Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for removing or installing a main shaft of a wind turbine with rigging
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Application No.: US15498760Application Date: 2017-04-27
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Publication No.: US10337503B2Publication Date: 2019-07-02
- Inventor: Darrick Adam Vanderwalker , Jonathan Paul Signore , Gregory Clarence Thomas , Rodney Robert Redd, II , Kevin Tyler Eherts , Hunter Ryan Anderson
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Dority & Manning, P.A.
- Main IPC: F03D80/50
- IPC: F03D80/50 ; F03D80/70
Abstract:
A method and system are provided for removing or installing a main shaft and attached main bearing assembly of a wind turbine from a bedplate. The method and system use rigging and specialized tooling and procedures to perform the method in the field with the machine head remaining atop the tower or removed from the tower.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180313329A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOVING OR INSTALLING A MAIN SHAFT OF A WIND TURBINE WITH RIGGING Public/Granted day:2018-11-01
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