Couplings on today’s medium and large Gas Turbine (100MW+) represent one of the most challenging bolted joints to secure. For a long time the through bolt has been the standard fastener, however as Gas Turbine power density is increasing, demands on couplings are also increasing. As a result, many operators face bolted joints failure including misalignment and slippage. In a recent survey performed, 80% of Turbine Engineers have experienced stuck through bolts at some point in their career. The reason is through bolts are a pure friction connection with physical limitations. Indeed, excessive torque may result to micro-movements and uneven loading which then lead to damaged bolts and bores. It is therefore essential to use adequate bolting assembly offering greater torque capability and eliminating movement and slippage.
The solution for accomplishing this is by using expanding sleeve bolts and this is our intent through this webinar to provide you with indispensable information on optimizing your couplings that you are designing and on choosing the correct bolting solution.
We will review together different bolting solutions and prove that expanding sleeve bolts remove uncertainty and increase asset performance. We will focus on the key aspects of your need: joint integrity, safe and faster installation, predictable and reduced maintenance downtime.
Finally, it will describe the Radial Fit Bolts solutions (our expanding sleeve bolts) and services that Pilgrim International can offers along with reel case studies.
Your coupling for gas turbine applications requires reliability, uniformity and integrity? We believe the Radial Fit Bolt is your optimum solution. Let us the opportunity to introduce it to you.
Key Learning Objectives
- How Expanding sleeve bolts works
- Through seized Bolts limitations
- Why opt for Radial Fit Bolts - our expanding sleeve bolts solution for gas turbines couplings?
Audience
- R&D Engineer
- Joint Integrity engineers
- Mechanical engineer
- Power engineer
- Turbine engineer
- Rotating engineer
- Mechanical Supervisor / Field Advisor
- Outage Manager
