IP Library Granted Patent US 9,206,743
Granted Patent B2
US 9,206,743 · App. 13/793,187 · Granted Dec 8, 2015

Arrangement of components of a wind power plant

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Patent No.
US 9,206,743
App. No.
13/793,187
Granted
Dec 8, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An arrangement of components ( 12, 13, 30 ) for a wind power plant. A first component ( 12, 13 ) has a flange ( 15, 130 ) having a flange contact surface ( 121, 122, 133 ). A second component ( 30 ) has a flange-mounting surface ( 131, 132 ) for a flange ( 15, 130 ) of the first component ( 12, 13 ). Alternatively, the second component ( 12, 13 ) has a flange ( 15, 130 ) having a flange contact surface ( 122, 133 ) and the flange contact surface ( 122, 133 ) of the first component ( 12, 13 ) and the flange-mounting surface ( 131, 132 ) of the second component ( 30 ) are arranged opposite each other, or the flange contact surfaces ( 122, 121 ) of the components are arranged opposite each other. At least one flange contact surface ( 121, 122, 133 ) of a flange ( 15, 130 ) and/or the flange-mounting surface ( 131, 132 ) of the second component ( 30 ) has an outer coating made of a chrome-steel alloy.

Claims (29)

1. An arrangement of two components ( 12 , 13 , 30 ) of a wind power plant, comprising:

a first component ( 12 , 13 ) that has a flange ( 15 , 130 ) having a flange contact surface ( 121 , 122 , 133 ), and

a second component ( 30 ) that has a flange-mounting surface ( 131 , 132 ) for the flange ( 15 , 130 ) of the first component ( 12 , 13 ),

wherein the flange contact surface ( 122 , 133 ) of the first component ( 12 , 13 ) and the flange-mounting surface ( 131 , 132 ) of the second component ( 30 ) are arranged opposite from each other, and

wherein at least one of the flange contact surface ( 121 , 122 , 133 ) of the flange ( 15 , 130 ) and the flange-mounting surface ( 131 , 132 ) of the second component ( 30 ) has a chrome-steel alloy coating that is applied using an arc welding method, the chrome-steel alloy coating being a friction increasing coating.

2. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the first component ( 12 , 13 ) and the second component ( 30 ) are braced together using connection elements.

3. The arrangement according to claim 2 , wherein the first component ( 12 , 13 ) is a gearbox input shaft ( 130 ) and the second component ( 12 , 30 ) is a rotor locking disk ( 30 ).

4. The arrangement according to claim 2 , wherein the connection elements are screws or bolts.

5. The arrangement according to claim 1 ,

wherein the chrome-steel alloy coating on at least one of the two components is on a cast material for at least one of a rotor shaft, a rotor hub, and a rotor locking disk, with compressions due to pretensioning of 125 MPa have coefficients of friction from 0.59 to 0.61, and with compressions of 75 MPa have coefficients of friction from 0.45 to 0.47, and

wherein the chrome-steel alloy coating on at least one of the two components is on a cast cast material for a planet carrier, with compressions through pretensioning of 75 MPa have coefficients of friction from 0.44 to 0.48.

6. The arrangement according to claim 1 ,

wherein one or more connection intermediate bodies ( 20 ) are disposed between the flange contact surfaces ( 121 , 122 , 133 ) or one or more of the connection intermediate bodies ( 20 ) are disposed between the flange contact surface ( 21 , 122 ) of the first component ( 12 , 13 ) and the flange-mounting surface ( 131 , 132 ) of the second component ( 30 ),

wherein the connection intermediate bodies ( 20 ) are provided with a coating of chrome-steel alloy.

7. The arrangement according to claim 6 , wherein the connection intermediate bodies ( 20 ) are plate-shaped or block-like.

8. The arrangement according to claim 6 , wherein the intermediate connection bodies ( 20 ) form a segmented annular ring through arrangement between the first component ( 12 , 13 ) and the second component ( 30 ).

9. The arrangement according to claim 6 , wherein the connection intermediate bodies ( 20 ) are mechanically connected to at least one of the first component ( 12 , 13 ) and the second component ( 30 ) using mounting elements.

10. The arrangement according to claim 9 , wherein the mounting elements are screws or clamps.

11. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the flange contact surface ( 121 , 122 , 133 ) of the first component ( 12 , 13 ) and the flange-mounting surface ( 131 , 132 ) of the second component ( 30 ) are ring-like.

12. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the first component ( 12 , 13 ) is a rotor shaft ( 12 ) and the second component ( 30 ) is a rotor locking disk ( 30 ).

13. The arrangement to claim 1 , wherein the connection of the first component ( 12 , 13 ) and the second component ( 30 ) is a force-locking detachable connection.

14. The arrangement according to claim 13 , wherein the force-locking detachable connection is at least one of a transverse-force-loaded connection, a torsion-loaded connection, and a screw connection.

15. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first component ( 12 , 13 ) and the second component ( 30 ) is a cast component.

16. A wind power plant (WEA) having an arrangement of a first component ( 12 , 13 ) and a second component ( 30 ) according to claim 1 .

17. A method for processing at least one component of a wind power plant, comprising the steps of:

providing an arrangement of two components of a wind power plant that includes a first component that has a flange having a flange contact surface and a second component that has a flange-mounting surface for the flange of the first component, wherein the flange contact surface of the first component and the flange-mounting surface of the second component are arranged opposite from each other, wherein the components of the wind power plant have a diameter of more than 0.5 m,

connecting the components to each other so that each of the components has contact surfaces facing each other, and

coating at least one of the contact surfaces of the components connected together with a chrome-steel alloy that is applied using an arc welding method, the chrome-steel alloy being a friction increasing coating.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the components of the wind power plant have a diameter of more than 1.5 m.

Assignments (7)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Aug 31, 2023
From: SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY SERVICE GMBH
To: SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY SERVICE GMBH
Reel/Frame 064834/0873 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 20, 2022
From: SENVION DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
To: SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY SERVICE GMBH
Reel/Frame 064371/0624 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 16, 2022
From: SENVION GMBH
To: SENVION DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
Reel/Frame 061462/0567 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 3, 2022
From: SENVION AG
To: SENVION GMBH
Reel/Frame 061068/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 18, 2022
From: SENVION SE
To: SENVION AG
Reel/Frame 060692/0328 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 23, 2015
From: REPOWER SYSTEMS SE
To: SENVION SE
Reel/Frame 034806/0074 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 11, 2013
From: SCHNETGOKE, HANNO
To: REPOWER SYSTEMS SE
Reel/Frame 029963/0176 →