Internal component alignment of 40 MW A.C. generator

January 25, 2012

ENERGY-TECH • January 2012 At a power generating station in Florida, a severe electrical fault caused such extensive damage to a 40 MW gas turbine-driven generator that a complete replacement of the generator stator was required. An on-site spare generator core was available, but needed the faulted generator’s bearing support brackets to be installed to make [...]

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Shaft Alignment of Gas Turbine and Gearbox on offshore oil platform

June 28, 2010

I recently completed a shaft alignment between a Solar Gas Turbine and a Gearbox on an offshore oil platform. The unique features only present on the ROTALIGN ULTRA were key to this success. The repeatability we obtained was outstanding, less than 1 thou per measurement. Here are the reasons for our success: 1. We used [...]

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