Grease collection arrangement
AssigneeSiemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S
InventorUlrich Hedegaard Madsen
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Abstract
Provided is a grease collection arrangement for collecting waste grease from a bearing, including a plurality of grease extraction valves, wherein each grease extraction valve is connected to a grease outlet of the bearing, an extraction line extending from each grease extraction valve to a common extraction line, a vacuum apparatus configured to create an under-pressure in the extraction lines, and a control module configured to selectively open and close a grease extraction valve. Also provided is a method of collecting waste grease from a bearing lubrication circuit using the grease collection arrangement.
Claims14
A grease collection arrangement for collecting waste grease from a bearing, comprising:
- a plurality of grease extraction valves, wherein each grease extraction valve is connected to a grease outlet of the bearing;
- an extraction line extending from each grease extraction valve to a common extraction line;
- a vacuum apparatus configured to create an under-pressure in the extraction line and the common extraction line;
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- a control module configured to selectively open and close a grease extraction valve of the plurality of grease extraction valves.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.