A tool for lifting a main shaft of a wind turbine has a rail having a first end and a second end, the rail configured to be fixedly mounted proximate the first end of the rail to the main shaft proximate a rotor hub mounting end of the main shaft. A counterweight is movably mounted on the rail to permit moving the counterweight longitudinally along the rail. A lug is fixedly mounted on the rail proximate the first end of the rail, the lug configured to be securable to a lifting device so that the rail can be suspended from the lifting device. Use of a counterweighted lifting tool such as the one described above permits mounting and dismounting the main shaft underneath a nacelle-mounted lift system.
MAIN SHAFT LIFTING TOOL
HAUPTWELLENHEBEWERKZEUG
OUTIL DE LEVAGE D'ARBRE PRINCIPAL
28.05.2025
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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