Manual lifting tool for wind turbines
AssigneeGamesa Innovation & Technology, S.L.
InventorsRudy Skaff, Gonzalo Palacio Gaviria
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Abstract
An apparatus for performing a supporting and/or a lifting operation to a wind turbine component inside the wind turbine nacelle is provided. The apparatus comprises at least a tool which comprises a manually operated linear actuator and a mounting device of said linear actuator in an element of the nacelle frame so that said linear actuator can be duly located with respect to the wind turbine component for performing said supporting and/or lifting operation.
Claims20
An apparatus for performing a supporting and/or a lifting operation to a wind turbine component inside the wind turbine nacelle, the apparatus comprising at least a tool which comprises a manually operated linear actuator and a mounting device of said linear actuator in an element of the nacelle frame so that said linear actuator can be duly located with respect to the wind turbine component for performing said supporting and/or lifting operation.
A method for supporting and lifting a wind turbine component, comprising the following steps:
- a) providing an apparatus comprising two tools, each of them comprising a manually operated linear actuator having an attachment arm with the wind turbine component coupled to it and a mounting device of said linear actuator in the nacelle frame;
- b) installing said tools in elements of the nacelle frame so that said linear actuators are duly positioned with respect to the wind turbine component for performing said supporting and lifting operation;
- c) attaching said wind turbine components to said tools;
- d) performing the lifting operation of said wind turbine component operating manually said linear actuators.
A method for lifting a wind turbine component, comprising the following steps:
- a) providing an apparatus comprising two tools, each of them comprising a manually operated linear actuator and a mounting device of said linear actuator in the nacelle frame;
- b) installing said tools in elements of the nacelle frame so that said linear actuators are duly positioned with respect to the wind turbine component for performing said lifting operation;
- c) performing the lifting operation of said wind turbine component operating manually said linear actuators.
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