Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Turn drive for a wind turbine, and method for rotating the rotor shaft of a wind turbine
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Application No.: US14650944Application Date: 2013-12-05
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Publication No.: US10197075B2Publication Date: 2019-02-05
- Inventor: Michael Brokes , Ulf Edelmann , Carsten Eusterbarkey , Sven Lehmann
- Applicant: Senvion SE
- Applicant Address: DE Hamburg
- Assignee: Senvion SE
- Current Assignee: Senvion SE
- Current Assignee Address: DE Hamburg
- Agency: Alix, Yale & Ristas, LLP
- Priority: DE102012222637 20121210
- International Application: PCT/EP2013/075734 WO 20131205
- International Announcement: WO2014/090690 WO 20140619
- Main IPC: F16D31/02
- IPC: F16D31/02 ; F15B15/18 ; F15B15/02 ; F15B15/26 ; F03D13/10

Abstract:
The invention relates to a turn drive for a wind turbine. The turn drive comprises a shaft, a hydraulic motor for driving the shaft, and a drive line for supplying a pressurized hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic motor. According to the invention, the drive line is provided with a settable pressure-limiting valve. The invention additionally relates to an associated method for rotating the rotor shaft of the wind turbine. By means of the method according to the invention and the turn drive, the rotor blades can be mounted individually on the hub of the rotor, without the gearbox of the wind turbine becoming overloaded.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150308467A1 Turn Drive for a Wind Turbine, and Method for Rotating the Rotor Shaft of a Wind Turbine Public/Granted day:2015-10-29
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