Method for protecting from damage during transport of transmissions
AssigneesZF Friedrichshafen AG, Zf Wind Power Antwerpen N.V.
InventorDirk Leimann
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Abstract
A method for protecting transmissions against damage during transport, in that at least one transmission component located in the force flow is braced in itself. Thereafter, transporting the transmission to a desired site and then removing the brace to free the drive input and the drive output shafts.
Claims11
A method for protecting a transmission against damage during transport thereof, the method comprising:
- locking one of a drive input shaft and a drive output shaft of the transmission relative to a transmission housing;
- rotating the other one of the drive input shaft and the drive output shaft of the transmission to brace at least one moving component of the transmission located in a force flow to prevent rotation of the at least one moving component during transportation;
- and
- transporting the transmission.
A transmission comprising a drive input shaft, the transmission comprising at least one locking element for locking at least one of the drive input shaft and a drive output shaft during transport of the transmission, and
- the drive input shaft and the drive output shaft are lockable, and when at least one of the drive input shaft and the drive output shaft is locked, the locked at least one of the drive input shaft and the drive output shaft has a restoring force which biases the at least one of the drive input shaft and the drive output shaft to a position which is different from a position in which the locked at least one of the drive input shaft and the drive output shaft is located.
A method for protecting a transmission against damage during transport thereof, the transmission having drive input and output shafts and at least one transmission component which facilitate a flow of force through the transmission from the drive input shaft to the drive output shaft, the method comprising steps of:
- fixing a first one of the drive input and the drive output shafts, via a fixing element, to a housing of the transmission to prevent rotation thereof;
- rotating a second one of the drive input and the drive output shafts to apply torque to the at least one transmission component and the first one of the drive input and the drive output shafts;
- securing the second one of the drive input and the drive output shafts against rotation with a fastening element;
- transporting the transmission;
- and
- following transport of the transmission, releasing both the fixing and the fastening elements to free the drive input and the drive output shafts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.