Historically, generator inspections require rotor removal (Figure 1). There’s a significant level of risk during this process due to possible generator damage during the disassembly, and it also ...

Over the past decade, since industry deregulation, the typical utility power plant has lengthened the maintenance intervals of its major systems to minimize downtime and costs. Many plants schedule ...

“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 ...

Doble Engineering has introduced an innovative approach to test generators, motors, exciters, isophase bus, switchgear, transformers, and power cables – Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) Diagnostics.

As covered in my previous blog post, all diesel-powered generators should be loaded to at least 30% of their standby nameplate rating when exercised during their monthly test. If the connected load ...

Draw-wire displacement sensors from Micro-Epsilon are playing a vital role in the testing of the latest generation of wind turbine blades at the Fraunhofer Institute in Bremerhaven, Germany. The test ...

LM Wind Power cut the ribbon in the Netherlands at what the blade specialist claimed is the largest turbine rotor test rig of its type. The facility, at the LM Wind Power’s WMC Technology Centre, will ...