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.
Claims19
An apparatus to support and/or lift a wind turbine component inside a wind turbine nacelle, said apparatus comprises
- at least a tool (40) which comprises a manually operated linear actuator (41) and a mounting device (61) of said linear actuator connected to an element of a nacelle frame (29) of said wind turbine nacelle so that said linear actuator (41) is duly located with respect to the wind turbine component for performing said supporting and/or lilting,
- wherein said mounting device (61) comprises two wedges (63, 63′) to be joined to the element of the nacelle frame (29) and a supporting plate (69) of the linear actuator;
- each wedge (63, 63′) comprising a back part (65, 65′) and a front part (67, 67′) with respect to the wind turbine component configured to be joined so that the element of the nacelle frame (29) can be clamped between them;
- said supporting plate (69) being configured to be joined to the front part (67, 67′) of said two wedges (63, 63′).
A method to support and/or lift a wind turbine component inside a wind turbine nacelle, comprising the following steps:
- a) providing an apparatus comprising two tools (40, 40′), each of them comprising a manually operated linear actuator (41, 41′) having an attachment arm (43) with the wind turbine component coupled to the attachment arm and a mounting device (61, 61′) of said linear actuator in a nacelle frame (29);
- b) installing said tools (40, 40′) in elements of the nacelle frame (29) of the wind turbine nacelle so that said linear actuators (41, 41′) are duly positioned with respect to the wind turbine component for performing said supporting and lifting;
- c) attaching said wind turbine component to said tools (40, 40′);
- d) performing the lifting of the wind turbine component operating manually said linear actuators (41, 41′),
- wherein said mounting device (61, 61′) comprises two wedges (63, 63′) to be joined to an element of the nacelle frame (29) and a supporting plate of the linear actuator (41, 41′);
- each wedge (63, 63′) comprising a back part (65, 65′) and a front part (67, 67′) with respect to the wind turbine component configured to be joined so that the element of the nacelle frame (29) can be clamped between them;
- said supporting plate (69) being configured to be joined to the front part (67, 67′) of said two wedges (63, 63′).
A method to lift a wind turbine component inside a wind turbine nacelle, 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 a 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;
- c) performing the lifting of said wind turbine component operating manually said linear actuators,
- wherein said mount ling devices comprise two wedges to be joined to an element of the nacelle frame and a supporting plate of the linear actuator;
- each wedge comprising a back part and a front part with respect to the wind turbine component configured to be joined so that the element of the nacelle frame can be clamped between them;
- said supporting plate being configured to be joined to the front part of said two wedges.
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