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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2016
Senvion Gmbh, Hamburg, DE;
Marc Seidel, Osnabrück, DE;
Senvion GmbH, Hamburg, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a load-handling means for a tower or a tower section of a wind turbine, which load-handling means has tower-attachment means for attachment to an upper end or in the region of an upper end of a tower or a tower section of a wind turbine, and attachment points for attaching at least one anchoring means of a lifting gear unit. The invention also relates to a method for erecting a wind turbine, in particular an offshore wind turbine. The load-handling means according to the invention includes at least one oscillation damper, or at least one oscillation damper is attached, in particular releasably and/or exchangeably, to the load-handling means, the damping frequency of which oscillation damper lies in the region of a natural frequency of a clamped or freestanding tower or tower section without a gondola.