3.5 days - 2.2 Continuing Education Units Awarded
When: January 11-14, 2010
Where: St. Petersburg Beach, FL
$1795

This 3.5 day seminar was developed out of the recognition of the need for plant personnel to better cope with generator maintenance issues.  In the total of 100+ years of experience of our presenters, we have seen too many major projects being undertaken that could have been avoided!  Or too many plants have invested too many $$$ only to not realize a return due to the selection of the wrong materials, or to errors in reverse engineering, or not understanding the sequence of steps associated with a particular activity.  It is the belief of all our presenters that we all gain by the presentation of this Seminar (that is why they volunteered to make these presentations).  The participant gains as he/she gains honest technical information.  We gain as we know the participant will remember who provided this honest presentation when it comes time where outside engineering or training services are needed.  We all benefit.  Read more, and see you in St. Peterbsurg Beach, FL.

BENEFITS:

WHY ATTEND THIS SEMINAR?

• Make better replace/repair/reuse decisions.  This is a topic of discussion that continues throughout the 3.5-day Seminar.  Evaluation includes a thorough understanding of mechanical integrity, the selection and performance of electrical tests, evaluation of materials, and assembly.
• Get faulty equipment properly repaired.  We've heard horror stories that include the performance of a complete rewind (at what cost?) only to experience short life of components due to the incorrect selection or installation of materials.  In this Seminar we address these issues.  A complete rewind may OR may not be the correction action to take.  It certainly is the easiest decision (from a technical perspective) and is, by far the most expensive.  More, better technical evaluation might avoid a costly error.

  Professor Turbine's Stator Bar cartoon is now available for download as a .PDF file

• Perform and analyze generator electrical tests safely and effectively.  What is the purpose of any single electrical test and when should it be performed?    This is a major consideration.  We discuss the value of each electrical test, the sequence that these tests should be performed (this is a major topic too often misunderstood).
• Manage generator repair projects to your benefit.  Manage cost.  Do so by writing quality contract (bid) specifications.  Do so by selecting proper materials.  Do so by carefully managing the environment under which the outage is performed.  Do so by evaluating data.  Do so by carefully analyzing all variables.  In this Seminar, experts discuss these topics and more.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:

This seminar has been designed for Maintenance Superintendents, Supervisors, Engineers, and others with responsibility for generator maintenance.  Attendance will provide the attendee with a thorough understanding of design, operations, and maintenance of generators.  This Seminar is for those who want serious discussion of their generating units!

In our first seminar (July 2003) one of the participants, an engineer from a nuclear power plant in the Midwest, made a statement that this investment saved him (his company) hundreds of thousands of dollars!  Why?  He learned how to avoid a major error that may have otherwise been made.  He learned one significant item and the payoff could be phenomenal.  This is the type of person we hope attends this Seminar.

SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS (SUBJECT TO CHANGE):