EPRI (Electric Power Research Institute) reports that 7FA gas turbines have a rotor life of about 144,000 hours, or 5,000 starts. The primary life-limiting factor is high cycle fatigue cracks ...

Mechanical Dynamics & Analysis (MD&A) completed compressor blade replacement work on two 7FA units, including full inspections, and ongoing operational recommendations. We were responsive to emerging ...

It has been a decade since an R0 compressor blade was liberated on one of the eight Frame 9FA combustion turbines at CLP Power Hong Kong’s Black Point Power Station. This catastrophic failure ...

Additive manufacturing specialist Optomec and robotic systems provider Acme Manufacturing have developed what they say is the industry’s first automated work cell for repairing aviation compressor ...

Axial compressors are critical components in aero-engines and industrial gas turbines, where blade vibration and aerodynamics are inextricably linked to performance and safety. Current research has ...

LYON—Safran and local institutional partners have laid the first stone for their new compressor blade manufacturing facility in Marchin, Belgium. Taking place in a context of production ramp-up for ...

Rolls-Royce is aiming to commence testing of a revised intermediate pressure compressor blade for troubled Trent 1000 engines next month, as it seeks to accelerate the introduction of new components ...

During the 1990’s, some power plants experimented with fog-based power augmentation by overspraying fog into the compressor – known as wet compression. The results were impressive. They reported a ...

Steve Lindsey, founder of Lontra, hopes to revolutionise the engine with his energy-saving invention. The engine has seen little innovation since Felix Wankel’s contentious rotary effort back in the ...

Investigators have yet to establish the root cause of a fan-blade fracture involved in an engine failure affecting an Air France Airbus A380. The US FAA states that the reason for the first-stage ...