Large centrifugal impeller compressors are commonplace throughout the petrochemical sector, where they usually operate on a continuous duty basis. When a scheduled maintenance task at a refinery in ...

“Our repair team at the Birmingham Service Centre was able to remain flexible and we were able to deal with every aspect of the rotor repair, managing the project from concept to completion on behalf ...

Mechanical Dynamics and Analysis (MD&A) was retained by a utility to perform a stub-shaft repair of a generator rotor collector-end shaft. The customer reported that the generator rotor had suffered a ...

Mechanical Dynamics & Analysis (MD&A) repaired a Frame 5 gas turbine rotor. MD&A replaced 1st and 2nd stage buckets, repaired the seal area on the row 1 turbine wheel, performed compressor blade ...

For shaft repairs, LBW-W is generally more applicable than LBW-P. The first reason for this is that LBW-W has a lower probability of forming defects, namely porosity, which may result in rejectable ...

Industrial gas turbines are increasing in size. As a result of this, repair facilities that overhaul and repair these machines must keep pace. One of the key tools is a large lathe. As one of the ...

The U.S. Dept. of Defense issued a $14.09-million contract to Pratt & Whitney Military Engines to develop a process for “directed-energy deposition” (DED) repair of integrally bladed rotors. The ...

Dubai has a new rotor blade repair centre following the opening of a facility in the emirate by Hawker Pacific and Edwards & Associates this week. RBI Hawker is a joint venture (JV) to build and ...