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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2024
General Electric Renovables Espana, S.l., Barcelona, ES;
Daniel Gomez Mora, Barcelona, ES;
Michael A. Garry, Asheville, NC (US);
Jorge Molinari, Greenville, SC (US);
Arianna Abram, Schenectady, NY (US);
General Electric Renovables Espana, S.L., Barcelona, ES;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to methods for rotating a locked rotor of a wind turbine in case of an imbalance in a rotor plane of the rotor, comprising: rotating the rotor using an inching tool to apply torque on a drive train of the wind turbine to reduce the imbalance in the rotor plane; and removing a locking pin from a locking disc operatively connected to the rotor after reducing the imbalance in the rotor plane. The methods further comprise estimating a direction of a torque load due to the imbalance in the rotor plane using one or more sensors, and impeding the inching tool to apply torque on the drive train of the wind turbine in the estimated direction of the torque load due to the imbalance. The present disclosure further relates to inching tools and to methods for installing rotor blades on a hub of a wind turbine.