WO2023006703A1 - Lagerbuchse, lagerbuchsenanordnung und windenergieanlagenlager für windenergieanlagen - Google Patents
Lagerbuchse, lagerbuchsenanordnung und windenergieanlagenlager für windenergieanlagen Download PDFInfo
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- the present invention relates to a bearing bush for movably holding a generator-side component, such as a gearbox and/or a generator, and a foundation-side component of a wind turbine, a wind turbine bearing for supporting a generator and/or a gearbox of a wind turbine on a foundation-side support structure of the wind turbine, and a bearing bush arrangement.
- a generator-side component such as a gearbox and/or a generator
- a wind turbine bearing for supporting a generator and/or a gearbox of a wind turbine on a foundation-side support structure of the wind turbine
- a bearing bush arrangement for movably holding a generator-side component, such as a gearbox and/or a generator, and a foundation-side component of a wind turbine, a wind turbine bearing for supporting a generator and/or a gearbox of a wind turbine on a foundation-side support structure of the wind turbine, and a bearing bush arrangement.
- a high torque is usually transmitted from the rotor to the generator via a gearbox.
- Elastic bushings are usually used to reduce the dynamic loads on the gearbox and supporting structure.
- the elastic bushings serve to isolate oscillation and vibration.
- a wind turbine bearing for a machine train of the wind turbine has, for example, a flange with fastening openings.
- Fastening units, in particular threaded rods or bearing bolts, are fastened in the passage openings by means of elastomer bodies which serve as dampers.
- the fastening elements are connected, in particular screwed, to the supporting structure, in particular to the housing of the wind turbine.
- a wind turbine bearing is known from EP 2352930 Bi, in which a flange is clamped to the gear via two elastomer bodies. At least one of the elastomer bodies is conically shaped and has an angle of approximately 45 ° in order to be able to transmit forces acting radially and axially to an axial direction between the flange and the transmission.
- the bearing according to EP 2 352 930 Bi the one-sided straining of the elastomer bodies has proven to be disadvantageous.
- the use of the fastening bolts of the machine carrier and Mounting flange also found to be disadvantageous for clamping the elastomer body.
- the fastening bolt on which both the fastening flange and the machine carrier are mounted, moves in the direction of the bracing component, which is designed as a pressure plate and is provided with a bore that accommodates the bolt, which means that the machine carrier and fastening flange close begin to wander, namely to move towards each other.
- a bearing bush for movably holding a generator-side component and a foundation-side component of a wind turbine.
- it is a bearing bush for an elastic bearing of a wind turbine.
- Elastic bearings are used in wind turbines to absorb dynamic loads that act on the components of the wind turbine. Oscillation and/or vibration damping and decoupling can take place by means of the bearing bush.
- the generator-side component can, for example, be part of the machine train of the wind energy installation, which comprises the rotor, the generator and transmission elements arranged between them, such as a gearbox, a shaft or a clutch.
- the generator-side component can in particular be a shaft bearing for a drive shaft of the machine train.
- the shaft bearing can preferably have a bearing opening in which the shaft of the machine train is mounted.
- the foundation-side component can be a support structure of the wind power plant, which is formed, for example, by the housing of the wind power plant.
- the foundation-side component can be a housing that is part of the nacelle of the wind turbine and the generator-side component Be shaft bearings or a gearbox of the wind turbine.
- a bearing bush according to the invention supports the generator-side component damped in all spatial directions in relation to the foundation-side component of the wind turbine.
- the bearing bush supports, for example, a component on the generator side in an elastically damped manner on a supporting structure on the foundation side.
- the bearing bush comprises an elastomer body with a cavity for receiving a bearing bolt on the foundation or generator side, which is screwed, for example, to the component on the foundation or generator side and protrudes through a through hole in the other component.
- the bearing pin defines a longitudinal direction of the bearing bush.
- the inside of the elastomeric body can be in contact with the bearing pin.
- the outside of the elastomer body can accordingly be in contact with the foundation-side or generator-side component, in particular with the through hole of the foundation-side or generator-side component.
- the bearing bush also includes a bracing assembly, which is designed for longitudinal compression of the elastomeric body on both sides in such a way that it exerts a longitudinally directed prestressing force on both sides of the elastomeric body when it is compressed. It can be provided that the bracing device compresses the elastomer body equally and/or simultaneously from both sides. In other words, when it is activated, the bracing assembly applies prestressing forces oriented in opposite directions to the elastomer body on both end or front sides of the elastomer body, so that the elastomer body is compressed or axially compressed in particular equally from both sides.
- the elastomer body is compressed in the longitudinal direction by the prestressing force and expands accordingly in the radial direction, i.e. transversely to the longitudinal direction, and a non-positive connection is created between the elastomer body and the foundation or generator-side component.
- the elastomer body and thus the bearing pin can be fixed to the component on the foundation or generator side or in the through hole of the component on the foundation or generator side.
- a bearing bush according to the invention offers the advantage that it can be manufactured and installed easily and inexpensively.
- the bearing bush can be mounted from one side of the wind turbine bearing without hydraulic clamping tools that are difficult to handle.
- the bearing bush can be preassembled on the bearing bolt for this purpose.
- the bearing bush also includes a support bush, which supports the elastomer body transversely to the longitudinal direction, for mounting the bracing assembly.
- the support bush serves to guide the bracing device and to provide the necessary installation space for the bracing device.
- the support bushing can be pushed into the cavity of the elastomeric body and be in contact with the inside of the elastomeric body, so that it is arranged between the elastomeric body and the bearing bolt in the assembled state.
- the elastomeric body can be preassembled on the support bushing for simple and inexpensive manufacture and assembly.
- a bearing bush for movably holding a generator-side component and a foundation-side component of a wind turbine is provided.
- the bearing bush comprises an inner elastomeric body for support on a foundation or generator-side bearing bolt, which is screwed, for example, to the foundation or generator-side component and protrudes through a through hole in the other component.
- the bearing pin defines a longitudinal direction of the bearing bush.
- the bushing also includes an outer elastomeric body for bearing against the foundation or alternator-side component.
- the outer elastomer body can be supported on the through bore of the foundation or generator-side component.
- it can be provided that the inner and outer elastomeric bodies are fully disposed within the through bore of the foundation or generator side component.
- the bearing bush also comprises a bracing assembly with a support bushing arranged between the elastomeric bodies and supported on both elastomeric bodies, the bracing assembly being designed for compressing at least one of the elastomeric bodies in the longitudinal direction.
- the support bush is used to guide the bracing assembly and to keep the necessary space between the inner and the outer elastomer body free.
- the support bushing separates the inner elastomeric body and the outer elastomeric body from one another. It can be provided that the inner and/or the outer elastomer body is/are pressed onto the bearing pin or pressed into the through hole of the component on the foundation or generator side.
- the bearing bushing according to the invention can be manufactured and installed easily and inexpensively.
- the bearing bush can be mounted from one side of the wind turbine bearing without hydraulic clamping tools that are difficult to handle.
- the elastomeric bodies When the elastomeric bodies are compressed in the longitudinal direction, at least one of the elastomeric bodies expands radially and forms a non-positive connection with the component on the foundation or generator side and/or the bearing bolt. This fixes the bearing bush and thus the bearing pin on the component on the foundation or generator side or in the bore of the component on the foundation or generator side. Due to the bearing bush according to the invention, no axial shearing forces arise when the elastomer body is compressed.
- the foundation-side and generator-side components do not shift and that there is a distance in the longitudinal direction between the generator-side component and the foundation-side component, which can be in the range of 5 to 20 mm, for example, in the compressed and uncompressed state of the elastomer body remains the same or changes by a maximum of about 10%.
- the bracing assembly has a relaxed state and a tensioned state.
- both elastomeric bodies are in a substantially uncompressed state.
- Exactly one elastomer body is in the clamping state, in particular the outer one elastomeric body longitudinally compressed and the other elastomeric body, particularly the inner elastomeric body, remains substantially uncompressed.
- the outer elastomer body expands radially during clamping to fix the entire element in the bore of the foundation or generator-side component and fixes the entire system. As a result, the required preload force can be reduced.
- the support bushing has a rotationally shaped, hollow casing which has a through hole for the bracing assembly, the inner lateral surface of which is supported on the inner elastomer body or on the bearing bolt and the outer lateral surface of which is supported on the outer elastomer body.
- the support sleeve can be cylindrical and/or have a small wall thickness.
- a bearing bush for movably holding a generator-side component and a foundation-side component of a wind turbine is provided.
- the bearing bush comprises one, in particular at least one, elastomeric body with a cavity for receiving a foundation or generator-side bearing bolt, which defines a longitudinal direction.
- the bushing also includes a bracing assembly for longitudinally compressing the at least one elastomeric body.
- the at least one elastomer body has a stiffness that varies in the longitudinal direction, which can also be referred to as axial stiffness.
- the elastomeric body is designed and/or constructed in such a way that at least two axial sections of the elastomeric body are formed, which have different axial rigidity.
- the considerable load requirements, particularly in the radial direction can be met and, at the same time, the axial rigidity can be adjusted as a function of the specific requirements.
- the inventors of the present invention have succeeded in being able to set the axial rigidity independently of the radial rigidity, at least to a certain extent.
- the flexible design of the axial and radial stiffness of the bearing bush can further savings in terms of Cost of materials, space and thus costs can be achieved.
- the axial rigidity can be understood as the resistance of the bearing bush, in particular of the at least one elastomer body, to elastic deformation by an external force input, in particular in the longitudinal direction, for example a shearing or stretching load.
- radial rigidity can be understood as meaning the resistance of the bearing bush or the elastomer body to elastic deformation when a force is applied transversely, in particular radially, to the longitudinal axis.
- the varying axial rigidity can be achieved, for example, by the elastomer body being segmented, in particular having different radial wall thicknesses in the longitudinal direction. Furthermore, it is possible to configure the radial rigidity as a function of the orientation, in which case, for example, the radial rigidity in the horizontal direction can be greater or smaller than the radial rigidity in the vertical direction.
- the bracing assembly has a tensioning device and an abutment, which is movably mounted with respect to the tensioning device, for applying a compression force in the longitudinal direction to the at least one elastomer body. Provision can be made for the tensioning device to apply a compression force on both sides to the at least one elastomer body. The compression of the at least one elastomeric body on both sides does not result in any shearing forces and displacement of the elastomeric body in the longitudinal direction can also be prevented.
- a distance in the longitudinal direction between the generator-side component and the foundation-side component which can for example be in the range of 5 to 20 mm, remains the same in the compressed and in the uncompressed state of the elastomer body or changes by a maximum of 10%. changes.
- the tensioning device and the abutment are operatively connected to one another in such a way that when the tensioning device is activated, the abutment is set in motion in the longitudinal direction and thus compresses the at least one elastomer body in the longitudinal direction.
- the abutment is movably mounted with respect to the clamping device in such a way that the abutment moves in the longitudinal direction, in particular along the clamping device, towards the elastomer body in order to compress the at least one elastomer body in the longitudinal direction, in particular on both sides.
- the abutment has two clamping jaws, in particular clamping disks, which are each arranged on an end face of the at least one elastomer body oriented in the longitudinal direction and are mounted on the clamping device.
- the clamping device is designed as at least one clamping screw.
- the clamping device can also have several clamping screws, with each clamping screw being able to be operatively connected to an abutment which is formed, for example, by two clamping jaws each, or several clamping screws being able to be operatively connected to the same two clamping jaws.
- the at least one elastomer body is arranged between the two clamping jaws, which move towards one another when the clamping device is activated, in particular on the clamping screw, and in this way compress the at least one elastomer body, in particular on both sides in the longitudinal direction.
- the clamping jaws are only in contact with the at least one elastomer body and not with the foundation-side and generator-side components and the bearing bolt. In this way it can be ensured that the at least one elastomer body is compressed evenly from both sides. There is therefore a direct flow of force between the clamping device, the first clamping jaw, the elastomer body, the second clamping jaw and finally the clamping device again.
- the power flow is self-contained.
- At least one clamping jaw is screwed onto the at least one clamping screw in order to compress the at least one elastomer body.
- the clamping jaw and/or the clamping screw can be rotated. Provision can also be made for both clamping jaws to be screwed onto the clamping screw.
- a reinforcement is embedded in the at least one elastomer body.
- the reinforcement can be made of metal, for example steel, or of textile fabric, for example aramid, carbon and/or glass fibers as mesh, fabric and/or as individual fibers mixed in, or comprise the materials or components mentioned.
- the reinforcement can be designed as a particularly thin-walled perforated sheet metal or wire mesh hollow cylinder.
- the radial rigidity of the elastomer body can be increased by the reinforcement, while the axial rigidity remains essentially unaffected. In this way, the required preload force can be reduced and/or the bearing bush can be made smaller.
- the at least one elastomer body has a Shore hardness of more than 85 Shore A.
- the Shore hardness is a material parameter for elastomers and plastics that is specified in the standards DIN EN ISO 868, DIN ISO 7619-1 and ASTM D 2240-00.
- the selected Shore hardness of the elastomer body ensures the necessary resilience, whereby, for example, compared to standard rubber-metal bearing bushes, up to four times higher loads can be absorbed with comparable deformation, while at the same time it is possible to dimension the bearing bush significantly smaller. In this respect, a lower component weight, lower component costs and smaller component dimensions can be achieved.
- the elastomeric body is made of polyurethane.
- the elastomeric body can be made of polyurethane-polyester, polyester-urethane rubber or, preferably, of ureast.
- the materials mentioned for the elastomer body have proven to be particularly advantageous, in particular because of the high load capacity, high tensile strength and very good wear behavior. Mainly because of the high load capacity, it is possible to dimension the bearing bush smaller. This results in advantages in terms of installation space, material requirements and costs.
- Ureiast is generally a cast elastomer.
- the bearing bush according to the invention its radial rigidity transversely to the longitudinal direction is greater than its axial rigidity in the longitudinal direction.
- the axial stiffness is less than 10%, in particular less than 5% or in the range from 2% to 3%, of the radial stiffness.
- the ratios given have proven to be particularly advantageous with regard to the specific Proven requirements in elastic bearings in wind turbines for holding a generator-side component and a foundation-side component.
- a particularly low axial rigidity is desirable.
- the radial rigidity in the horizontal direction can be greater or smaller than the radial rigidity in the vertical direction.
- the radial stiffnesses in the different directions can deviate from one another by 5% or by 8% or by more than 10%.
- the at least one elastomer body has at least two supporting webs arranged at a distance from one another in the longitudinal direction and/or transversely, in particular perpendicularly, to one another.
- the support webs protrude from an outer or inner circumference of the elastomer body in such a way that an escape space is formed between each two support webs.
- the escape space can be a groove or a recess, for example.
- the support webs arranged on the outer circumference, also referred to below as outer support webs, are in load-bearing contact with the bearing parts of the elastic bearing surrounding the elastomer body on the outside in the mounted state in the bearing, in particular in the operating state.
- Support webs provided on the inner circumference of the elastomer body come into load-bearing contact with the foundation or generator-side bearing pin in the operating state, i.e. when installed in the bearing, which is accommodated in the cavity of the at least one elastomer body.
- Support webs that are arranged at the same axial height of the bearing bush in the longitudinal direction and are separated from one another by an escape space, such as a groove or a recess, can be referred to as circumferential support webs.
- Support webs that are arranged at the same circumferential height of the bearing bush in the longitudinal direction and are separated from one another by an escape space, such as a groove or a recess, can be referred to as axial support webs.
- axial support webs it is possible, in particular by flexible design of the geometry of the bearing bush, to flexibly adjust the spring stiffness of the bearing bush with respect to all spatial axes, in particular in order to be able to react to any load requirements.
- the inventors of the present invention have found that the axial stiffness as well as the targeted over the Tragsteg- avoidance space structure of the bearing bush Radial stiffness can be adjusted on the one hand in the horizontal direction and on the other in the vertical direction.
- the support webs are designed to deflect onto the bearing bush in the longitudinal direction and/or transverse to an adjacent escape space in the event of a load, in particular in the longitudinal direction and/or transverse thereto.
- the axial rigidity and/or the radial rigidity for example as a function of the loads to be expected, the dimensioning of the wind energy installation and/or the power of the wind energy installation.
- the axial rigidity and/or the radial rigidity can be set, for example, by the dimensioning of the support webs and/or the grooves.
- the higher the degree of deflection of the supporting webs into adjacent deflection spaces the lower the rigidity of the elastomer body in this direction.
- the support webs have a rectangular shape or a conical shape in cross section.
- the support webs it is possible for the support webs to taper, in particular continuously, in the radial direction. A discontinuous tapering is also conceivable.
- the cross-sectional shape of the supporting webs can also be used to adjust their ability to deviate into the adjacent grooves in order to achieve a specific rigidity in this direction.
- At least one support web is segmented in the circumferential direction and/or divided into circumferential sections.
- the sections of the support webs that are segmented or subdivided in the circumferential direction can be referred to as circumferential support webs.
- the at least one support web can be segmented or subdivided in the circumferential direction in such a way that at least two, three or four circumferential support webs are formed.
- the circumferential support webs can extend in the circumferential direction by substantially the same circumferential dimensions.
- any two adjacent peripheral support webs can be separated from one another in the peripheral direction by a recess which is in particular rectilinear and/or oriented in the longitudinal direction and which forms the escape space.
- the recesses can also be curved at least in sections.
- the circumferential support webs are designed to deviate in the circumferential direction into an adjacent recess in the event of a load, in particular transverse to the longitudinal direction, on the bearing bush.
- the statements regarding the groove and the deflection of the support webs into this apply in an analogous manner.
- the segmentation of the support webs in the circumferential direction enables an additional adjustment of the rigidity of the bearing bush or of the elastomer body in the circumferential direction, in particular independently of the axial rigidity or without significantly influencing the axial rigidity.
- Bearing bush arrangement provided from several, in particular from 6, 8, 12, 15, or 20 bearing bushes according to the invention.
- the bearing bushes are arranged in a clock dial arrangement, in particular equidistantly around an axis of a wind turbine bearing.
- Wind turbine bearings for supporting a generator-side component, such as a generator, a gearbox or an assembly unit made up of generator and gearbox, a wind turbine on a foundation-side component, such as a support structure, provided the wind turbine.
- a generator-side component such as a generator, a gearbox or an assembly unit made up of generator and gearbox
- a wind turbine on a foundation-side component such as a support structure
- the wind turbine bearing comprises a plurality of bearing bushes according to the invention and/or a bearing bush arrangement according to the invention. It can be provided that the bearing bushes and/or the bearing bush arrangement is/are arranged at an assembly interface between the generator and the rotor.
- Such a wind turbine bearing offers the advantage that it takes up only a small amount of installation space, can be produced inexpensively and is easy and safe to assemble.
- FIG. 1 shows a front view of an exemplary embodiment of a bearing bush according to the invention
- FIG. 2 shows a sectional view of the bearing bush of FIG. 1 along the line I--I in FIG. 1 in an uncompressed state
- FIG. 3 shows a sectional view of the bearing bush from FIG. 1 along the line I--I in FIG. 1 in a compressed state
- FIG. 4 shows a front view of a further exemplary embodiment of a bearing bush according to the invention.
- FIG. 5 shows a sectional view of the bearing bush from FIG. 4 along the line II-II in FIG. 4 in an uncompressed state
- FIG. 6 shows a sectional view of the bearing bush from FIG. 4 along the line II-II in FIG. 4 in a compressed state
- FIG. 7 shows a perspective view of an elastomer body of a further exemplary embodiment of a bearing bush according to the invention.
- FIG. 8 shows a perspective sectional view of the elastomeric body from FIG. 7;
- FIG. 9 shows a perspective view of an elastomer body of a further exemplary embodiment of a bearing bush according to the invention.
- Figure 10 is a perspective sectional view of the elastomeric body of Figure 9.
- a bearing bush according to the invention is generally provided with the reference numeral 1.
- a bearing bush 1 according to the invention can be part of a bearing bush arrangement according to the invention consisting of at least 6, 8, 12, 15 or 20 bearing bushes.
- the individual bearing bushes 1 can be arranged in a clock dial arrangement, in particular equidistantly around an axis of a wind turbine bearing according to the invention.
- a wind turbine bearing according to the invention is used to support a generator-side component 3 of a wind turbine, for example a generator, a gearbox or an assembly unit made up of generator and gearbox, on a foundation-side component 5 of the wind turbine, for example a support structure.
- the bearing bushes 1 or the bearing bush arrangement can be arranged, for example, at an assembly interface between the generator and the rotor.
- FIG. 1 shows the bearing bush 1 in a top view, with the foundation-side component 5 of the wind turbine being arranged in front of the generator-side component 3 and covering it.
- the bearing bush 1 according to the invention comprises the following main components (see e.g. Figure 2): an inner elastomer body 7 for support on a generator-side bearing pin 11 which is firmly connected to the generator-side component 3; an outer elastomeric body 9 for bearing against the fimium-side component 5; and a bracing assembly 13 with a support bushing 15 which is arranged between the inner elastomeric body 7 and the outer elastomeric body 9 and is supported on both elastomeric bodies 7, 9.
- FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 show the bearing bush 1 from FIG. 1 in a sectional view along the line II in FIG.
- the bearing pin 11 protrudes perpendicularly from a surface 17 of the generator-side component 3 facing the foundation-side component 5 and projects through a through bore 19 in the foundation-side component 5 .
- the bearing pin 11 thus defines a longitudinal direction L of the bearing bush 1. In the embodiment in FIGS. This is considered as part of the bearing pin 11 in the following description of the function of a bearing bush 1 according to the invention.
- FIGS. 1 to 3 can also be seen that the entire bearing bush 1, so the two elastomer bodies 7, 9 and the bracing assembly 13, completely in the Through hole 19 of the foundation-side component 5 are arranged.
- the elastomer bodies 7, 9 are hollow-cylindrical in the embodiment in FIGS. 1 to 3 and each have a cavity 8, 10 through which the bearing pin 11 and the bushing 13 protrude.
- the outer elastomeric body 9 is in contact with the foundation-side component 5 or with the through hole 19 of the foundation-side component 5 and the inner elastomeric body 7 is in contact with the bushing 23.
- the support bushing 15 is also designed to be rotationally shaped and has a hollow casing 16 with a through-opening 26 for the clamping device 28 .
- the support bushing 15 is arranged between the inner elastomeric body 7 and the outer elastomeric body 9 and separates the two elastomeric bodies 7, 9 from one another.
- an inner lateral surface 25 of the support bushing 15 is supported on the inner elastomeric body 7 and an outer lateral surface 27 of the support bushing 15 is supported on the outer elastomeric body 9 .
- the clamping device 28 comprises eight clamping screws 29 which are arranged in a rotational and uniform manner around an axis of the bearing bush 1 defined by the longitudinal direction L.
- the support bushing 15 serves to guide the clamping screws 29 and to provide the necessary installation space for the clamping screws 29 .
- the bracing assembly 13 also includes, for each of the eight clamping screws 29, two clamping disks 31, 33 which are screwed onto the respective clamping screw 29 and together can be referred to as an abutment 30.
- the clamping disks 31, 33 are located on both sides of the elastomeric bodies 7, 9; in other words, the elastomeric bodies 7, 9 are arranged between the clamping disks 31, 33.
- FIG. 2 shows the bearing bush 1 or the outer elastomer body 9 in an uncompressed state, which can also be referred to as the unloaded state, and FIG. 3 in a compressed state when the bracing assembly 13 is activated, which can also be referred to as the tensioned state.
- the inner elastomeric body 7 is uncompressed both in the unloaded state and in the tensioned state.
- the tensioning assembly 13 When the tensioning assembly 13 is activated, the tensioning disks 31 , 33 move on the tensioning screw 29 in the longitudinal direction L towards the elastomer bodies 7 , 9 .
- the clamping disk 33 arranged at the end of the clamping screw 29 is screwed onto the clamping screw 29 when the clamping screw 29 is rotated.
- the clamping disk 33 and the clamping disk 31 resting on the head of the clamping screw 29 move towards one another and compress the outer elastomer body 9 arranged between them in the longitudinal direction L from both sides.
- the outer elastomer body 9 is thus compressed in the axial direction and expands in the radial direction, that is to say transversely to the axial direction or longitudinal direction L.
- FIG. 2 A comparison of Figure 2 and Figure 3 shows that the outer elastomer body 9 in the uncompressed state in Figure 2 in the longitudinal direction L protrudes on both sides over the support bushing 15 and in the compressed state in Figure 3 in the longitudinal direction L the same width as the Support bushing 15 has. It can also be seen that in FIG. 2 there is a distance between the clamping disks 31, 33 and the inner elastomer body 7, which distance disappears when the bracing assembly 13 is activated by the clamping disks 31, 33 moving towards one another.
- the compression of the outer elastomer body 9 creates a non-positive connection between the outer elastomer body 9 and the through hole 19 of the foundation-side component 5.
- the bearing bush 1 is clamped or fixed in the through-opening 19 of the foundation-side component 5 and thus supports the generator-side component 3 on the foundation-side component 5.
- the bearing bush 1 offers the advantage that it can be installed easily and inexpensively by being pushed in from one side of the wind turbine bearing, from the left in FIGS. 2 and 3.
- the inner elastomer body 7 can be pressed onto the bushing 23 and, together with this, pushed from the left in FIGS.
- a surface 21 of the foundation-side components 3 facing the generator-side components 3 is aligned parallel to the surface 17 of the generator-side component 3 .
- the distance between the surface 17 of the generator-side component 3 and the surface 21 of the foundation-side component 5 is approximately 5 mm to 20 mm.
- FIG. 4 shows the bearing bush 1 in a plan view from the side of the foundation-side component 5 of the wind energy installation, which covers the generator-side component 3 .
- FIGS. 5 and 6 show the bearing bush 1 from FIG. 4 in a sectional view along the line II-II in FIG. 4, the bearing bush being shown in an uncompressed state in FIG. 5 and in a compressed state in FIG.
- the embodiment in FIGS. 4 to 6 basically has the same components and the same advantages as the bearing bush 1 in FIGS. 1 to 3, so that only the differences from the first exemplary embodiment in FIGS. 1 to 3 are explained below.
- the bearing bush 1 in FIGS. 4 to 6 has only one elastomeric body 35 with a cavity 36 .
- the elastomer body 35 is compressed in the longitudinal direction L corresponding to the outer elastomer body 9 in FIGS.
- the bushing 23 there is a fastening flange 37 which is screwed into the generator-side component 3 and a bushing 41 connected thereto via screws 39 .
- the socket 23 has one of the generator-side component 3 facing wedge 24 in the direction of foundation-side component 5 is oriented, ie tapers towards the foundation-side component 5 .
- the wedge 24 promotes the axial fixation of the bearing bush 1.
- the inner side 51 of the elastomer body 35 rests against the bushing 41, which serves as a support bushing 15, guides the clamping device 28 and provides the necessary installation space for the clamping device 28.
- the clamping device 28 has four clamping screws 29 which are distributed evenly around the circumference of the support bushing 15 .
- a reinforcement 43 is embedded in the elastomer body 35 and is made of metal, for example steel, or of textile fabric, for example aramid, carbon and/or glass fibers as a braid, fabric and/or as individual fibers mixed in.
- the reinforcement 43 is designed as a thin-walled hollow cylinder.
- the radial rigidity of the elastomer body 35 can be increased by the reinforcement 43, while the axial rigidity of the elastomer body 35 remains unchanged. In this way, the required prestressing force can be reduced and the bearing bush 1 can be made smaller overall.
- the radial rigidity is significantly greater than the axial rigidity.
- the axial stiffness of the elastomeric body 35 can be in the range of 2% to 3% of the radial stiffness of the elastomeric body 35 .
- Both the inner elastomeric body 7 and the outer elastomeric body 9 in the embodiment in FIGS. 1 to 3 and the elastomeric body 35 in FIGS. 4 to 6 have a Shore hardness of more than 85 Shore A.
- the elastomer bodies 7, 9, 35 are made of polyurethane or preferably of Ureiast and can have an axial rigidity that varies in the longitudinal direction L, which is explained below with reference to FIGS.
- FIGS. 7 and 8 a first exemplary embodiment of an elastomer body 7, 9, 35 is shown.
- the elastomer body 7 , 9 , 35 is segmented in the longitudinal direction L and has a large number of circumferential grooves 45 , 47 on the inside 49 of the elastomer body 35 and on the outside 51 of the elastomer body 35 .
- the grooves 45, 47 form an escape space into which the elastomer material of the support webs 53, 55 arranged between the grooves 45, 47 can escape when the elastomer body 7, 9, 35 is compressed.
- the support webs 53, 55 can be referred to as axial support webs.
- the elastomer body 7 , 9 , 35 has four grooves 57 , 59 , uniformly distributed in the circumferential direction, on the inside 49 and on the outside 51 of the elastomer body 7 , 9 , 35 .
- the space between the grooves 57,59 can be referred to as the circumferential support ridge 61,63.
- the spring stiffness of the bearing bush 1 can be adjusted flexibly in the radial and axial directions by means of the axial support webs 53, 55 and the circumferential support webs 61, 63 in order to be able to react to any load requirements. In this case, it applies that the higher the degree of deflection of the supporting webs 53, 55 into adjacent deflection spaces 47, 49, the lower the rigidity of the elastomer body 7, 9, 35.
- Both the axial support webs 53, 55 and the circumferential support webs 61, 63 have a rectangular cross-section in FIGS.
- the grooves 45, 47 and the grooves 57, 59 also have a rectangular shape in cross section.
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