Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for removing or installing a bearing unit in a wind turbine bedplate with an adjustable bearing support
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Application No.: US15498805Application Date: 2017-04-27
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Publication No.: US10436180B2Publication Date: 2019-10-08
- Inventor: Darrick Adam Vanderwalker , Waylon James Esser , 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: F03D13/10
- IPC: F03D13/10 ; F03D80/70 ; B23P6/00
Abstract:
An apparatus and method for removing or installing a bearing unit at the downwind end of the bedplate in wind turbine uses a frame erected at the downwind end of the bedplate. The frame has cradle members located such that the bearing unit can be slid out of the bedplate and supported on the cradle members, or supported on the cradle members and pushed into the bedplate.
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