Vestas Wind Systems A/s

Tetra Laval Holding & Finance S.a.

Bendt Høeg

Morten Mogensen

Torben Brander Nedergaard

The invention includes a tool for moving a drivetrain component in a nacelle of a horizontal axis wind turbine, the nacelle comprising a nacelle structure, the component being connected, in operation of the wind turbine, to a rotor of the wind turbine, the tool comprising at least one carrier adapted to be connected to the component, to carry the weight of the component, and to be supported by the nacelle structure, and at least one drive unit adapted to be connected to the nacelle structure and to the carrier, so as to provide a force between the nacelle structure and the carrier, so as to drive the carrier with the component in a direction parallel to the rotational axis of the rotor.

Tool and a method for moving a wind turbine drivetrain component

The invention includes a tool for moving a drive train component in a nacelle of a horizontal axis wind turbine, the nacelle comprising a nacelle structure (), the component being connected, in operation of the wind turbine, to a rotor () of the wind turbine, the tool comprising&#x2014;at least one carrier () adapted to be connected to the component, to carry the weight of the component, and to be supported by the nacelle structure, and&#x2014;at least one drive unit () adapted to be connected to the nacelle structure and to the carrier, so as to provide a force between the nacelle structure and the carrier, so as to drive the carrier with the component in a direction parallel to the rotational axis of the rotor.

The invention relates to an object turner or a turning apparatus () for end-turning of e.g. ice-cream cones () after selective deflection of the objects () from an object conveyor () on which the objects are placed lying in horizontal trays (). The novelty of the turning apparatus () according to the invention is that the turning apparatus () has selection means, which makes the turning process selective, and means ensuring that the process operates in parallel and synchronously with the object conveyor (). The selected objects () are forwarded into a turning unit (), where the object () is end-turned around a horizontal axis (), and returned onto the object conveyor () in the same tray () previously occupied by the object. Such a turning apparatus () makes it possible for objects () to be end-turned in a predetermined pattern of e.g. all objects, every second or third object. The turning apparatus () shows a high level of reliability and at the same time gentle processing of the objects (). The turning process is carried out quickly, and the apparatus () typically has a capacity of 300 to 600 objects/minute.

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