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System and process for transporting wind turbines

A technology for wind turbines and transportation systems, applied in the field of wind turbines, can solve the problems of large structures and easily damaged parts of wind turbines

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-11-19
VESTAS AMERICAN WIND TECH
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Some types of wind turbines are relatively large structures with fragile parts, so they must be transported with care to avoid damage

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[0038] Turn to Figure 3 to Figure 16 , showing a rail transport system for the tower section. Referring to FIGS. 3 and 4 , the bottom tower section 50 and the top tower section 52 are located on a rail car 54 . It is worth noting that the tower sections are substantially cylindrical and that the length of the bottom tower section 50 is roughly half the length of the top tower section 52 . Since the middle tower section is of similar length to the top member 52 and is shipped in the same manner as the top member 52, the middle tower section is not shown. Tower sections 52 and 50 are coupled to railcar 54 via mounting systems 56 and 58, which will be described further below.

[0039] Referring to FIG. 5 , it will be appreciated that there are two types of loading systems, a first type 56 and a second type 58 . The first type of loading system 56 includes two short floor pockets 59 and four end stops 62 each welded to the floor of the rail car 54 near one end of the car 54 . ...

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A system is used to transport wind turbines on railroad cars. The wind turbines are partially disassembled into four types of components-nacelles, blades, rotor hubs and tower sections. The blades are stored in cargo containers suitable for use in multi-mode transportation of freight by ship, rail and truck. The nacelles and rotor hubs are not stored in containers but are affixed to transport structures. Brackets are affixed to the tower sections. Then the components are mounted on railroad cars.

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[0001] This application is a divisional application of the original application with the application number 200480022875.6, the application date is July 2, 2004, and the invention title is "system and method for transporting wind turbines". technical field [0002] The present invention relates to wind turbines and, more particularly, to transporting wind turbines on railroad cars. Background technique [0003] Wind turbines are used to generate electrical energy, a conventional wind turbine 1 is shown in FIG. 1 . The turbine 1 is mounted on the ground 5 and it comprises a multi-part tower 6 topped with a nacelle 10 . A rotor 12 is fixed to the front end of the nacelle 10 and blades 14 are connected to the rotor 12 . The components of the tower 6 include: a bottom member 16 , an intermediate member 17 and a top member 18 . [0004] Turning to FIG. 2 , FIG. 2 shows components of a nacelle 10 of a conventional wind turbine 1 . The nacelle 10 is rotatably mounted on the uppe...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): B60P1/64B60P3/40B60P7/13B61D3/16B61D47/00B65D88/00B65D88/02B65D88/12B65D90/00
CPCB60P7/132B65D88/121B65D88/022B65D85/68B61D47/00Y02E10/72B65D90/0006B65D2585/6897B60P3/40F03D1/005B61D3/16B65D88/005F03D13/40
Inventor 卡尔森·安德松斯科特·兰德勒姆
Owner VESTAS AMERICAN WIND TECH