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Hear from our high-speed balancing expert, Keith Collins<\/strong><\/em>, in this article in Power Magazine\u2019s November issue.<\/p>\n

High-speed turbine rotor balancing was once rare because of the costs and logistical challenges involved in doing it during an outage. That\u2019s begun to change as economic options emerge, and experience is showing that high-speed balancing can pay big dividends in reliability and maintenance costs.<\/p>\n

Read\u00a0Power magazine\u2019s article online<\/a>\u00a0here.<\/p>\n

See the October\u00a0Power Magazine Print Article<\/a>\u00a0here.<\/p>\n

Have MD&A high-speed balance your\u00a0rotor today, call Keith Collins at our Turbine-Generator Repair Facility<\/a> at\u00a0(314) 880-3000.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Keith<\/p>\n

Find out more about our High-Speed Balance Facility.<\/a><\/p>\n

Or Take a Tour of our new High Speed Balance facility!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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