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System and method for removing or installing rotor blade hardware of a wind turbine

US10598158B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

General Electric Company · US

Inventors

Paul Howard Davidson · Albany, US
Stephanie Willman · Easley, US
Santiago Murcia · Greenville, US
Joshua Adam Klinghagen · Kokomo, US
Gregory Clarence Thomas · Saratoga Springs, US
Michael Royce Johnson · Campton, US
Don Conrad Johnson · Simpsonville, US
Ulrich Neumann · Roßdorf, DE
Adam Sean Davis · Livermore, US
Dean Thomas Roney · Middleburgh, US
Kathleen Lynne Bentzel · Scotia, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 20, 2017
Grant date	Mar 24, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 27, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E10/728
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for detaching or installing a rotor blade from or to a hub of a wind turbine includes positioning the rotor blade toward a ground location between a three o'clock position and a nine o'clock position. The method also includes mounting a mechanical arm to an uptower location of the wind turbine. Further, the mechanical arm includes a torqueing tool at a distal end thereof. Thus, the method also includes removing or installing, via the torqueing tool, each of the plurality of hub fasteners so as to detach or attach the rotor blade from or to the hub.

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