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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2013
Applicant:
Nordex Energy Gmbh, Hamburg, DE;
Inventor:
Ocke-Philipp Hansen, Hamburg, DE;
Assignee:
Nordex Energy GmbH, Hamburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 65/00 (2006.01); F03D 80/55 (2016.01); F03D 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 11/0016 (2013.01); F03D 80/55 (2016.05); F16D 65/0037 (2013.01); F16D 65/0043 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention is directed to a method for cleaning a brake of a wind turbine. The brake has a brake disc and at least one brake unit, wherein the brake disc and the brake unit can be moved relative to one another via a drive. The method includes fastening a cleaning plate to the brake disc; releasing at least one brake unit; moving the brake disc and the brake unit relative to one another so that the cleaning plate is moved past a brake pad of the brake unit while making applied contact engagement to the brake pad; and, dismounting the cleaning plate from the brake disc.