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

Claim 0:
1. A method for manufacturing a gear assembly of a gearbox in a wind turbine, the method comprising:
providing a pin shaft of the gear assembly;
depositing at least one material onto an exterior surface of the pin shaft of the gear assembly via an additive manufacturing process driven by a computer numerical control (CNC) device to form a bearing that circumferentially surrounds and adheres to the pin shaft; and,
providing a gear circumferentially around the bearing to form the gear assembly,
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.