Steam Turbine Generator Testing & Inspection Services
Reliable Turbine Services, LLC is a premier OEM generator repair services provider, powered by Fuji Electric, a world leader in steam turbine/generator manufacturing. This relationship brings a wealth of technical and engineering experience to RTS. This enables our personnel to deliver top-quality steam turbine generator inspection services through our GATE 1-2-3 program. Our team also provides 24/7 generator emergent services for generator outages that happen at your facility across the nation.
The GATE program is composed of individualized tests allowing customers the choice of either a test or an inspection package of services tailored to their specific needs. The GATE offerings are designed to meet the needs of each generator ensuring our customers have confidence that no potential issue will go undetected. Our GATE testing programs grant our customers peace of mind knowing your steam turbine generator inspection will produce power reliably once returned to service. Our OEM generator repair services trained specialists and engineers have the prowess to test, repair, and maintain generators of all sizes and types.
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Siemens
Elliott
Alstom
Mitsubishi
Hitachi
Murray, Terry, Coppus
Allis Chalmers
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Minor inspection with generator rotor in place
Major inspection (rotor out) with limited testing
Major inspection with extensive testing
Rotor Services
Brushless exciter test, inspection and complete overhaul
Field ground detector troubleshooting for both RF and Optical systems
Retaining Ring inspection, removal & replacement
Non-destructive testing (NDT) of retaining rings
Collector ring repair, replace, and machining
Complete rotor rewind
Post-rewind high speed balancing
Radial hydrogen seal replacement
Wedge replacement
Repair turn shorts
Terminal Stud repair & replacement
Endwind blocking
Creepage blocks
Rotor Testing
Insulation resistance & polarization index (“megger & P.I.”)
DC resistance testing
AC impedance test
Pole balance test
Recurring Surge Oscillography (RSO) test for shorted turns
Hydrogen seal pressure test for leaks
Borescope visual inspection
Additional Capabilities
Consultant services
Root cause analysis
Silver plating (electro-plating) bus work mating surfaces
Stator Services
End winding resonance detection and repairs “bump test”
Connection ring / parallel ring re-blocking & re-tying
End winding, re-blocking, & re-tying based on bump test & visual inspection results
End winding stiffening treatment
Corona and partial discharge activity abatement
Stator re-wedging
Flux probe installation
Dry ice “CO2” blasting excessively contaminated stators
High voltage bushing replacement
Temporary High voltage bushing & terminal plate leak repairs (“damming”)
Replacement of stand-off insulators
Stator core iron repairs
Stator Testing
Insulation resistance & polarization index (“megger & P.I.”)
DC Leakage test and Hi Pot
ELCID testing for core faults
Digital wedge mapping
Ripple / PSDS spring depth gage testing for wedge tightness
DC resistance testing of each phase
Bump test / modal analysis of end windings & connection rings
Corona camera
Doble / Tan-Delta / Power Factor testing
Thermographic detection of high resistance connections
Westinghouse / MHI inner-cooled unit testing including:
Transposition Testing
Tube to tube resistance test
Tube to copper resistance test
Core through bolt & building bolt torque checks & re-tightening
Megger of through bolts
Parallel ring flow testing
