公开(公告)号：US20120003089A1

公开(公告)日：2012-01-05

申请号：US12827482

申请日：2010-06-30

申请人： Chakradhar Byreddy ,  Robert Bowyer ,  Ashish Sareen

发明人： Chakradhar Byreddy ,  Robert Bowyer ,  Ashish Sareen

IPC分类号： F03D11/00 ,  F03D1/00

CPC分类号： B08B3/024 ,  B08B1/00 ,  B08B1/008 ,  B08B1/04 ,  F03D80/50 ,  F03D80/55 ,  Y02E10/72

摘要： A maintenance apparatus is provided for use with a wind turbine that has a tower, a hub supported by the tower, and a plurality of blades extending outwardly from the hub. The maintenance apparatus has a mounting element that is configured to be secured to the tower and to be selectively movable along the length thereof. A robotic arm is coupled to the mounting element, and a blade-engaging device is coupled to the robotic arm and is configured to engage one of the blades to effect a maintenance task thereon.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种与具有塔架的风力涡轮机一起使用的维护设备，由塔架支撑的轮毂以及从轮毂向外延伸的多个叶片。 维护装置具有安装元件，该安装元件被构造成固定到塔架并且可以沿其长度选择性地移动。 机器人臂联接到安装元件，并且刀片接合装置联接到机器人手臂，并且被配置为接合其中一个叶片以在其上执行维护任务。