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.


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    Title :

    MAIN SHAFT LIFTING TOOL


    Additional title:

    HAUPTWELLENHEBEWERKZEUG
    OUTIL DE LEVAGE D'ARBRE PRINCIPAL


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2025-05-28


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    F03D Windkraftmaschinen , WIND MOTORS / B66C Krane , CRANES



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