Hydro Expertise can provide technical informations related to the assembly and the alignment of hydro-generators and turbines. Please contact us if needed.
Laser Tracker
Hydro Expertise has many years of experience with the used of the FARO Laser Tracker in Hydro Generator Power plants. Along with customer’s and supplier’s Hydro Expertise worked to refine and improve the techniques using the FARO Laser Tracker in the erection of Hydro generators.
Find an abstract of this document here :Laser Tracker Measurements for Hydro Units ABSTRACT
Find the complete document here :Laser Tracker Paper final Rev.1
Electronic level
Hydro Expertise is very familiar with the use of electronic level for unit alignment.
Participants of the HydroVision 2004 Conference received a complete presentation of our paper titled “Unit alignment : Optimize the use of your electronic level”. (HydroVision CD: Paper no.102)
Find an abstract of this document here : Electronic level abstract.pdf
Find the complete document here : Unit Aligment: Optimize the use of your electronic level.pdf
Rotor and stator sweep with air gap sensors
Find a rotor sweep example here :Rotator sweep example.pdf
Bearing Failures Troubleshooting
Dany Lessard recently presented a technical paper at HydroVision 2014 Nashville, TN about bearing failures and solutions provided.
Find the complete document here :Murphy’s law of Bearings and Shaft Alignments