Patent ID: 11865621
Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Field: Materials, metallurgy (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B  F  Y | IPC B  F

Claim 10:
11. A method for manufacturing a gear assembly of a gearbox in a wind turbine, the method comprising:
providing a carrier of the gear assembly having a body and at least one shaft extending therefrom, the carrier comprising at least one of a first stage carrier and a second stage carrier; and,
depositing material onto an exterior surface of the shaft of the carrier of the gear assembly via an additive manufacturing process driven by a computer numerical control (CNC) device to form a journal bearing that circumferentially surrounds and adheres to the shaft,
wherein the CNC device comprises a controller communicatively coupled to a robotic arm configured to deposit the material onto the exterior surface of the pin shaft, the controller configured to control at least two axes of rotation of the pin shaft.