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AssigneesZF Friedrichshafen AG, Zf Wind Power Antwerpen N.V.
InventorsUmit Kutluay, Koen Krieckemans, Yvan Berkmans, Michel Goovaerts, Roger Bogaert, Maarten Ooms
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A gear assembly includes a planetary gear set having a sun gear, planet gears, and a ring gear. The planet gears are respectively rotatably mounted by a bearing on a respective planetary pin. The respective planetary pin is connected to a planetary carrier. Tilting pads arranged radially circumferentially with respect to the planetary pin are provided on sides of the planetary carrier facing the planet gears. The planetary carrier has, on sides facing the planet gears, recesses arranged radially circumferentially with respect to the planetary pin and corresponding to the tilting pads. The recesses are configured to receive at least part of the tilting pads.
A gear assembly, comprising:
A method of mounting a gear assembly, comprising:
A tilting pad with a cylindrical body with a sliding surface on a first side and a cylindrical shaft on a second side, wherein the sliding surface has a spherical contour on the first side of the body, wherein such surface has a thin hard-material layer on the spherical contour of the sliding surface.
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