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  COUPLING BOLTS

  HOW TO AVOID THE VARIOUS CHALLENGES RELATED TO SEIZED COUPLING BOLTS By Steve Brown Caption: Superbolt EzFit assembled on a turbine generator coupling. This mechanical expansion bolt combines ...

  On December 3, 2018 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  MHI TARGETS LEADERSHIP OF GLOBAL GT MARKET

  Kenji Ando is Senior Executive Vice President of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), President and CEO of MHI Power Systems, and President and CEO of Mitsubishi-Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS). ...

  On December 3, 2018 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  September / October 2018 Pump Supplement

  Click to download: September / October 2018 Pump Supplement/a> ...

  On November 28, 2018 / By Erik Shanabrough
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  IMPROVING COMPRESSOR AFTERMARKET SERVICE

  Ryan Canter, Vice President Sales and Marketing, Centrifugal at Epic International, discusses the centrifugal compressor aftermarket, the skills shortage, and how to improve compressor maintenance. Tell our readers ...

  On November 24, 2018 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  CENTRIFUGAL BLOWERS

  VARIABLE SPEED DRIVE CENTRIFUGAL BLOWERS CAN SAVE ENERGY AND INCREASE RELIABILITY By Deepak Vetal There are various blower technologies available for low-pressure applications, including lobe, screw, multistage, integrally ...

  On November 24, 2018 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  POWER PLANTS ARE SUFFERING UNNECESSARY LOSSES

  I recently visited a newly commissioned 500 MW natural gas combined cycle plant in Europe to perform a total plant efficiency audit. Such an audit usually reviews the ...

  On November 24, 2018 / By Mythbusters: Klaus Brunn & Rainer Kurz
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  MECHANICAL VARIABLE SPEED DRIVES

  COMPARING A MECHANICAL TO AN ELECTRICAL VSD FOR USE IN TURBOMACHINERY By Amin Almasi Mechanical variable speed drives (mVSD), particularly a hydrodynamic torque converter or fluid coupling, can ...

  On November 24, 2018 / By Amin Almasi
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  Future Predictions

  Each year, we receive in-depth analyses from two of the premier market intelligence companies in the power generation and gas turbine (GT) fields. Industrial Information Resources (IIR) provides ...

  On November 24, 2018 / By Drew Robb
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  WORLDWIDE GAS TURBINE FORECAST

  DECLINES ARE APPARENT FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS, BUT A MARKET RECOVERY IS IN SIGHT By Stuart Slade and Carter Palmer, Forecast International   Overcapacity of power generation ...

  On November 15, 2018 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  Maintenance Best Practices

  This issue delves deeply into various turbomachinery best practices. One article lays out the intricacies of how to install a hydraulic hub on a rotor. There is a ...

  On November 3, 2018 / By Drew Robb