Rotating power generation equipment forged shaft steels are designed to provide reliable operation due to thermal, mechanical, and environmental wear.\u00a0 In some cases, forged shaft steels can be damaged due to this normal wear,\u00a0causing corrosion pitting, scoring, hardening, low cycle fatigue cracking, high cycle fatigue cracking, stress corrosion cracking, and\/or creep cracking.<\/p>\n
Procurement of a new rotor shaft forging is a very costly and lengthy process that can take up to 24 months. \u00a0Alternatively, weld repair or restoration can be accomplished for a fraction of the cost and in less time.<\/p>\n
MD&A focuses on offering both in-kind, as well as upgraded weld filler materials that address many of the most common operational and stress-related failures.\u00a0 MD&A is capable of providing full turnkey weld repair and reconditioning services to include equipment inspections and damage assessment, weld repair solution definition and recommendations, baseline and weld repair geometry finite element analysis, as well as root cause failure analysis.<\/p>\n
Phase I – Weld overlays of journals, oil seal areas, dummy areas, and shaft end \/ interstage gland areas.<\/em><\/p>\n Phase II – Weld buildups of couplings, thrust<\/em> collars, wheels, and dovetails \/ blade attachment areas.<\/em><\/p>\n Centrally located in St. Louis, the MD&A Turbine-Generator Repair Facility has successfully completed many shaft weld repairs of steam turbines, gas turbines, and generator rotating fields.<\/p>\n