Wind Turbine Component Assembly with Guided Synchronized Joining
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Solution Overview
Problem
The increasing size of wind turbines leads to greater relative movement of components during installation, posing challenges in merging them during lifting and installation processes.
Innovation Solution
An assembly system with elongated connection elements, such as ropes or wires, is used to synchronize the movement of wind turbine components, guided by assembly assisting elements with actuators and storage devices, allowing for stable connection through crosswise arrangement and controlled tension.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Power
If the size of wind turbines is increased, then the power generation capacity is improved, but the relative movement of components during installation increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces assembly assisting elements including guiding elements and elongated connection elements as intermediaries between wind turbine components during installation. These elements mediate the connection and coordination between components, reducing relative movement while allowing the turbine size to increase for greater power generation capacity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-assembling blade root sections with hub sections using the assembly system before final installation. The guiding elements and connection elements are prepared and positioned in advance, allowing components to be brought together with reduced relative movement even as turbine dimensions increase.
2Device complexity
If traditional assembly methods are used without assembly assisting elements, then the device complexity is low, but the difficulty of merging components increases
Solution Approach 1:
The assembly assisting elements serve as intermediaries that facilitate the merging of components. The guiding elements provide directional guidance while elongated connection elements maintain coordination between components, making the assembly process easier despite the added complexity of these assisting elements.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the assembly system into distinct functional elements: guiding elements for directional control and elongated connection elements for coordination. This segmentation allows each element to perform its specific function, improving ease of operation while keeping the overall device complexity manageable through modular design.
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AI summary
Assembly system for assembling of a first wind turbine component of a wind turbine and second wind turbine component of the wind turbine and method for assembling of a wind turbine by using the assembly system The invention refers to an assembly system for assembling of at least one first wind turbine component assembly section of a first wind turbine component of a wind turbine and at least one second wind turbine assembly section of a second wind turbine component of the wind turbine. The assembly system comprises at least one assembly assisting element for a bringing together of the two wind turbine components. The assembly assisting element is adapted to be arranged at the first wind turbine component and the second wind turbine component. The assembly assisting element is adapted to be arranged at the first wind turbine component and at the second wind turbine component. The assembly assisting element comprises at least one guiding element for guiding of the first wind turbine component assembly section and/or for guiding of the second wind turbine assembly section. The wind turbine components are a blade, a hub, a nacelle, a generator or a tower (segments). The method comprises following steps: a) Providing of at least one first wind turbine component of a wind turbine with at least one first wind turbine component assembly section, providing of at least one second wind turbine component of the wind turbine with at least one second wind turbine component assembly section and providing of at least one above described assembly system and b) Assembling of the two wind turbine component assembly sections with the aid of the assembly assisting element.