Shrink disk connection for a wind turbine
AssigneeVestas Wind Systems A/S
InventorsPeter Alaek Riisager, Niels Christian Olsen
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AssigneeVestas Wind Systems A/S
InventorsPeter Alaek Riisager, Niels Christian Olsen
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In order e.g. to provide a connection for connecting shafts in a wind turbine which is able to withstand a torque of a modern wind turbine, while still being relatively inexpensive, simple and effective to use, there is disclosed a connection including a first shaft and a second shaft which are inter-connectable by connecting an interconnection part of the first shaft and an interconnection part of the second shaft, and a shrinkable disk positioned and adapted so as to lock the first shaft to the second shaft by providing pressure to the interconnection parts of the first and second shaft when the interconnection parts are interconnected, and where the interconnection part of each of the first and second shafts comprises a plurality of friction surfaces transferring moment between the first and second shafts by friction.
A wind turbine shaft connection, the connection comprising:
A method of connecting a first shaft with a second shaft for a wind turbine, the wind turbine comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.