Adjustable Platform for Wind Turbine Installation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wind turbine generator installation platforms require manual removal of bolts to sink pile legs, leading to high labor costs and inefficiency.
Innovation Solution
An adjustable platform with a sliding pile leg configuration and electric plug-in components, allowing for automated connection and disconnection of pile legs, reducing manual labor and increasing efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual bolt removal is used to sink pile legs, then the pile legs can be disconnected, but labor costs are greatly consumed and the process is inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the manual mechanical bolt removal process with an electric plug-in component system. The electric plug-in component includes a plug-in body with a pressing plate that automatically presses the pile leg against the platform shell, eliminating the need for manual bolt operations. This substitution of manual mechanical operations with an electrically actuated system directly resolves the contradiction by improving productivity while reducing manual labor requirements.
2Strength
If bolts are used to connect pile legs to the platform, then strong connection is achieved, but the disassembly process becomes difficult and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the connection system into modular components: the platform shell with its inner wall, the pile leg with external threads, and the electric plug-in component with the pressing plate. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function independently - the threads provide strong connection strength while the pressing plate enables easy disassembly by simply releasing the pressing force, thus resolving the contradiction between connection strength and disassembly difficulty.
Solution Approach 2:
The connection system transitions from a static bolted connection to a dynamic system where the pressing plate can be actively pressed against the pile leg during installation and easily released during disassembly. The electric plug-in component allows the connection state to change dynamically between locked (pressed) and unlocked (released) states, providing both strong connection when needed and easy disassembly when required.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The adjustable platform significantly reduces labor costs and improves installation efficiency by automating the connection and disconnection of pile legs, enhancing the overall installation process for wind turbine generators.
Implementation Method 1
a jack body, an oil cylinder and a piston are arranged in sequence in the adjusting jack (200), the piston is connected to the jack body through an elastic resetting part (206), one end of the oil cylinder away from the piston is connected to the pile leg (3), and the other end of the oil cylinder away from the piston is connected to the jack body
Implementation Method 2
an elastic buffer part is arranged between the two guide sleeves on the guide rod
Implementation Method 3
an elastic buffer part is arranged between the two guide sleeves on the guide rod; Two symmetrical buffer execution components, the top of which is connected to the adjustable platform shell, and the bottom of which is connected to the hull
Implementation Method 4
A guide rod, which is fixedly connected to the guide rod mounting rack; Two symmetrical buffer execution components, the top of which is connected to the adjustable platform shell, and the bottom of which is connected to the hull
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AI summary
An adjustable platform for installing a wind turbine generator comprises an adjustable platform shell, the adjustable platform shell is installed on a hull, pile legs are connected vertically in the adjustable platform shell in a sliding way, a plurality of adjusting jacks are arranged on the pile legs, an electric plug-in component is arranged in the adjustable platform shell and used for fitting with the adjusting jacks. The fitting of electric plug-in component with the adjusting jacks of the pile legs replaces the bolted connection between the installation platform and the pile legs, and the electric power is used to replace the manual operation, solving the technical problems in the prior art that bolted connection is required between the installation platform and the pile legs, bolts are required to be removed manually before the pile legs sink, and the labor cost is greatly consumed.