German: AzimutblockiereinrichtungEnglish translation: yaw (drive) brake / arrester 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | German term or phrase: | Azimutblockiereinrichtung | | English translation: | yaw (drive) brake / arrester | | Entered by: | Detlef Mahne |
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Tech/Engineering - Energy / Power Generation / Wind turbine | | German term or phrase: Azimutblockiereinrichtung | Any idea? It's about an expert's test report of a wind turbine.
Für die Bemessung der Azimutblockiereinrichtung liefert die Jahresbö das große Azimutmoment mit MzT = 327 kNm
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| | Clarification request(s) and responseJohn Jory: 7:49pm May 22, 2008: Vorrichtung/Einrichtung are probably the same in your case.
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| | yaw (drive) brake / arrester | Explanation:
With wind turbines, Azimut refers to the yaw drive that rotates the entire nacelle to keep the rotor facing into the wind.
The brake is used to prevent the nacelle rotating (yawing), e.g. during maintenance work.
All the major manufacturers call it the "yaw drive".
Simply google for "yaw drive" (azimuth drives are either literal translations or do not refer to wind turbines).
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Note added at 2 hrs (2008-05-22 18:51:19 GMT)
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The braking mechanism must be designed to withstand wind loads that try to turn (yaw) the nacelle against the braking force. In your case, the design load is 327 kNm.
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Note added at 4 hrs (2008-05-22 19:55:08 GMT)
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The more general term "Blockiereinrichtung" is possibly used because in some smaller yaw drives one simply pushes a bar between the gear teeth to jam them. Larger drives have a disk brake on the drive motor. |
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