Utility and industrial power generation gear, gas turbines, steam turbines, generators, switchgear, and balance-of-plant equipment.
Power generation equipment is where a forced outage has the biggest direct dollar cost in industry. Replacement power is expensive, and regulatory exposure on reliability metrics is real. Maintenance here is conservative because it has to be. The incentive to take shortcuts is high, and the consequences of the wrong shortcut are severe.
Turbine rotors run at high speed with tight clearances. Any change in rotor dynamics shows as a change in vibration. Continuous vibration monitoring with protection-level trips is standard. The alarm levels are conservative for a reason. If you are seeing a persistent rise, investigate before it reaches trip.
Generator stator windings age slowly. Partial discharge monitoring, insulation resistance testing, and power-factor testing all provide trending data. A generator that has been running for thirty years is still serviceable if the trending data is stable. A generator that has a step change in any metric needs investigation immediately.
The prime movers are reliable. The auxiliaries are where most of the labor is.
Power generation equipment is specialty work. Every major maintenance action, overhaul, or retrofit involves the OEM. In-house improvisation is almost never the right call in this category. The cost of the wrong decision exceeds the cost of the service call by orders of magnitude.
GE Vernova
Gas Turbine (Heavy / Aero) for Power Generation production
GE Vernova
Steam Turbine for Power Generation production
Vogt Power
HRSG (Heat Recovery Steam Generator) for Power Generation production
GE
Generator (Large) for Power Generation production
Babcock & Wilcox
SCR / Emission Control for Power Generation production
Mitsubishi-Hitachi Power
FGD (Flue Gas Desulfurization) for Power Generation production
Deeper explainers and background reading for technicians working in power generation.
Every rotating machine vibrates. The pattern of that vibration tells you whether bearings are wearing, shafts are misaligned, or components are out of balance. Learning to read vibration data catches 90% of rotating equipment failures weeks before they happen.
Misalignment is the second leading cause of rotating equipment failure after lubrication problems. Laser alignment takes 30 minutes and prevents months of accelerated wear on bearings, seals, and couplings. This guide covers the basics of angular and offset misalignment correction.
Preventive maintenance replaces the 'run it until it breaks' approach with scheduled inspections and part replacements. Plants that run a solid PM program see 25-30% fewer emergency work orders within the first year. Here is how to build one that sticks.
The essential maintenance KPIs with formulas, benchmarks, and improvement strategies. OEE, MTTR, MTBF, PM compliance, schedule compliance, and more.
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