Zf Wind Power Antwerpen N.v.

Zf Friedrichshafen Ag

Michiel Van Den Donker

Roger Bogaert

Dirk Leimann

Tino Kirschner

A transmission shaft (), designed particularly for a wind turbine, which is mounted by way of a fixed bearing () and at least one floating bearing (). At least one gearwheel () is fixed onto the transmission shaft () and positioned in the axial direction between the fixed bearing () and the floating bearing (). The fixed bearing () is formed by at least one roller bearing and the floating bearing () is in the form of at least one slide bearing.

Combined anti-friction and plain bearing mounting for a gearbox shaft

A system for emergency lubrication, with a lubricant pump () and with at least one outlet opening () for delivering lubricant to at least a first lubrication point () of a transmission (), in particular a transmission of a wind turbine. The system includes a first cavity (), and the lubricant pump () is designed to convey at least some of the lubricant into the first cavity (). The first cavity () is designed to store the lubricant intermediately and to act upon the intermediately stored lubricant with positional energy. In addition, there is a lubricant-conveying connection between the first cavity () and the outlet opening ().

Emergency lubrication for wind turbine gearboxes

A planetary gear stage for a gearbox has a ring gear, a sun gear and a planet carrier for driving planet shafts. Each planet shaft has a planet gear with radial and axial contact surfaces and which is rotatably supported by a plain bearing arrangement. The bearing arrangement has two bushings fixed to the planet shaft. Each bushing is L-shaped in cross-section and has radial and axial contact surfaces. The bushings form a cross-sectional U-shape and are axially locked by abutments. At least part of the planet gear is located within the U-shape formed by the bushings. The plain bearing arrangement has a radial sliding support arranged between the radial contact surface of the bushings and the radial contact surface of the planet gear and an axial sliding support arranged between the axial contact surface of the bushings and the axial contact surface of the planet gears.

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