{"id":1035,"date":"2014-06-06T22:48:40","date_gmt":"2014-06-07T02:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mdaturbines.com\/?p=1035"},"modified":"2025-11-05T16:17:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T21:17:01","slug":"tour-high-speed-balance-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mdaturbines.com\/resources\/tour-high-speed-balance-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"Tour of our new High Speed Balance facility!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Take a tour of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdaturbines.com\/repairs\/steam-turbine\/high-speed-balance\/\">High Speed Balance facility<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Mechanical Dynamics &amp; Analysis (MD&amp;A) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdaturbines.com\/repairs\/steam-turbine\/high-speed-balance\/\">High Speed Balance Facility<\/a> is one of the most modern balance facilities for power turbines in the world. \u00a0It services rotors for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdaturbines.com\/services\/generator\/\">generators<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdaturbines.com\/services\/steam-turbine\/\">steam turbines<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdaturbines.com\/services\/gas-turbine\/\">gas turbines<\/a>, large motors, and boiler feed pump turbines.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MD&amp;A High Speed Balance Tour\" width=\"1400\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BCK1hQbCjJY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Read our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdaturbines.com\/resources\/high-speed-balance-article\/\">High Speed Balance article in Power Magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take a tour of our High Speed Balance facility! 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