positions of the modular fibre-panel comprising said fibre-panel label; - centre information indicating the centre of the modular fibre-panel comprising said fibre-panel label; - row information, indicating the row of the predetermined position assigned to the fibre-panel comprising said fibre-panel label; - direction information indicating the intended direction of the modular fibre-panel comprising said fibre-panel label; - longitudinal alignment information, indicating the longitudinal or lengthwise alignment of the modular fibre-panel comprising said fibre-panel label; - horizontal alignment information, indicating the horizontal or crosswise alignment of the modular fibre-panel comprising said fibre-panel label; - overlap information, indicating the overlap between adjacent fibre-panels and the fibre-panel comprising said fibre-panel label; - number information, indicating the number of the modular fibre-panel comprising said fibre-panel label within the predetermined placement sequence; - edge information, where the edges of individually constructed and labelled modular fibre-panels act as labels, indicating the size and design of the modular fibre-panels; and / or - tolerance information indicating the tolerance allowance for the arrangement of a modular fibre-panel at the specific position.
[0097] In one embodiment of the present invention, a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade is provided, comprising the step of providing a production assembly configured for arranging the plurality of individually constructed modular starting fibre-panels in the first and / or second blade shell mould.
[0098] In another embodiment of the present invention, a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade is provided, comprising the step of providing one or more visual recognition means and / or one or more distance recognition means, the visual recognition means is configured for recognizing the one or more shell-labels and / or the one or more fibre-panel labels.
[0099] In another embodiment of the present invention, a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade is provided, comprising the step of providing one or more visual recognition means and / or one or more distance recognition means, the visual recognition means provided being any one or more of: - a camera; - a visual sensor such as infrared sensors; - a vision sensor; - an optical sensor; and / or - a camera sensor.
[0100] And where the visual recognition means is configured for recognizing the one or more shell-labels and / or the one or more fibre-panel labels.
[0101] In yet another embodiment of the present invention, a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade is provided, comprising the step of providing controller system comprising a processor and a computer readable medium.
[0102] In another embodiment of the present invention, a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade is provided, comprising the steps of: - providing one or more visual recognition means and / or one or more distance recognition means, the visual recognition means is configured for recognizing the one or more shell-labels and / or the one or more fibre-panel labels; - providing controller system comprising a processor and a computer readable medium;
[0103] where the controller system is communicatively coupled to the one or more visual recognition means and / or one or more distance recognition means and is configured to receive data from the one or more visual recognition means and / or one or more distance recognition means.
[0104] In another embodiment of the present invention, a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade is provided, comprising the steps of: - providing a production assembly configured for arranging the plurality of individually constructed modular fibre-panels in the first and / or second blade shell mould - providing one or more visual recognition means and / or one or more distance recognition means, the visual recognition means is configured for recognizing the one or more shell-labels and / or the one or more fibre-panel labels; - providing controller system comprising a processor and a computer readable medium, the controller system is communicatively coupled to the production assembly and said one or more visual recognition means and / or said one or more distance recognition means, the controller system is configured to receive data from the one or more visual recognition means and / or one or more distance recognition means;
[0105] where the computer readable medium comprises stored instructions to: - interpret the information in the data received from the one or more visual recognition means and / or the one or more distance recognition means; - instruct the production assembly to arrange the of individually constructed modular fibre-panels in the first and / or second blade shell mould according to the information interpreted from the one or more shell-labels and / or the one or more fibre-panel labels data.
[0106] One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade comprising the steps of: - providing a blade design; - providing a first blade shell mould comprising one or more shell-labels, the first blade shell mould is adapted for achieving a first blade shell, and / or providing a second blade shell mould comprising one or more shell-labels, the second blade shell mould is adapted for achieving a second blade shell; - providing a plurality of individually constructed modular fibre-panels labelled with one or more fibre- panel labels; - providing a predetermined placement sequence for placing the plurality of individually constructed modular fibre-panels in the first and / or the second blade shell mould according to the blade design; - assigning each individually constructed modular fibre-panel with a specific predetermined position within the first and / or second blade shell mould; the specific predetermined positions are arranged in two or more rows; - providing a production assembly configured for arranging the plurality of individually constructed modular fibre-panels in the first and / or second blade shell mould; - providing one or more visual recognition means and / or one or more distance recognition means, the visual recognition means is configured for recognizing the one or more shell-labels and / or the one or more fibre-panel labels; - providing controller system comprising a processor and a computer readable medium, the controller system is communicatively coupled to the production assembly and said one or more visual recognition means and / or said one or more distance recognition means, the controller system is configured to receive data from the one or more visual recognition means and / or one or more distance recognition means;
[0107] where the computer readable medium comprises stored instructions to - interpret the information in the data received from the one or more visual recognition means and / or the one or more distance recognition means; and - to instruct the production assembly to utilize the information interpreted from the one or more shell- labels and / or the one or more fibre-panel labels data for arranging the individually constructed modular fibre-panels in their assigned predetermined position in the first and / or second blade shell mould according to the predetermined placement sequence.
[0108] As previously explained, both the fibre-panel labels and the shell-labels comprise either directly readable information or data, or they will comprise a specific identifier such as a QR-code, that the computer readable medium will recognize and link to the stored information regarding that label.
[0109] One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade, where a controller system comprising a processor and a computer readable medium is utilized for linking any data received regarding each shell-label to said shell-label specific information, such as any one or more of the following: - position information, indicating the placement of the predetermined position comprising said shell- label within the shell blade mould; - centre information, indicating the centre of the predetermined position comprising said shell-label within the shell blade mould; - starting information, indicating the placement of the starting position comprising said shell-label; - remainder information, indicating the remainder of the positions in the same row as the starting position, to be filled out by arranging the remainder of the modular fibre-panels; - row information indicating the placement and / or layout of one or more rows within the mould; - edge information, indicating the distance and / or slope towards the leading edge and / or the trailing edge; and / or - tolerance information, indicating the tolerance allowance for one or more of the predetermined positions within the shell blade mould.
[0110] One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade, where a controller system comprising a processor and a computer readable medium is utilized for linking any data received regarding each recognized fibre-panel to specific information for said fibre-panel, such as any one or more of the following: - position information, indicating the intended predetermined positions of the modular fibre-panel comprising said fibre-panel label; - centre information indicating the centre of the modular fibre-panel comprising said fibre-panel label; - row information, indicating the row of the predetermined position assigned to the fibre-panel comprising said fibre-panel label; - direction information indicating the intended direction of the modular fibre-panel comprising said fibre-panel label; - longitudinal alignment information, indicating the longitudinal or lengthwise alignment of the modular fibre-panel comprising said fibre-panel label; - horizontal alignment information, indicating the horizontal or crosswise alignment of the modular fibre-panel comprising said fibre-panel label; - overlap information, indicating the overlap between adjacent fibre-panels and the fibre-panel comprising said fibre-panel label; - number information, indicating the number of the modular fibre-panel comprising said fibre-panel label within the predetermined placement sequence; - edge information, where the edges of individually constructed and labelled modular fibre-panels act as labels, indicating the size and design of the modular fibre-panels; and / or - tolerance information indicating the tolerance allowance for the arrangement of a modular fibre-panel at the specific position.
[0111] As explained above, both the fibre-panels labels and the shell-labels can be different visible markers or labels, adapted for visual recognition by the human eye.
[0112] One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade, where the plurality of individually constructed and labelled modular fibre-panels provided comprise one or more human recognizable fibre-panel labels, such as numbers, text, lines, crosses or other human recognizable labels, and where a human recognizes and identifies one or more human recognizable fibre-panel label and communicates its data the controller system manually.
[0113] One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade, where the first and / or second blade shell mould provided comprise one or more human recognizable shell-labels, such as numbers, text, lines, crosses or other human recognizable labels, and where a human recognizes and identifies one or more human recognizable shell-labels and communicates its data to the controller system manually.
[0114] One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade, where one or more of the individually constructed fibre-panels is labelled with a human recognizable fibre-panel label, and where the first blade shell mould and / or the second blade shell mould comprise one or more human recognizable shell-labels, and where the data comprised in the labels (22, 7) is communicated to the controller system manually.
[0115] In one embodiment of the present invention a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade is provided, where each individual modular fibre-panel is constructed for a specific predetermined position in either the first or the second blade mould and where each specific predetermined position is arranged such that each individual modular fibre-panel is arranged to abut or overlap at least one neighbouring fibre-panel.
[0116] In another embodiment of the present invention, a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade is provided, where each individual modular fibre-panel is constructed for a specific predetermined position in either the first or the second blade mould, and where each specific predetermined position is arranged such that it includes a tolerance relative to a previously arranged neighbouring fibre-panel, which tolerance is set to a positive value in the direction of the previously arranged neighbouring fibre-panel to ensure abutment or overlap between the fibre-panels.
[0117] In one embodiment of the present invention, a blade design is provided, comprising layers of positions, partly or fully overlapping each other, such that there will be multiple layers of flat individually constructed fibre-panels, arranged partly and / or fully overlapping each other in the blade mould.
[0118] Each individual specific predetermined position, will have individual geometry, including its size and a specific three-dimensional curvature, the curvature depending on the location of said individual specific predetermined position in the blade shell mould.
[0119] One embodiment of the present invention provides a blade design, where the blade design includes multiple predetermined specific positions within each mould, each specific predetermined position is appointed for a specific predetermined individual modular fibre-panel, where the specific predetermined positions are three-dimensional.
[0120] In one embodiment of the present invention a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade is provided, where each individual modular fibre-panel is constructed for a specific predetermined position in either the first or the second blade mould, and where each specific predetermined position is arranged and / or can be identified by any one or more of the following features: - the mould that said position is located; - the relation or distance of said position to the tip of the mould; - the relation or distance of said position to the root of the mould; - the relation or distance of said position to the leading edge of the mould; - the relation or distance of said position to the trailing edge of the mould; - the row of said position in the mould; - the curvature of the mould at the location of the specific predetermined position; - the curvature of said position; - the number of the position in the placement sequence; - the layer of individually constructed modular fibre-panels above or below said position - the amount of overlapping between said position and adjacent positions; - the amount of overlap between the individual modular fibre-panel assigned said position with adjacent constructed modular fibre-panels and / or later or previously arranged individually constructed modular fibre-panels.
[0121] In one embodiment of the present invention a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade is provided, comprising the steps of: - providing a blade design; - providing a first blade shell mould comprising one or more shell-labels, the first blade shell mould is adapted for achieving a first blade shell, and / or providing a second blade shell mould comprising one or more shell-labels, the second blade shell mould is adapted for achieving a second blade shell; - providing a plurality of individually constructed modular fibre-panels labelled with one or more fibre- panel labels; - providing a predetermined placement sequence for placing the plurality of individually constructed modular fibre-panels in the first and / or the second blade shell mould according to the blade design; - assigning each individually constructed modular fibre-panel with a specific predetermined position within the first and / or second blade shell mould; the specific predetermined positions are arranged in two or more rows; - arranging the individually constructed modular fibre-panels in their assigned predetermined position in the first and / or second blade shell mould according to the predetermined placement sequence,
[0122] where the predetermined positions are three-dimensional and each predetermined position can be identified by one or more of the following: - the mould that said position is located; - the distance of said position to the tip of the mould; - the distance of said position to the root of the mould; - the distance of said position to the leading edge of the mould; - the distance of said position to the trailing edge of the mould; - the row of said position in the mould; - the curvature of the mould at the location of the specific predetermined position; - the curvature of said position; - the number of said position in the placement sequence; - the layers of individually constructed modular fibre-panels above or below said position - the layer of said position; - the amount of overlapping between said position and adjacent positions; - the amount of overlap between the individual modular fibre-panel assigned said position with adjacent constructed modular fibre-panels and / or later or previously arranged individually constructed modular fibre-panels.
[0123] In one embodiment of the present invention, a wind turbine blade is provided, utilizing the method of the invention.
[0124] In another embodiment of the present invention, a wind turbine blade is provided, the wind turbine blade manufactured utilizing the method of the invention, where the assembly of the modular wind turbine blade is directly derived from a 3D model comprising a digital representation of the modular wind turbine blade design, such that the manufacturing method is guided and optimized based on said 3D model.
[0125] In yet another embodiment of the present invention, a wind turbine blade is provided, the wind turbine blade manufactured utilizing the method of the invention, where the assembly of the modular wind turbine blade is updated in real-time through 3D scanning, allowing for adaptive manipulation and assembly processes on the fly in order to comply with modular wind turbine blade build recipe while safeguarding operators and providing general disturbance rejection to manufacturing variationsBRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0126] Various examples are described hereinafter with reference to the figures. Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout. Like elements will, thus, not be described in detail with respect to the description of each figure. It should also be noted that the figures are only intended to facilitate the description of the examples. They are not intended as an exhaustive description of the claimed invention or as a limitation on the scope of the claimed invention. In addition, an illustrated example need not have all the aspects or advantages shown. An aspect or an advantage described in conjunction with a particular example is not necessarily limited to that example and can be practiced in any other examples even if not so illustrated, or if not so explicitly described.
[0127] Exemplary embodiments of the invention are described in the figures, whereon:
[0128] Fig. 1A illustrates a layout of individual specific positions constructed specific individual modular fibre-panel in a blade shell mould.
[0129] Fig. 1B illustrates the layering of a layout of individually constructed modular fibre-panels in a blade shell mould.
[0130] Fig. 2 illustrates labelling on an individually constructed modular fibre-panel.
[0131] Fig. 3 is a schematic graphical non-realistic illustration of labels and labelling zones on an individually constructed modular fibre-panel.
[0132] Fig. 4 is a schematic graphical non-realistic illustration of an individually constructed modular fibre-panel comprising labels, labelling zones, glass-fibre tape and gripping points.
[0133] Fig. 5 illustrates an individually constructed modular fibre-panel being arranged in a shell blade mould.DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0134] Exemplary examples will now be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings. In this regard, the present examples may have different forms and should not be construed as being limited to the descriptions set forth herein. Accordingly, the examples are merely described below, by referring to the figures, to explain aspects.
[0135] Throughout the specification, when an element is referred to as being “connected” to another element, the element is “directly connected” to the other element, “electrically connected” , “fluidic connected” or “communicatively connected” to the other element with one or more intervening elements interposed there between.
[0136] The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular examples only and is not intended to be limiting. As used herein, the terms “comprises" "comprising" "includes" and / or "including" when used in this specification specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, and / or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and / or groups thereof.
[0137] Unless otherwise defined, all terms used herein (including technical and scientific terms) have the same meaning as commonly understood by those skilled in the art to which this invention pertains. It will be further understood that terms, such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries, should be interpreted as having a meaning that is consistent with their meaning in the context of the relevant art and will not be interpreted in an idealized or overly formal sense unless expressly so defined in the present specification.
[0138] Figure 1A demonstrates a layout of the specific predetermined positions 50 in a blade shell mould according to one embodiment of the present invention. The positions 50 are arranged in three independent rows, a leading edge row 51-LE, a trailing edge row 51-TE and a middle row 51-MID. As demonstrated in Figure 1A, the positions 50 are arranged with an overlap 50-O, both between individual positions 50 within the same row and between individual positions in different rows. As demonstrated in Figure 1A, each individual position 50 has a unique number or other kind of unique identification, indicating that each individual position 50 is unique. The unique number of the individual positions 50 can be used as an identifier for the controller system or as the number of individual positions 50 in the predetermined placement sequence utilized during the arranging step of the manufacturing process.
[0139] Figure 1B demonstrates a layout of plurality of individually constructed modular fibre-panels 1, in a blade shell mould according to one embodiment of the present invention. The plurality of individually constructed modular fibre-panels 1, are arranged in three independent rows, similar to the positions demonstrated in Figure 1A, the leading edge row 51-LE, the trailing edge row 51-TE and the middle row 51-MID. As demonstrated, the individually constructed modular fibre-panels 1 are arranged in layers, with more layers of individually constructed modular fibre-panels 1 towards the root of blade, representing the flexibility of the method provided by the invention, where different strength can be achieved without the need for different components.
[0140] Figure 2 demonstrates an individually constructed modular fibre-panel 1 comprising fibre-panel labels 7. The individually constructed modular fibre-panel 1 demonstrated comprises a label specifically constructed for being recognizable for human eyes 7-HUM, a center label 7-C specifically constructed for being recognizable by visual recognition means, such as camera. The individually constructed modular fibre-panel of Fig. 2, further comprises a QR code 7-QR, that is constructed for being identified by visual recognition means, the visual recognition means being one or more of any suitable visual recognition means such as camera, visual sensor, optical sensor and / or camera sensor, and where the visual recognition means are communicatively coupled to a controller system, the controller system being configured for receiving data and interpret any data deposited on the labels 7 from the visual recognition means.
[0141] Figure 3 demonstrates schematic graphical non-realistic illustration of labels 7 and labelling zones 9 on an individually constructed modular fibre-panel. The individually constructed modular fibre-panel 1 demonstrated comprises fibre-panel specifically constructed for being recognizable for human eyes 7-HUM, a center label 7-C, marking the center of the individually constructed modular fibre-panel 1, and utilized for aligning the individually constructed modular fibre-panel 1 with previously arranged individually constructed modular fibre-panels 1 and / or align other individually constructed modular fibre-panels 1 to this one, once arranged in a blade shell mould, the center-label 7-C is specifically constructed for being recognizable by visual recognition means, such as camera. The individually constructed modular fibre-panel of Fig. 3 further comprises edge labels that can be utilized by either humans and / or one or more the visual recognition means during the step of arranging the individually constructed modular fibre-panel in a blade shell mould. The individually constructed modular fibre-panel of Fig. 3, further comprises a QR code 7-QR, that is constructed for being identified by visual recognition means, the visual recognition means being one or more of any suitable visual recognition means such as camera, visual sensor, optical sensor and / or camera sensor, and where the visual recognition means are communicatively coupled to a controller system, the controller system being configured for receiving the QR code and linking it to the saved instructions regarding this specific individually constructed modular fibre-panel 1 in the computer readable medium of the controller system.
[0142] Figure 4 demonstrates schematic graphical non-realistic illustration of labels 7, glass fibre tape 18 and gripping points 15 arranged in a row of gripping points 16 separated by the distance D, and additional gripping points 17. As demonstrated the additional gripping points 17 are not arranged in a row like the main gripping points 15, but any additional gripping point, is placed directly in line of one main gripping point, such that any additional gripping point is placed directly opposite its corresponding main gripping point, at a substantially 90 degree angle to the row of main gripping points and as seen in figure 4, the gripping points are arranged in gripping rows 16 separated by the distance D.
[0143] Figure 4 further demonstrates schematic graphical non-realistic illustration of different layers 4 of fibre fabric within an individually constructed modular fibre-panel 1. Some edges of some of the different layers 4 of fibre fabric within an individually constructed modular fibre-panel 1 comprise a piece of glass-fibre tape 18.
[0144] Figure 5, demonstrates a production tool 55 holding an individually constructed fibre-panel, during the step of arranging the individually constructed fibre-panel, the embodiment shown in fig. 5 provides an intermediate 3-dimentional panel curvature 11-I of said individually constructed fibre-panel.
Claims
1.A method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade comprising the steps of:- providing a blade design;- providing a first blade shell mould adapted for achieving a first blade shell comprising one or more shell-labels and / or a second blade shell mould adapted for achieving a second blade shell comprising one or more shell-labels;- providing a plurality of individually constructed and labelled modular fibre-panels (1) comprising one or more fibre-panel labels (7) ;- arranging the plurality of individually constructed modular fibre-panels in the first and / or the second blade shell mould;wherein the step of arranging the plurality of individually constructed modular fibre-panels in the first and / or the second blade shell mould is performed utilizing the one or more fibre-panel labels and / or shell-labels according to the blade design.2.The method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade according to claim 1, further comprising the step of providing a plurality of specific predetermined positions (50) within the first and / or the second blade shell mould, wherein each individual modular fibre panel is assigned with a specific predetermined position (50) within the first and / or the second blade shell mould.3.The method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade according to claim 1 or claim 2, further comprising the step of providing a predetermined placement sequence for placing the plurality of individually constructed and labelled modular fibre-panels (1) in their assigned positions (50) in the first and / or the second blade shell mould according to the blade design.4.The method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade according to any one of preceding claims, further comprising the steps of:- infusing the plurality of individually constructed modular fibre-panels arranged in the first blade shell mould and / or the second blade shell mould with a resin material;- curing the infused plurality of individually constructed and labelled modular fibre-panels (1) into a first cured blade shell and / or a second cured blade shell, respectively,- bonding the first cured blade shell and the second cured blade shell together to form the wind turbine blade.5.The method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade according to any one of preceding claims, wherein the specific predetermined positions (50) are arranged in two or more separate rows along the longitudinal axis of the first blade shell mould and / or the second blade shell mould.6.The method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade according to claim 5, wherein the two or more separate rows comprise a leading edge row (51-LE) and a trailing edge row (51-TE) .7.The method of manufacturing a turbine blade according to any one of the preceding claims, further comprising the steps of:- providing one individually constructed modular starting fibre-panel constructed to be the first individually constructed modular fibre-panel arranged within the first blade shell mould;- providing a specific predetermined starting position within the first shell mould, assigned for the individually constructed modular starting fibre-panel; and / or- providing one individually constructed modular starting fibre-panel constructed to be the first individually constructed modular fibre-panel arranged within the second blade shell mould;- providing a specific predetermined starting position within the second shell mould, assigned for the individually constructed modular starting fibre-panel; and / orwherein specific starting shell-label marks the specific predetermined starting position in the first shell mould and / or the second blade shell mould.8.The method of manufacturing a turbine blade according to claim 7, wherein the specific predetermined starting position is arranged in the leading edge row (51-LE) or the trailing edge row (51-TE) .9.The method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein each of the one or more fibre-panel labels either comprises individual modular fibre-panel information or can be utilized for identifying said individual modular fibre-panel information, and wherein the individual modular fibre-panel information is any one or more of the following:- position information, indicating the assigned predetermined positions (50) of the modular fibre-panel (1) comprising said fibre-panel label;- centre information, indicating the centre of the modular fibre-panel (1) ;- row information, indicating the row of the assigned predetermined position (50) of the modular fibre-panel (1) comprising said fibre-panel label;- direction information, indicating an intended direction of the modular fibre-panel (1) comprising said fibre-panel label;- longitudinal alignment information, indicating the longitudinal alignment of the modular fibre-panel (1) comprising said fibre-panel label;- horizontal alignment information, indicating crosswise alignment of the modular fibre-panel (1) comprising said fibre-panel label;- overlap information, indicating overlap between the modular fibre-panel (1) comprising said fibre-panel label and adjoint fibre-panels (1) ;- number information, indicating a number of the modular fibre-panel (1) comprising said fibre-panel label in a predetermined placement sequence;- edge information, indicating a size and design of the modular fibre-panel (1) comprising said fibre-panel label; and / or- tolerance information, indicating a tolerance allowance for arrangement of modular fibre-panel (1) comprising said fibre-panel label.10.The method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade according to any one of the preceding claims, comprising the following steps:- providing a production assembly;- providing one or more visual recognition means and / or distance recognition means, the one or more visual recognition means are configured for recognizing the one or more shell-labels and / or the one or more fibre-panel labels;- providing a controller system communicatively coupled to the production assembly, said controller being configured to receive data from the visual recognition means and / or the distance recognition means and transmit data to the production assembly, the controller system comprising a processor and a computer readable medium;wherein the computer readable medium comprises stored instructions to:- interpret the information from the one or more shell-labels and / or the one or more fibre-panel labels (7) comprised in the data, and- cause the production assembly to perform the acts of arranging the plurality of individually constructed and labelled modular fiber-panels (1) in the intended predetermined position (50) according to the predetermined placement sequence based on interpret the information from the one or more shell-labels and / or the one or more fibre-panel labels (7) .11.The method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade according to claim 10, wherein one or more individual modular fibre-panel (1) is labelled with a human recognizable label (7-HUM) and wherein the first blade shell mould and / or the second blade shell mould comprise one or more human recognizable shell-labels, and wherein the data comprised in the labels is interpreted and communicated to the controller manually.12.The method of manufacturing a turbine blade according to any of claims 5-11, further comprising the steps of:- first arranging the individually constructed modular starting fibre-panel at the specific predetermined starting position in the leading edge row (51-LE) or the trailing edge row (51-TE) in the shell mould; and- arranging at least one more individually constructed modular fibre-panels in the row comprising the specific predetermined starting position before arranging individually constructed modular fibre-panels in any of the other rows.13.The method of manufacturing a turbine blade according to any of claims 5-12, further comprising the steps of:- providing one individually constructed modular starting fibre-panel for the first and / or second blade shell mould, the individually constructed modular starting fibre-panel being constructed to be the first individually constructed modular fibre-panel arranged within the first and / or second blade shell mould;- providing a first starting row set of individually constructed modular fibre-panels comprising the starting fibre-panel and one or more additional individually constructed modular fibre-panels to be arranged in the row comprising the starting position,- providing one or more additional starting row sets of individually constructed modular fibre-panels, wherein each additional set comprises two or more individually constructed modular fibre-panels to be arranged in the same row comprising the starting position;- providing one or more second row sets of individually constructed modular fibre-panels, wherein each second row set comprises two or more individually constructed modular fibre-panels to be arranged in a second row not comprising the starting position;- providing one or more third row sets of individually constructed modular fibre-panels, wherein each third row set comprises two or more individually constructed modular fibre-panels to be arranged in a third row not comprising the starting position; and- arranging the first starting row set in the first and / or second blade shell mould, starting by arranging the starting fibre-panel and continuing arranging remainder of the individually constructed modular fibre-panels of the first starting row set;wherein the first row comprising the starting position is either the leading edge row or the trailing edge row, and the third row is a mid-row;and wherein corresponding sets of the first and the second row are arranged before arranging the corresponding third row set.14.The method of manufacturing a turbine blade according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein in response to arranging the plurality of individually constructed modular fibre-panels in the specific predetermined position (50) , the individual modular fibre-panels are arranged to abut or overlap at least one adjoint fibre-panel.15.The method according to claim 14, wherein the specific predetermined position includes a tolerance relative to a previously arranged neighbouring fibre-panel which tolerance is set to a positive value in a direction of the previously arranged neighbouring fibre-panel to ensure abutment or overlap between the fibre-panels.16.The method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein each individual modular fibre-panel is constructed for its assigned specific predetermined position in either the first or the second blade mould, and wherein each specific predetermined position is arranged and / or can be identified by any one or more of the following features:- the mould that said position is located in;- a distance between said position and the tip of the mould;- a distance between said position and the root of the mould;- a distance between said position and the leading edge of the mould;- a distance between said position and the trailing edge of the mould;- a row of said position;- a curvature of the mould at the location of the said position;- a curvature of said position;- a number of the position in the placement sequence;- a layer of individually constructed modular fibre-panels above and / or below said position- amount of overlapping between said position and adjacent positions;- amount of overlap between the individual modular fibre-panel arranged in said position and later and / or previously arranged individually constructed modular fibre-panels.17.A wind turbine blade manufactured by the method according to any one of claims 1-16.18.A wind turbine blade manufactured by the method according to any of claims 10-16, wherein operation of the production assembly are directly derived from a 3D model comprising a digital representation of the production assembly and the modular wind turbine blade design, such that the production assembly’s actions are automatically guided and optimized based on said 3D / 2Dmodel.19.The wind turbine blade according to claim 18, wherein operations of the production assembly are continuously updated in real-time through 3D scanning, wherein a digital representation of a factory environment is dynamically adjusted based on real-time scan data, allowing for adaptive manipulation and assembly processes on the fly in order to comply with wind turbine blade build recipe while safe guarding operators and providing general disturbance rejection to manufacturing variations.