Mobile lifting apparatus and method and system for transporting a component of a wind turbine
AssigneeSiemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S
InventorsPeter Andresen, Jesper Moeller, Michell Mirsbach Olsen
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Abstract
A mobile lifting apparatus is provided for lifting an, in particular flat, transport frame on which a component of a wind turbine is mounted, in particular for removing or placing at least one self-propelled modular transporter below the transport frame, the lifting apparatus including: an upper part having an interface for connecting to a transport frame to be lifted, a lower part for supporting the lifting apparatus on the ground, and a lifting mechanism connecting the lower part to the upper part for linearly vertically moving the upper.
Claims6
A method for transporting a component of a wind turbine on a vessel, wherein the component is mounted on a flat transport frame, the method comprising:
- rolling the component onto the vessel using at least one self-propelled transporter;
- using at least three mobile lifting apparatuses, to lift the flat transport frame with the component from the at least one self-propelled transporter;
- removing the at least one self-propelled transporter from under the lifted flat transport frame;
- lowering the flat transport frame using the lifting apparatuses to sit on the ground;
- and
- removing the lifting apparatuses.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.