Method for manufacturing a connecting device for a tower-like structure and tower-like structure

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a connecting device for a tower-like structure, in particular an offshore wind turbine, wherein the connecting device comprises a plurality of connecting elements, in particular planar connecting elements, which are to be arranged between an upper component of the structure and a lower component of the structure when a slip joint is produced and, for the purpose of load transfer between the upper component and the lower component, are to be positioned next to one another in the peripheral direction about the longitudinal axis and/or in the longitudinal direction thereof with respect to a central longitudinal axis of the structure, wherein data relating to an actual size of the lower component and of the upper component is provided, whereupon the shape, the position and/or the condition of individual or several as well as in particular all connecting elements of the connecting device are least in part determined in a manner specific to the connecting element in order to optimise the load transfer and/or in order to compensate for any deviations of the lower component and/or of the upper component from their desired size, and the connecting elements, that have been manufactured in advance and/or subsequently, are provided for assembly on at least one of the components. The invention also relates to: a tower-like structure, in particular part of an offshore wind turbine; and a wind turbine, in particular an offshore wind turbine.

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