ART040 – Solar – T70 IGV tool.

ARTICLE REF – ART040 Welcome to this training on how to check if the Taurus 70 IGV is correctly positioned while in service. If you wish to see this in video format go to the end of the article. We will look at IGV angle tool in use. You will … Continue Reading →

ART011 – Solar – T60 – Alignment – Part 3

ARTICLE REF – ART011 Alignment shim calculation T60 mobile unit The following information will serve you on all alignment jobs, regardless of the manufacturer. It is very important to have a good understanding of what shims need to be put in each location, when it comes to making an alignment … Continue Reading →

ART010 – Solar – T60 – Alignment – Part 2

ARTICLE REF – ART010 Part 2 Alignment information sources. Alignment tools and setup. Three readings to satisfy spec. Torque values. Alignment information sources. Mechanical Installation Drawing 149223. Chapter 9.5 of the maintenance manual (IMI). Installation guideline No. TPIM 1000B. Alignment tools and setup. This is the type of tool you … Continue Reading →

ART009 – Solar – T60 – Alignment – Part 1

ARTICLE REF – ART009 This article is based on a Taurus 60 generator, so for compressor and pump units there will be differences in the alignment specification figures – check your Mechanical Drawing for your figures! Part 1 Total Indicator Reading. Soft Foot. Changing target sides. Bore and RIM Readings. … Continue Reading →

ART008 – Solar – Project documentation.

ARTICLE REF – ART008 Solar Turbines – Project documentation. This is a short description of the documentation supplied by Solar Turbines for each project. This information is normally provided in hard copy and software versions. In the software version there is a main listing with hyperlinks to each of the … Continue Reading →

ART006 – General – Maintenance board.

ARTICLE REF – ART006 Maintenance Board. This was a photo taken of how one customer used a white board with stuck-on labels and a marker to keep track of the hours in service and to control what filters on standby were used or new etc. At a glance you had … Continue Reading →

ART216 – Solar – Simulating Vibration Signal – FT51010

ARTICLE REF – ART216 This article is going to discuss the set up to inject a vibration signal to simulate an alarm or shutdown, on a Solar turbine using Solar’s Field Tool FT51010-13. There are three types of transducers used on vibration systems to measure vibration.  Displacement Velocity Acclerometer What … Continue Reading →

ART213 – Solar – SoLoNOx

ARTICLE REF – ART213 This is Part 1 of a training video on Solar SoLoNOx. Subtitles:  Arabic, English, French, Hindi, Portuguese, Spanish. SoLoNOx هي التكنولوجيا التي تستخدمها التوربينات الشمسية للتحكم في مستوى أكاسيد النيتروجين وثاني أكسيد الكربون في غازات العادم. SoLoNOx مشتق من الكلمات Solar-Low-NOx. يتكون ثاني أكسيد الكربون العالي … Continue Reading →