Method and cleaning plate for cleaning a brake of a wind turbine
AssigneeNordex Energy GmbH
InventorOcke-Philipp Hansen
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Abstract
The invention is directed to a method for cleaning a brake of a wind turbine. The brake has a brake disc and at least one brake unit, wherein the brake disc and the brake unit can be moved relative to one another via a drive. The method includes fastening a cleaning plate to the brake disc; releasing at least one brake unit; moving the brake disc and the brake unit relative to one another so that the cleaning plate is moved past a brake pad of the brake unit while making applied contact engagement to the brake pad; and, dismounting the cleaning plate from the brake disc.
Claims11
A method for cleaning a brake of a wind turbine having a brake disc, at least one brake unit having a brake pad, a drive, the brake disc and the brake unit being configured to be movable relative to one another via the drive, the method comprising the steps of:
- fixing a cleaning plate onto the brake disc;
- releasing said at least one brake unit;
- moving the brake disc and the brake unit relative to one another to cause the cleaning plate to move past the brake pad of the brake unit while making an applied contact engagement therewith;
- and,
- removing the cleaning plate from the brake disc.
A cleaning device for cleaning a brake of a wind turbine, the brake having a brake disc and a brake unit having a brake pad, the cleaning device comprising:
- a cleaning plate;
- a connecting arrangement configured to connect said cleaning plate to the brake disc;
- and,
- said cleaning plate having a thickness configured such that said cleaning plate attached to the brake disc is movable through the brake unit while making applied contact engagement with the brake pad of the brake unit.
A wind turbine comprising:
- a brake disc;
- a brake unit having a brake pad;
- a cleaning plate having bores configured to connect said cleaning plate to said brake disc;
- and,
- said cleaning plate further having a thickness configured such that said cleaning plate when attached to said brake disc is movable through said brake unit while making applied contact engagement with said brake pad of said brake unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.