- Patent Title: Tool and a method for moving a wind turbine drivetrain component
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Application No.: US13994644Application Date: 2011-11-25
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Publication No.: US09709038B2Publication Date: 2017-07-18
- Inventor: Morten Mogensen , Bendt Høeg
- Applicant: Morten Mogensen , Bendt Høeg
- Applicant Address: DK Aarhus N.
- Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
- Current Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
- Current Assignee Address: DK Aarhus N.
- Agency: Wood Herron & Evans LLP
- Priority: DK201001126 20101215
- International Application: PCT/DK2011/050451 WO 20111125
- International Announcement: WO2012/079575 WO 20120621
- Main IPC: F03D11/02
- IPC: F03D11/02 ; F03D11/00 ; B65G37/00 ; F03D80/00 ; F03D15/00 ; F03D13/10 ; F03D80/50

Abstract:
The invention includes a tool for moving a drive train component in a nacelle of a horizontal axis wind turbine, the nacelle comprising a nacelle structure (55, 56), the component being connected, in operation of the wind turbine, to a rotor (51) of the wind turbine, the tool comprising—at least one carrier (403, 405, 4041) adapted to be connected to the component, to carry the weight of the component, and to be supported by the nacelle structure, and—at least one drive unit (407) adapted to be connected to the nacelle structure and to the carrier, so as to provide a force between the nacelle structure and the carrier, so as to drive the carrier with the component in a direction parallel to the rotational axis of the rotor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140186183A1 TOOL AND A METHOD FOR MOVING A WIND TURBINE DRIVETRAIN COMPONENT Public/Granted day:2014-07-03
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