Abstract: A wind turbine comprising a tower and a nacelle, wherein a rotor having at least one rotor blade is disposed on the nacelle, and the rotor executes a rotary motion when the wind turbine is in operation and the rotary motion drives a generator within the nacelle, via a shaft, wherein disposed on the tower of the wind turbine there is a fiber winding, which wraps around a vertical tower axis of the tower of the wind turbine and which is configured to damp a vibration of the tower.

Abstract: A rotor blade element, in particular produced by a process according to claim 10, in particular a rotor blade edge for a wind turbine, with a base comprising a fiber material saturated with curable resin and with a surface foil, with, arranged between base and surface foil, a bonding layer. The invention proposes that the surface foil comprises polyethylene with ultra-high molecular weight and that the bonding layer comprises a first rubber layer and a second rubber layer, where the first rubber layer is allocated to the surface foil and the second rubber layer is allocated to the base.

Abstract: A composite molding, in particular manufactured according to a method according to the invention, in particular for a wind-energy installation, having a thermoplastic material and a fiber-composite semi-finished product.

Abstract: A production method and to a composite structural part, in particular for a wind power plant, with a multiplicity of at least two-component composite moldings, a first component being formed from a shaping core material and a second component being formed as part of a joining layer. According to the invention, the shaping core material is formed, in conformity with the shape of a prism, as a prismatic body with a polygonal basic area, a polygon of the basic area having a base and an angle to the base which amounts to between 30° and 60°, and a multiplicity of prismatic bodies are joined together, a functional orientation of the joining layers being formed at meeting legs, in such a way that the joining layer runs at an angle of 30°-60° to a base area of the prisms.

Abstract: A method for mounting a wind turbine rotor blade which has at least one release unit is provided. A hoisting rope is fastened on or in the rotor blade. First ends of at least one auxiliary rope are fastened on or in the release unit in the rotor blade. The rotor blade is lifted up by means of the hoisting rope. The rotor blade is mounted on a rotor of the wind turbine. The release unit is activated so that the first ends of the auxiliary ropes are released. The auxiliary ropes can be removed.

Abstract: A rotor blade of a wind energy plant having a main component of the blade and a blade tip, whereby the blade tip is releasably attached to the main component by means of a connection device and the connection device has a tip section attached to the blade tip and a base section attached to the main component of the blade to receive the tip section, whereby the tip section has at least one fastener that extends to the base section for attaching the tip section to the base section, and the fastener for performing the attachment can be actuated through an opening in the surface of the blade tip.

Abstract: The invention relates to a wind energy plant with a nacelle, a generator located in the nacelle, a tower and a yaw bearing to adjust the nacelle orientation into the wind, such that the yaw bearing is located under the nacelle in a vertical yaw displacement and the nacelle is supported on the yaw bearing above a vertical shaft section of the same length as the yaw displacement.

Abstract: An apparatus to manufacture semi-finished blade end products for wind power installation rotor blades with a winding mandrel which can be rotated for rolling up preferably ribbon-like fiber composite materials. An impregnating device, which can move along the winding mandrel to impregnate the fiber composite material before it is rolled up, preferably be a magazine device which moves synchronously with the impregnating device along the winding mandrel to provide the fiber composite material.

Abstract: A rotor blade of a wind power installation for fixing to a rotor hub and having a rotor blade longitudinal axis, including a rotor blade inner part towards the rotor hub, and a rotor blade outer part away from the rotor hub, wherein the rotor blade inner part and the rotor blade outer part are connected together by means of at least one connecting device and the connecting device includes at least one anchoring element anchored in the rotor blade outer part, at least one counterpart element anchored in the rotor blade inner part, and at least one connecting bolt which extends through the counterpart element and is fixed in the anchoring element.

Abstract: The invention concerns a rear box section for a rotor blade, in particular of a wind power installation, comprising a pressure-side surface, a suction-side surface, a trailing edge separating the pressure-side and suction-side surfaces, and a connecting side which is opposite to the trailing edge and which is adapted for mounting to a corresponding connecting surface of the rotor blade. The invention concerns in particular a rear box section which is sub-divided into a foot segment having the connecting side and one or more head segments which have the trailing edge and which can be coupled to the foot segment. The invention also concerns a rotor blade for a wind power installation, and a wind power installation.

Abstract: The invention relates to a steam pressure vessel consisting of a receptacle and a lid, said receptacle and lid each having a long handle and being designed to be tightly joined together by way of overlapping peripheral segments along the lines of a bayonet catch, with the interposition of a sealing ring between the edge of the pot and the edge of the lid, characterized by the combination of at least two closing and opening safety devices, in which case a first safety device comprises a safety valve, the body of which is held in the open position by a spring-biased slide (10) until receptacle and lid are brought into the locked position by turning the two handles (1, 11) so that they lie one on top of the other with the coordinating peripheral segments completely overlapping, and a second safety device raises the sealing ring from the edge of the lid by means of a safety element (safety cam 7) spring-biased in the open position until receptacle and lid are brought into the locked position.

Abstract: There is provided a wind power installation rotor blade having a rotor blade root, a rotor blade tip, a rotor blade leading edge, a rotor blade trailing edge, a pressure side and a suction side. The rotor blade further has a rotor blade outer casing with at least one opening in the pressure and/or suction side for receiving handling means for fitting or removing the rotor blade. The rotor blade also has at least one fixing unit for fixing the handling means which are introduced through the at least one opening. The fixing unit is arranged in the interior of the rotor blade outer casing between the pressure side and the suction side.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for the production of supported transition metals with high dispersion. The latter are deposited onto refractory oxides without using a further liquid solvent. Hence, according to this dry procedure no solvent is involved which obviates certain drawbacks connected with wet ion exchange, impregnation or other metal addition processes known in the art.

Abstract: A transceiver comprises a transmitter configured to transmit data signals, a receiver configured to receive data signals, and a controller configured to encrypt a string and supply the encrypted string to authenticate the transceiver.

Abstract: The invention relates to a steam pressure vessel consisting of a receptacle and a lid, said receptacle and lid each having a long handle and being designed to be tightly joined together by way of overlapping peripheral segments along the lines of a bayonet catch, with the interposition of a sealing ring between the edge of the pot and the edge of the lid, characterized by the combination of at least two closing and opening safety devices, in which case a first safety device comprises a safety valve, the body of which is held in the open position by a spring-biased slide (10) until receptacle and lid are brought into the locked position by turning the two handles (1, 11) so that they lie one on top of the other with the coordinating peripheral segments completely overlapping, and a second safety device raises the sealing ring from the edge of the lid by means of a safety element (safety cam 7) spring-biased in the open position until receptacle and lid are brought into the locked position.

Abstract: A biased support for booms that can pivot about a pin, for pivoting travel tracks for vehicles that run on rails, such as trolley travel tracks on booms. The booms are mounted to pivot via pins, the lock on the boom and slide plates on the upper and lower bearing points of the lock. At least one of the two slide plates in the upper bearing point is mounted elastically, so that when the boom is pivoted into the operating position, the entire lock is biased vertically and the pin is relieved of stress.

Abstract: A biased support for booms that can pivot about a pin, for pivoting travel tracks for vehicles that run on rails, such as trolley travel tracks on booms. The booms are mounted to pivot via pins, the lock on the boom and slide plates on the upper and lower bearing points of the lock. At least one of the two slide plates in the upper bearing point is mounted elastically, so that when the boom is pivoted into the operating position, the entire lock is biased vertically and the pin is relieved of stress.

Abstract: A camouflage device for camouflaging specularly reflecting surfaces of an object is formed with function elements for influencing the reflection of radiation from an assumed radiation source. Each function element forms a part of an outer layer and has a pair of individual surfaces on its side facing the radiation source. The individual surfaces extend longitudinally side-by-side, and their surfaces are arranged at an angle to one another. The camouflaging device is arrangeable on the object by means of a mechanism such that it is disposed in front of the reflecting surface; and the angular arrangement of the respectively assigned individual surfaces extends such that the surface normal of a first individual surface is sloped downward, and the surface normal of a second individual surface points more steeply than 80° to the horizontal plane, and their surface courses form an angle of <90° with respect to one another.

Abstract: A camouflage device for camouflaging specularly reflecting surfaces of an object is formed with function elements for influencing the reflection of radiation from an assumed radiation source. Each function element forms a part of an outer layer and has a pair of individual surfaces on its side facing the radiation source. The individual surfaces extend longitudinally side-by-side, and their surfaces are arranged at an angle to one another. The camouflaging device is arrangeable on the object by means of a mechanism such that it is disposed in front of the reflecting surface; and the angular arrangement of the respectively assigned individual surfaces extends such that the surface normal of a first individual surface is sloped downward, and the surface normal of a second individual surface points more steeply than 80° to the horizontal plane, and their surface courses form an angle of <90° with respect to one another.