As utility deregulation creates more opportunities and greater competition for the power generation industry, EBTEC is ready with solutions. We have the equipment, experience, and expertise to help power producers improve the operating efficiency of steam and gas turbines, as well as their bottom lines.
Power generator manufacturers come to EBTEC for turbine upgrades, typically requiring a redesign of the diaphragms. Customers simply place an order for a turbine diaphragm and we manufacture it to specification. The substantial gains in operating efficiency - one customer noted a 33% gain - provide rapid payback.
Our new 6000-square-foot work space is dedicated to the fabrication of larger items such as complete turbine diaphragms. EBTEC's abilities with high energy beam processes, coupled with our new conventional machining capabilities, eliminate long lead times and multiple source contracting. All operations from simple machining to complex, high energy beam services are controlled and managed in our newly expanded facility.
EBTEC's experience refurbishing overhauled blades and vanes provides reliable subcontract results. When refurbishing cooling holes through laser drilling, precision control of hole size is attained through air flow technology.
Electron Beam Welding
• ASME section IX qualified
• Deep weld penetration and minimal distortion
• Ideal for turbine diaphragms
• Three-inch depth of penetration on cross sections 3/8" wide
• High power EB welding machine with the largest chamber on the East Coast. Accommodates work pieces up to 10 feet in diameter
• Diaphragm assemblies
• Power turbine shafts
• Blades and vanes
• Turbine case flanges and repairs
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Abrasive Waterjet Cutting
• Vane profile for cage assembly
• Flat sheet cutting for component detail
• Diaphragm assemblies (cages)
• Strainers - steam filter components
• Full 5-axis capabilities
• Complex & simple geometrics
More information on Abrasive Waterjet Cutting
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Laser Cutting & Drilling
The use of laser technology substantially reduces the manufacturing costs of many components.
• Thin cross sections, inner and outer band segments for diaphragms
• Blades
• Vanes
• Overhauled and new components
• Strainers
• Tip caps and metering plates
More information on Laser Cutting
More information on Laser Drilling
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Ultrasonic Testing
Many of our customers require non-destructive testing for their components after processing. Ultrasonic testing in-house facilitates their needs for rapid service and turn times.
• Inspection of weld integrity
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Heat Treating
With a vacuum furnace and three additional atmosphere furnaces, EBTEC can meet most needs for individual parts or production runs.
• In-house stress relief
• Brazing capabilities
• Annealing
• Aging
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Certified Flow Checking
EBTEC can confirm the exact correlation between air flow and hole size, a crucial process and quality control issue in many turbine engine components on in-house air flow equipment.
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