US 12,253,059 B2
Device and method for placing a component of a wind turbine
Dieter Wim Jan Rabaut, Ghent (BE); and Victor Hanenburg, Rotterdam (NL)
Assigned to DEME Offshore BE NV, Zwijndrecht (BE)
Appl. No. 18/018,069
Filed by DEME Offshore BE NV, Zwijndrecht (BE)
PCT Filed Jul. 26, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/070876
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 26, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/023279, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 3, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2020/5550 (BE), filed on Jul. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0258157 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. F03D 13/10 (2016.01); B66C 1/10 (2006.01); B66C 13/08 (2006.01)
CPC F03D 13/10 (2016.05) [B66C 1/108 (2013.01); B66C 13/08 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for placing a component of a wind turbine on a wind turbine tower, the device comprising a positioning tool that is coupled to a hoisting cable of a hoisting means and that is configured to place the component while being suspended from the hoisting cable, wherein the positioning tool comprises a hoisting frame or yoke configured for taking up both the component and a guide frame at the same time, wherein the guide frame is coupled to the hoisting frame or yoke, and configured to temporarily engage a peripheral part of the wind turbine tower while allowing a rotational movement and a longitudinal movement of the guide frame with respect to a longitudinal axis of the wind turbine tower during engagement,
wherein the hoisting frame or yoke is configured to be coupled to the hoisting cable, and
wherein the guide frame is coupled on one side of it to the hoisting frame or yoke and via the hoisting frame or yoke to the hoisting cable, and the guide frame is on another side than the one side of it provided with engaging means configured for temporarily engaging the peripheral part of the wind turbine tower and connecting a taken-up component to the wind turbine tower while allowing a rotational movement and a longitudinal movement of the guide frame with respect to the longitudinal axis during engagement and reducing relative movements of the taken-up component relative to the wind turbine tower.