US20090159549A1 - Erecting a wind powerplant - Google Patents

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US20090159549A1
US20090159549A1 US12/336,980 US33698008A US2009159549A1 US 20090159549 A1 US20090159549 A1 US 20090159549A1 US 33698008 A US33698008 A US 33698008A US 2009159549 A1 US2009159549 A1 US 2009159549A1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03D—WIND MOTORS
    • F03D13/00—Assembly, mounting or commissioning of wind motors; Arrangements specially adapted for transporting wind motor components
    • F03D13/10—Assembly of wind motors; Arrangements for erecting wind motors
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66C—CRANES; LOAD-ENGAGING ELEMENTS OR DEVICES FOR CRANES, CAPSTANS, WINCHES, OR TACKLES
    • B66C1/00—Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith for transmitting lifting forces to articles or groups of articles
    • B66C1/10—Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith for transmitting lifting forces to articles or groups of articles by mechanical means
    • B66C1/108—Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith for transmitting lifting forces to articles or groups of articles by mechanical means for lifting parts of wind turbines
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66C—CRANES; LOAD-ENGAGING ELEMENTS OR DEVICES FOR CRANES, CAPSTANS, WINCHES, OR TACKLES
    • B66C1/00—Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith for transmitting lifting forces to articles or groups of articles
    • B66C1/10—Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith for transmitting lifting forces to articles or groups of articles by mechanical means
    • B66C1/62—Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith for transmitting lifting forces to articles or groups of articles by mechanical means comprising article-engaging members of a shape complementary to that of the articles to be handled
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03D—WIND MOTORS
    • F03D1/00—Wind motors with rotation axis substantially parallel to the air flow entering the rotor 
    • F03D1/06—Rotors
    • F03D1/065—Rotors characterised by their construction elements
    • F03D1/0658—Arrangements for fixing wind-engaging parts to a hub
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05B—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO WIND, SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS, TO MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS COVERED BY SUBCLASSES F03B, F03D AND F03G
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    • F05B2230/61—Assembly methods using auxiliary equipment for lifting or holding
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    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
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    • Y02E10/72—Wind turbines with rotation axis in wind direction
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
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    • Y02E10/70—Wind energy
    • Y02E10/728—Onshore wind turbines
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    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02P—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS
    • Y02P70/00—Climate change mitigation technologies in the production process for final industrial or consumer products
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  • the present invention relates to handling a wind powerplant's rotor hub or its rotor, using a hoist, in particular for erecting a wind powerplant or for assembling/dismantling a rotor to/from a wind powerplant. Moreover, the present invention relates also to a mechanism used to handle a wind powerplant's hub, hereafter hub, or its rotor, especially for erecting a wind powerplant or for assembling/disassembling a wind powerplant's rotor to or from it. The present invention again concerns using a tilting mechanism when erecting/disassembling a wind powerplant.
  • a large number of steps must be accomplished to erect a wind powerplant.
  • various components of the wind powerplant are moved to its erection site.
  • several tower segments are assembled to each other to constitute one tower during erection, whereupon a crane deposits a nacelle on the tower and affixes it to said tower's top side.
  • the rotor which consists of a hub bearing rotor blades—is assembled and is deposited by a main crane plus an accessory crane on a rotor shaft at the nacelle.
  • the hub first would be mounted on the rotor shaft, as a result of which, then using cranes or other accessory means, the rotor blades are affixed to the rotor's flange connections.
  • the rotors of present-day wind powerplants of the 5-6 MW class are heavy and their diameters are substantial.
  • the rotor diameter of the wind powerplant of the 5 M design made by the applicant is about 126 m.
  • Assembling a rotor by mounting its rotor blades to a hub on the ground requires a large area that must be free of obstacles and be both plane and stable. For example, a clear assembly area of more than 5,000 m 2 is required for a rotor diameter of 100 m.
  • the objective of the present invention is to improve, in a simple manner, the assembly, respectively the erection and also the dismantling of a wind powerplant, the design costs being minimized and in particular the complexity of removing the hoisting means shall be reduced.
  • This objective is achieved by a method for handling a wind powerplant's hub or a rotor by using a hoisting device, in particular for erecting a wind powerplant or for assembling/disassembling a rotor of a wind powerplant; in particular a hub or a rotor is or shall be thereby mounted at one assembly side to a wind powerplant tower, the rotor or the hub being raised or held by the hoisting device, the hub, in its raised state, being tilted by a tilting mechanism acting on the hub out of its initially raised position by a predetermined angle of tilt or on the rotor blade roots to tilt them out of their initial raised position by a predetermined angle of tilt.
  • the method preferably shall be used when erecting a wind powerplant, a rotor or a rotor hub being mounted at one assembly side to a powerplant tower, the rotor or rotor hub being raised by a hoisting device, in particular a crane, and, following raising the rotor or the rotor hub, said rotor and rotor hub in their raised state being tilted by a tilting mechanism, acting on the rotor or the rotor hub, to move them out of the originally raised position through a predetermined angle of tilt.
  • a hoisting device in particular a crane
  • the present invention is based on the concept that, for instance, using only one crane as the single hoisting device, a hub, respectively a corresponding rotor with rotor hub, shall be mounted to a tower, respectively a tower nacelle, and that, following raising the rotor or the hub, by activating a tilting mechanism situated between the boom and the rotor hub, the suspended rotor shall be rotated about a predetermined tilting axis, in particular, by a predetermined angle of tilt.
  • the rotor, respectively the rotor hub shall be tilted without recourse to a second (accessory) crane.
  • one embodiment mode of the present invention provides guide cables or the like that per se do not tilt the rotor. Such tilting shall be carried out by the tilting mechanism.
  • the tilting mechanism To tilt the rotor hub, respectively the rotor, when the rotor hub is mounted on the hoisting device, respectively at an engagement point during its orientation, the tilting mechanism is connected to the rotor hub and the hoisting device, in particular of the boom, respectively the lifting cable running at the boom.
  • the controlled tilting mechanism allows accurate monitoring of the tilting position of the rotor hub, respectively of the rotor, when suspended from the hoisting device.
  • the tilting mechanism of the present invention also allows adjustment of the slope of a rotor, respectively a rotor hub, for instance relative to a rotor shaft plane and orientation of a rotor correspondingly.
  • implementation is by remote control in that the raised (horizontal) initial position of a rotor shall be tilted by actuating or operating the tilting mechanism at a predetermined angle of tilt.
  • the operation or the use of the tilting mechanism of the present invention furthermore allows—for instance when erecting offshore wind powerplants—to finish a rotor on land by mounting the rotor blades to a rotor hub and moving the finished rotor by means of a floating body, for instance a jackup barge, to the wind powerplant's erection site.
  • a floating body for instance a jackup barge
  • the jackup barge's legs are extended, as a result of which the floating body shall be fixed in position and above the water level to a assume a stable operational position.
  • Accurate control or monitoring is attained by a position or angle controlled tilting of the rotor, respectively rotor hub, and as a result the rotor's inclination angle may be varied in a simple manner during assembly.
  • the tilting mechanism of the present invention saves an additional hoist, for example, an accessory crane or the like. Again, further accessories no longer need to be affixed to a susceptible rotor blade surface of a rotor as they were in the heretofore state of the art.
  • the tilting procedural steps are reversible, and therefore the tilting method steps of the present invention are reversible in the course of wind powerplant assembly when mounting a rotor to a nacelle, as a result of which, when dismantling an assembly powerplant, the rotor—upon removal of the nacelle or rotor shaft—shall be held in place by the hoisting device and may be moved by the tilting mechanism from the upright position into a horizontal one by tilting the rotor at the hoisting device, respectively the crane.
  • a wind powerplant assembly shall be described, then, within the scope of the present invention and its disclosure, this description may be construed also correspondingly including the reversible steps of powerplant disassembly.
  • the tilting phase of a hub or a rotor shall be initiated when the tilting mechanism—designed to be an active entity—shall be actuated or switched at the hoisting means to start the tilting procedure.
  • the tilting mechanism may be fitted with a hydraulic component or a drive or the like which can be powered to implement tilting.
  • the rotor hub jointly with at least one rotor blade affixed to it is tilted by the tilting mechanism.
  • the rotor blade(s) is (are) joined by corresponding flange connections to the hub, the assembly of the rotor consisting of hub and rotor blades being implemented in a planar surface, as a result of which, following its assembly, the finished rotor is configured in a horizontal position.
  • the tilting mechanism of the present invention which in one embodiment mode is mounted on the rotor hub—is designed in a manner that even rotors of a weight exceeding 80 metric tons, in particular more than 100 metric tons, can be tilted in the raised state.
  • the rotor hub alone or the rotor hub jointly with at least one rotor/rotor blade affixed to it may be tilted into an assembly-ready position. Accordingly, following tipping, the rotor hub or the rotor jointly with the hoisting device, for instance a crane, may be moved closer to the tower or the nacelle to which the rotor hub shall be affixed to allow carrying out a final assembly of the rotor, respectively the rotor hub, in such a configuration.
  • the hoisting device for instance a crane
  • the rotor shall be tilted jointly with a rotor blade affixed to it by the tilting mechanism.
  • the rotor respectively the rotor hub, jointly with at least one rotor blade mounted to it shall be mounted to the tower, respectively to a tower nacelle.
  • the rotor hub or the rotor is dismantled off the tower or the nacelle, respectively being taken off, and then being tilted by the tilting mechanism.
  • the tilting mechanism is connected to the rotor hub prior to raising the rotor hub, or the tilting mechanism is connected to the rotor.
  • the rotor hub or the rotor is advantageously configured in an assembly-ready state, whereupon the tilting mechanism is mounted to the rotor hub to implement assembly.
  • the tilting mechanism preferably is configured between a hoisting means of the hoisting device and the rotor hub or between a hoisting means of the hoisting device and the rotor.
  • the tilting mechanism is fitted with an engagement point acted on by the hoisting means or by the hoisting device as a whole.
  • the tilting mechanism is formed by inserting it between a boom or the hoisting device, for instance a crane, and the rotor hub respectively the rotor, or between a lifting cable of the hoisting device, for instance a crane, and the rotor hub, respectively the rotor, the tilting mechanism being kept passive during assembly.
  • tilting is carried out on the rotor suspended at a crane's hoist or configured at a hoisting means's engagement point, said tilting being implemented in the free space, respectively in the suspended condition.
  • tilting is implemented by the tilting mechanism freely suspended in space from a lifting cable of the hoisting device, the rotor being stabilized as called for against wind gusts by means of auxiliary cables.
  • the assembly method of the present invention is furthermore characterized in that the rotor hub or rotor shall be raised, using for instance, a crane acting as the hoisting device.
  • the crane in particular shall be situated, respectively built up, next to the wind powerplant to be erected, and in a further advantageous feature, the crane shall be an independent unit neither connected to nor mounted on the powerplant.
  • the previous used crane is moved from the erection site to a new one.
  • the problem of the present invention is also solved by a mechanism for handling a wind powerplant's rotor hub or a wind powerplant's rotor, in particular for erecting a wind powerplant or for assembling/dismantling a rotor to/from a wind powerplant rotor, the mechanism being a tilting device which is fitted with affixation elements to affix it to the rotor hub and/or to the rotor blade roots mounted in the rotor hub, the tilting mechanism including an engagement point for a hoisting means, in particular of a hoisting device, whereby, in the raised state of the rotor hub at the hoisting means and when tilting the rotor hub by means of the tilting mechanism mounted on the hoisting means, the position of the rotor hub is changed, or when in the raised state of the rotor at the hoisting means, and the rotor is being tilted by the tilting mechanism mounted on the hoisting means, the rotor hub position shall be changed.
  • a hoisting means for instance a boom or a lifting cable of a crane, is configured at an engagement point of the tilting mechanism, the system being fitted with affixation elements, whereby it is or shall be affixed to a rotor or a rotor hub, and being designed in a way that the rotor hub or respectively the rotor mounted on it shall be moved from the initially raised position into a tilted one over a predetermined angle of tilt by driving or actuating the tilting mechanism.
  • a hoisting device is provided with a lifting cable running over a boom and/or a lifting cable running over a boom respectively with a hoisting means, preferably mounted on a boom, to which is connected the tilting mechanism of the present invention at an engagement point.
  • the engagement point of the tilting mechanism is understood within this disclosure as being a force application site for the connected hoisting means.
  • the tilting mechanism in this instance is detachably connected to the engagement point.
  • a hoisting device which is provided with and connected to a tilting mechanism also of the present invention does denote, besides a crane, also a cable or an erection/jackup platform, for instance in the form of a jackup barge or the like.
  • one embodiment mode of the present invention provides that especially as regards the tilting phase, the distance between engagement point and the center of gravity of the rotor hub when tilting said rotor hub or the distance between the engagement point and the rotor's center of gravity shall remain substantially constant respectively during tilting.
  • the rotor hub, respectively the rotor shall each be tilted about the particular center of gravity, the preferred axis of tilting being substantially horizontal when tilting the rotor hub, respectively the rotor.
  • the distance between the engagement point, which is stationary especially during tilting, and the rotor hub's center of gravity during its tilting, or the distance between the engagement point and the rotor's center of gravity when the rotor is being tilted, respectively during the tilting phase shall be changed, in particular being enlarged or reduced, depending on the tilting mechanism design.
  • the tilting axis of the rotor or the rotor hub which in particular runs horizontally, may be situated outside the centers of gravity of the rotor hub, respectively rotor, the tilting axis being able to change its position, that is to migrate, depending on the tilting adjusted for rotor hub or rotor, the tilting axis' horizontal orientation in particular remaining unchanged.
  • the affixation element(s) of the tilting mechanism be a framework, in particular mounting frame or a trestle or an affixation bail or adapter. This design allows good, detachable connection of the rotor or rotor hub on one hand to the tilting mechanism and on the other to enable subsequent tilting.
  • a support bail or a hoisting arm or a pivoting bail in particular a pivoting frame or a pivoting frame or an especially curved guide rail, preferably a cross-arm, are mounted or present at the affixation element of the tilting mechanism, as a result of which, using these devices, and in particular in combination with respectively use of a drive or actuator, the raised rotor hub, respectively the raised rotor can be tilted.
  • the tilting mechanism may include a hoisting arm and/or a lever arm, each of said arms being configured movable or movably at the rotor hub or to a tilting mechanism affixation component or means.
  • the tilting mechanism includes a drive and/or an actuator.
  • the actuator is a lifting cylinder, in particular a telescoping cylinder, or a cable winch or a cable control, in particular with cable retraction and extension features, or a rotary drive, in particular with drive pinions.
  • Another further embodiment mode of the mechanism of the present invention provides that the drive engages the guide rail so that, when this drive, respectively motor, is actuated, tilting of the rotor hub, respectively rotor, shall be initiated by the tilting mechanism respectively to externally control tilting.
  • the guide rail engaged by a drive is provided with a gear rim or with a rim of bolts or a roller chain.
  • the tilting mechanism can be designed and handled in simple manner by mounting the drive at the hoisting means of the hoisting device or the engagement point or the guide rail.
  • the objective of the present invention moreover is achieved by using a tilting mechanism to erect or dismantle a wind powerplant, the wind powerplant being designed in the manner described above, in particular when using a hoisting device.
  • a hoisting device may raise a rotor or a rotor hub and in particular the rotor hub or rotor is or shall be mounted on a wind powerplant tower, the tilting mechanism being configured between the hoisting means—for instance a hoist boom or a lifting cable of the hoisting device—and the rotor hub, respectively the rotor, whereby the rotor hub or the rotor shall be tilted by the tilting mechanism with a predetermined angle of tilt out of the initial raised position by means of driving or actuating the tilting mechanism.
  • the hoisting means for instance a hoist boom or a lifting cable of the hoisting device
  • the tilting mechanism is temporarily used to mount or dismantle components of a wind powerplant, in particular the components such as rotors or rotor hubs are moved into an assembly-ready position after they have attained their raised positions and are moved into a tilted position by driving the tilting mechanism, the invention allowing for the skipping of the use of other hoist means to convey a rotor or a corresponding component into an assembly-ready position at a predetermined inclination angle or angle of tilt.
  • FIGS. 1 a , 1 b are cross-sections of a rotor which is suspended from a crane and shown respectively in a substantially horizontal and tilted positions,
  • FIGS. 2 a , 2 b each are schematic sideviews of further embodiments of a rotor suspended from a crane
  • FIG. 3 is a partial schematic sideview of a component of a tilting mechanism of the invention
  • FIGS. 4 a , 4 b are a topview of a rotor and a sideview
  • FIGS. 5 a , 5 b are respectively a sideview and a topview of a rotor
  • FIGS. 6 a , 6 b respectively are a sideview and a topview of a rotor
  • FIG. 7 is a schematic perspective view of a rotor hub together with a tilting mechanism.
  • FIG. 1 a is a schematic sideview of a wind powerplant rotor 10 in its raised state, where this rotor 10 comprises a schematic cross-sectionally shown rotor hub 11 and shows a rotor blade 12 mounted on the rotor hub 11 .
  • the rotor hub 11 is fitted with several, preferably three equidistant, rotor blades 12 that are joined by flanges to it. Only one rotor blade is shown for clarity.
  • the rotor 10 was mounted in its horizontal state on a free, planar surface. Such assembly, for example, may be carried out at a wind powerplant erection site. In case the wind powerplants are erected offshore, the rotors 10 may be finished on land in their horizontal state and then be moved by a floating body to the erection site. At this erection site, the rotors 10 are raised out of their initial horizontal position by means of a crane provided with a boom and with a lifting cable in a manner that said rotor is suspended in a horizontal position from a hook 14 or a grappling block or the like.
  • the weights of the rotors to be installed of a 5 to 6 megawatts wind powerplant are typically 120 and more metric tons.
  • the cranes, respectively hoists, used for example are cranes such as described in the German patent document DE 100 28 513 A1.
  • cranes such as described in the German patent document DE 100 28 513 A1.
  • Crane used hereafter explicitly shall refer to this document where further details are desired.
  • the German patent document DE 100 28 513 A1 discloses a method and equipment to assemble a wind powerplant using cranes.
  • the present invention comprises a tilting mechanism 15 which is configured between the rotor hub 11 and the hook 14 and which was affixed to the said rotor hub before raising the rotor 10 .
  • Both the rotor hub 11 and the tilting mechanism 15 are provided with matching affixation elements.
  • the tilting mechanism 15 comprises an affixation adapter 16 detachably connected to the rotor 10 , respectively the rotor hub 11 .
  • affixation adapter 16 detachably connected to the rotor 10 , respectively the rotor hub 11 .
  • screw connections are used between the affixation adapter 16 and the rotor hub 11 .
  • the affixation adapter 16 may be designed as a completion framework with a corresponding affixation element.
  • the tilting mechanism 15 furthermore comprises a pivotable lever arm 18 being pivotably affixed by bolts 17 to the affixation adapter 16 or to a base.
  • the lever arm 18 may pivot, that is tilt, about the bolt 17 and about a pivot axis running colinearly with the bolt 17 .
  • a hydraulic cylinder 19 respectively a telescoping cylinder, is configured on the rear side of the tilting mechanism 15 between one end of the affixation adapter 16 and the upper top end of the lever arm 18 .
  • the lever arm 18 At its end facing the hook 14 , the lever arm 18 comprises an upper head-like widening above the center of gravity S, the first end of the upper head-like widening being connected by means of a shackle 21 and a cable 22 to the hook 14 .
  • the hydraulic cylinder 19 At the end of the lever arm 18 opposite the shackle the hydraulic cylinder 19 is connected to the lever arm.
  • This lever arm 18 rests by means of a bolt or the like against the engagement point 13 on the base 21 which is a part of a crane's hoisting means or of another hoisting device.
  • FIG. 1 a shows the hydraulic cylinder 19 in an extended position whereby—when the rotor 10 is configured horizontally—the shackle 21 is situated above the schematically shown center of gravity S of the rotor 10 .
  • the hydraulic cylinder 19 When the hydraulic cylinder 19 is extended, the rotor 10 is raised substantially, keeping its horizontal orientation.
  • the hydraulics respectively the control of the hydraulic cylinder 19 , respectively the tilting mechanism shall be activated, the hydraulic cylinder 10 is retracted with simultaneous tilting of the rotor 10 into a correspondingly tilted position while being freely suspended from the hook 14 of the crane being used.
  • FIG. 1 b shows the rotor 10 in an appropriately tilted upright position so that, for example, the rotor 10 together with its rotor hub 11 can be raised to a corresponding rotor shaft's nacelle and then can be oriented there by means of the crane being used and next be affixed at its back side to a nacelle or to the tower.
  • the back side 23 of the rotor hub 11 is flange-mounted to a matching flange.
  • the lever arm 18 is mounted by means of a pivoting frame or the like to the affixation adapter 16 .
  • this mechanism used to assemble a wind powerplant shall differ in the configuration of said components from the mechanism used to dismantle such a powerplant.
  • Tilting or pivoting the rotor 10 into the raised position is implemented exclusively by driving the tilting mechanism 15 whereby the rotor 10 is moved or oriented into an assembly-ready position to be assembled to a tower.
  • FIG. 2 a shows another illustrative embodiment comprising a tilting mechanism 15 .
  • the rotor 10 is raised and retains a substantially horizontal attitude.
  • a curved hoisting arm 25 is detachably connected to the front side of the rotor hub 11 and to the back side 23 of the rotor hub 11 .
  • the hoisting arm 25 is curved, a cable 26 being linked to its end facing the hook 14 , respectively the upper end of the hoisting arm 25 , and resting against the engagement point 13 of the hoisting means.
  • the cable 26 runs from the upper engagement point of the hoisting arm 25 to the engagement point 13 , with insertion of an adjusting element 27 , to the engagement point 13 at the hook 14 which is configured at the not shown crane, respectively a not shown boom.
  • a second cable 24 of constant length acts on the engagement point 13 and is connected to an arm 28 displaceably mounted on the hoisting arm 25 , the arm 28 being situated opposite the upper end of the hoisting arm 25 .
  • the adjusting element 27 which for example, is a winch or chain drive or a spindle or also a hydraulic cylinder, elongates the cable 26 to move the rotor 10 into a tilted, upright and preferably assembly-ready position.
  • the rotor 10 is affixed or flanged by its back side 23 to a nacelle.
  • the adjusting element 27 together with the displaceable arm 28 shall be disassembled from the rotor 10 .
  • the cables 24 , 26 are interchanged relative to the embodiment of FIG. 2 a .
  • the adjusting element 27 which for example is a cable winch, also is configured on the other side.
  • the length of the cable 26 is reduced by the adjusting element 27 .
  • the distance between the engagement point 13 and the center of gravity S of the rotor 10 also is reduced.
  • the tilting of the rotor 10 due to lengthening the cable 26 results in enlarging the distance between the engagement point 13 and the center of gravity S.
  • tilting while enlarging the distance between the center of gravity and the engagement point does not require external energy, for instance oil in a hydraulic cylinder may be discharged through a hydraulic valve and a stop into an unpressurized tank.
  • drive power shall be needed that may be tapped at an internal combustion engine, electric batteries or a hydraulic pressure storage.
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic sideview of a bridging or arching or cheek-like component 31 of a further tilting mechanism 15 of the present invention.
  • This component 31 is fitted with connectors 32 , 33 by means of which it is mounted on a rotor hub.
  • the contact site of the connector 32 is affixed to the back-side zone of the rotor hub and the connector 33 to its front side zone.
  • the component 31 comprises a curved, arm-like extension 34 in turn fitted with an inward circularly bent arcuate gear segment 35 .
  • the arcuate gear segment 35 is circular in such a way that the distance, respectively the radius R, from the rotor's center of gravity to the inside of the arcuate gear segment 35 is constant.
  • the teeth of the arcuate gear segment 35 engage a drive pinion 36 of a hookup element 37 .
  • the hookup element 37 on/along the arcuate gear segment 35 it is fitted with a support in the form of a roller 41 rolling on the arcuate, respectively curved, inside of the arcuate gear segment 35 , as a result of which said arcuate gear segment is configured between the support roller 41 and the drive pinion 36 .
  • the drive pinion 36 is actuated into rotation by an actuator and as a result the rotation of the drive pinion 36 moves the hookup element 37 along an arcuate path, the support roller 41 transmitting the hoisting force rolling along the circular inside of said arcuate gear segment 35 .
  • the distance between the hoist engagement point and the rotor hub center of gravity remains substantially constant.
  • the hookup element 37 is connected to a hoisting means such as a lifting cable, respectively a crane's hook, at an engagement point when or after the component 31 has been mounted on said rotor hub.
  • the hookup element 37 shall be mounted in the zone of the left stop 38 of the arcuate gear segment 35 . If the rotor hub, respectively the rotor, must be tilted, respectively rotated, while in the suspended condition, then a hookup element 37 is displaced by moving the drive pinion 38 toward the second stop 39 until the rotor hub, respectively the rotor, shall assume a predetermined angle of tilt.
  • the actuators for the drive pinion 36 illustratively may be electrical or hydraulic actuators or also electrically, geared motors.
  • FIGS. 4 and 4 b A rotor cross-section and topview are shown in FIGS. 4 and 4 b , other components of said rotor 10 of the present invention than those necessary to these two drawings being omitted.
  • the tilting mechanism 15 in the form of an arcuate track 42 or slide rail, is mounted on the front side of the rotor hub 11 .
  • a suspension element 43 runs inside the track 42 , for instance being a trolley or the like.
  • the track 42 is laterally affixed by affixation arms 44 , 45 between the rotor blades 12 to the rotor hub 11 .
  • the track 42 is mounted by affixation arms 44 , 45 , 62 , 63 to the rotor hub 11 .
  • the track 42 jointly with the affixation arms 44 , 45 , 62 , 63 is assembled by means of said rotor hub, whereby, thereupon—at the rotor 10 , in the zone of the rotor hub 11 —a hub lining 65 in the form of a so-called spinner is affixed to the spinner affixation elements 66 , 67 .
  • Part of the rotor hub lining 65 is shown in FIG. 4 a.
  • a suspension element will be configured at an engagement point of the suspension element, for instance a trolley with a drive.
  • the suspension element 43 is displaced by a corresponding motor drive for example along a gear rim or the like on or inside the track 42 , whereby the entire rotor 10 shall be tilted about a tilting axis and be moved in this attitude into an assembly-ready position. Then the rotor is moved against a rotor shaft on a nacelle and assembled.
  • FIGS. 5 a and 5 b show that the arcuate track 42 is connected by a bolt connection 46 directly to the rotor hub, respectively a junction element 47 , of the rotor hub 11 .
  • the track 42 shall be affixed by means of (not visible) affixation arms 44 , 45 situated underneath the hub lining 65 and laterally between the other rotor blades 12 .
  • the hub lining 65 may be substantially assembled prior to raising the rotor, preferably the affixation arms 44 , 45 being covered with lining segments 48 , 49 after assembly of the tilting mechanism 15 .
  • tilting is carried out in a manner that in particular one rotor blade shall point down and the other two blades point obliquely upward from the rotor hub. In this configuration the rotor assumes its so-called Y position.
  • the track 42 is directly connected to the junction 47 , this feature providing a compact tilting mechanism.
  • the junction 47 is mounted as a stop to the hub's entry flange 68 when transporting the rotor hub 11 .
  • the track 42 and the junction 47 are disassembled from the rotor hub, the affixation arms 62 , 63 remaining on the rotor hub or being also detachable.
  • the lacking lining segment 48 , 49 of the hub lining 65 shall be assembled to the spinner affixations 66 , 67 .
  • said apparatus is connected underneath the spinner to the hub, whereas in the embodiment modes of FIGS. 4 a , 4 b it is configured outside the spinner.
  • the tilting mechanism is detached, whereby the hub lining 65 subsequently may be affixed to the affixation elements 66 , 67 .
  • the affixation arms 44 , 45 , 62 , 63 and the affixation elements 66 , 67 are one and the same components and remain on the rotor hub.
  • the affixation arms 44 , 45 , 62 , 63 are dismantled and the affixation elements 66 , 67 are affixed at the same affixation sites to the rotor hub.
  • FIG. 6 a is a schematic sideview of a further embodiment mode of the tilting mechanism 15 of the present invention.
  • FIG. 6 b is a topview of the rotor.
  • a sideview L-shaped support arm 53 , 54 is affixed by affixation elements 51 , 52 on each side of a rotor blade 12 .
  • a corresponding cross-bar 55 is configured between the support arms 53 , 54 .
  • a displaceable lever arm 56 is configured opposite the crossarm 55 at the free site between the opposite rotor blades 12 and is connected by a cable 57 to the opposite affixation and center point 58 of the crossarm 55 .
  • the cable 57 runs over a roller 20 with an engagement point 13 and engaging a hoisting means.
  • the tilting mechanism 15 comprises a schematically indicated lifting cylinder 61 configured between the crossarm 65 of the support 53 and the displaceable lever arm 56 and shown in its extended position in FIG. 6 a .
  • the lifting cylinder 61 is omitted from FIG. 6 b.
  • the lifting cylinder 61 In the initial horizontal orientation of the rotor 10 , the lifting cylinder 61 is extended and, as a result, following raising the rotor 10 by means of the crane, said cylinder is retracted and consequently the relative rotor position has been changed by a predetermined angle of tilt depending on the position of the (retracted) cylinder.
  • FIG. 7 schematically is a perspective of a schematically indicated rotor hub 11 (omitting the connection flange to the rotor blades).
  • An affixation bail 71 is affixed or configured laterally to the front side and to the rear side of the said hub and supports a circular rolling track, respectively an arcuate crossarm.
  • a trolley 73 is mounted at the top end of the rolling track 72 and is connected at one engagement point 13 of a hoisting means of a hoisting device, for instance a crane.
  • An energy storage respectively a drive unit 70 , is situated underneath the support point 13 and may be in the form of an internal combustion engine that is fitted with an electric power generator, or with a hydraulic system or a set of electric batteries.
  • the trolley 73 is fitted with a drive 74 driving its rollers 75 .
  • the rollers 75 engage a gear or bolt rim or a roller chain on the roller track 74 , as a result of which the rotor hub 11 respectively a rotor jointly with the said rotor hub shall be pivoted along the circular track 72 about the center of gravity into an assembly position.
  • the tilting of the rotor hub 11 is implemented by the drive 74 , and during said tilting the roller track 72 is displaced relative to the stationary drive respectively to the bearing site 13 .

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