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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2017
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Darrick Adam Vanderwalker, Pattersonville, NY (US);
Waylon James Esser, Canova, SD (US);
Hunter Ryan Anderson, Muskegon, MI (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 13/10 (2016.01); F03D 80/70 (2016.01); B23P 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 13/10 (2016.05); F03D 80/70 (2016.05); B23P 6/00 (2013.01); F05B 2230/61 (2013.01); F05B 2230/70 (2013.01); F05B 2240/50 (2013.01); Y02E 10/722 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49696 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49698 (2015.01); Y10T 29/53852 (2015.01); Y10T 29/53974 (2015.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for removing or installing a bearing unit at the downwind end of the bedplate in wind turbine uses a frame erected at the downwind end of the bedplate. The frame has cradle members located such that the bearing unit can be slid out of the bedplate and supported on the cradle members, or supported on the cradle members and pushed into the bedplate.