As part of Preventive Maintenance Procedure, we are considering to perform shaft alignment along with improvement in lubrication outlet system. We have minimized the leaks which come out from the stuffing box and therefore contamination is not the case anymore. Another thing is that I am...
Attached is a photo of a newly removed bearing. I believe that the thrust shoe which is attached to the shafting might contribute to bearing damage due to metal to metal to contact. I am just curious that is it either strong axial force might contribute into this or because oil starvation has...
Hello everyone. Our company is currently operating a 50 year 900 kW Franics turbine hydroelectric power plant. One of our main objective is to come up with a vibration monitoring plan to maintain the machine. As part of the monitoring plan, we needed to establish a vibration monitoring range to...
Our company is currently maintaning and operating this 60 year old mini 1.80 MW hydroelectric power plant. For the past few years, it has underwent changes and improvements. However, we haven't rectified this problem of frequent bearing replacement. Realignment has been done which costs $10,000...
