Abstract

The invention relates to the use of laser beams for measuring rotors, in particular wind turbines, for determining an imbalance or defining the absolute setting angle and/or measuring a half-profile of a rotor blade, and a method for determining a torsion of the rotor blade as a deviation between two pitch angles. The invention enables the determining of the absolute pitch angle of a rotor blade during operation, without it being necessary to obtain information relating to the rotor blade or reference points with a known position relative to the pitch axis, in particular using measuring devices that are mobile and/or positioned on the ground. It is also possible to contactlessly detect imbalances.

IPC Classes  ?

• F03D 17/00 - Monitoring or testing of wind motors, e.g. diagnostics
• F03D 13/35 - Balancing static or dynamic imbalances