Patent ID: 11859593
Assignee: WOBBEN PROPERTIES GMBH
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC E  F | IPC E  F

Claim 18:
19. A method comprising:
transporting a tower section of a wind turbine, the transporting comprising:
A) providing the tower section adapted to be transported in a predetermined transport position, wherein the tower section when in the transport position has a longitudinal axis extending in a horizontal direction and a wall extending along the longitudinal axis,
wherein the tower section is adapted to adopt a first vertical height when in an unstressed state in the transport position,
B) applying a deformation force to the wall so as to elastically deform at least one portion of the tower section in such a way that the tower section adopts a second vertical height that is smaller than the first vertical height when in an elastically deformed state in the transport position, and
C) locking the tower section in the elastically deformed state,
wherein the wall has two edge regions each having an edge extending in a longitudinal direction and spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction, and
wherein the edges are guided past each other when the tower section is elastically deformed, such that the two edge regions overlap each other when the tower section is in the elastically deformed state.