And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
The older I get the more I want a jib crane for my garage. One ton would be perfect, I'd even settle for quarter ton. Let me know if you have one for sale.
Hamriyah Independent Power Plant: powered by record-setting technology The strategy to reduce the UAE’s carbon footprint led to the selection of GE’s H-class gas turbines for the 1.8 GW Hamriyah Independent Power Plant. The facility’s first two GE HA gas turbines have been delivered already.
Those are gas turbine rotors. The portion on the right is the compressor to provide air to the left hand side where the power is developed. That is power station sized and not marine sized, which are smaller. at least one completed turbine was dropped (in the casing) and it took a nice size chunk out of the floor. Unit checked out fine afterward. Crane moves always scare the bejezzus out of me.
Did refurbishment on quite a few of those at the old GE Service Apparatus Shop in Anaheim CA. Tig welding, lots of grinding & polishing, and dynamic balancing were some of the OTJ training for me. Fun stuff.
Xoph is right. I'm sitting about 100 feet from 1 right now. Either a GE 7 FA.06 or a 7HA.02. Though judging by scale certainly LOOKS like a 7FA. HA's are a bit larger in the latest versions
I was born in a nation that made everything from socks to lunar landers. We're a gawddamn disgrace, now. Let's not even discuss what should be done to those who created the perfect conditions to offshore ALL our manufacturing capabilities and the attending threat to ou national survival that's caused.... Hangin's too good for 'em.
The older I get the more I want a jib crane for my garage. One ton would be perfect, I'd even settle for quarter ton. Let me know if you have one for sale.
ReplyDeleteI can't imagine how they balance that...
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Deletethrust bearing on one end.
DeleteMust be a marine engine as it's much too huge for an aircraft and that casting must weigh several tons.
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Lot of micrometer work by the machinists who milled those parts.
ReplyDeleteGuessing it's a cruise ship marine engine since they're designed with speed in mind.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a turbo blower in a steel mill. A blast furnace requires a huge amount of air to make the molten iron out of ore
ReplyDeleteHamriyah Independent Power Plant: powered by record-setting technology
ReplyDeleteThe strategy to reduce the UAE’s carbon footprint led to the selection of GE’s H-class gas turbines for the 1.8 GW Hamriyah Independent Power Plant. The facility’s first two GE HA gas turbines have been delivered already.
https://www.ge.com/gas-power/resources/case-studies/9ha-gas-turbines-reduce-carbon-footprint-in-hamriyah
I like the blue floor.
ReplyDeleteBought millions of pounds of steel back in the day now located in US power plants
ReplyDeleteA ships steam engine, has forward and reverse, 60 to 90 thousand shaft horsepower
ReplyDeleteNo. Twist the prop shaft into a pretzel.
Deleteno diversity in that photo
ReplyDeleteHahha, thats cuz they want it to work!
DeleteYou're thinking of the mud hut and feces contaminated well factory....
Delete3000 rpm
ReplyDeleteThose are gas turbine rotors. The portion on the right is the compressor to provide air to the left hand side where the power is developed. That is power station sized and not marine sized, which are smaller. at least one completed turbine was dropped (in the casing) and it took a nice size chunk out of the floor. Unit checked out fine afterward. Crane moves always scare the bejezzus out of me.
ReplyDeleteDid refurbishment on quite a few of those at the old GE Service Apparatus Shop in Anaheim CA.
DeleteTig welding, lots of grinding & polishing, and dynamic balancing were some of the OTJ training for me.
Fun stuff.
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Xoph is right. I'm sitting about 100 feet from 1 right now. Either a GE 7 FA.06 or a 7HA.02. Though judging by scale certainly LOOKS like a 7FA. HA's are a bit larger in the latest versions
ReplyDeleteThe VAST majority of that prowess has been offshored. And without a concerted deliberate effort it's NOT coming back.
ReplyDeleteI was born in a nation that made everything from socks to lunar landers. We're a gawddamn disgrace, now. Let's not even discuss what should be done to those who created the perfect conditions to offshore ALL our manufacturing capabilities and the attending threat to ou national survival that's caused.... Hangin's too good for 'em.
ReplyDeleteCan you imagine what would happen if that baby was spinning at speed and threw a blade? It's not pretty. Trust me on that one!
ReplyDeleteI used to work at a nuclear power plant. Guess what happens when the turbine generator throws one of those blades at 3600 rpm!
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