Solving insidious vibration problems in rotating equipment may sometimes seem like a black art that requires the right incantation. But identifying the root cause of the vibration is actually a ...

Garrett Motion has been granted a patent for a rotor design in a fluid machine. The rotor includes a wheel with blades and a unique balancing mark within the inter-blade area. The mark is elongate, ...

It was a deceptively simple board — ‘Rotor machining, balancing facility.' But what surprised a team of journalists from India and France was the nearby big, long tunnel at the floor level. It had ...

• Induction motors employing copper rotors can be smaller than equivalent versions with aluminum rotors. • Copper rotors exhibit lower losses than aluminum which lets them run cooler and be more ...

Southern California Edison’s (SCE) 2,250-MWe San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) recently took receipt of a new and upgraded generator rotor for one of its two Alstom steam turbine generator ...