Houston Service Center Tour

Tour our specialized, state-of-the-art MD&A Houston Service Center! Our Gas Turbine Parts Service Facility team has proven expertise on combustion and hot gas path components. View our Houston Service Center Tour Video below and then call MD&A today at (210) 618-8571 or use our Contact form. Welcome to MD&A’s Houston Service Center in Houston, Texas. MD&A is […]

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Generator Stator Bar Abrasion Risk and Prevention

Generator Stator

Mechanical Dynamics & Analysis has analyzed and resolved generator stator bar abrasion events that have become common on some newer GE® Frame 7F and 324, 330, or 390 generators. The damage can cause ground faults leading to forced outages and complete stator rewinds. A principal cause of the abrasion is traceable to side ripple spring-induced […]

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Innovation Allows Efficient and Successful HP Rotor In-Place Machining

Shaft End Close Up View – Damaged Area

Mechanical Dynamics & Analysis (MD&A) has successfully utilized specially designed equipment for HP Rotor in-place machining to effectively repair a damaged steam turbine rotor, resulting in substantial savings in both cost and time. The high-pressure (HP) section of a 320 MW Alstom® STF30 steam turbine was severely damaged. Over time, the rotor’s shaft end at […]

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MD&A Completes Significant Combined-Cycle Inspection and Overhaul

Combined-Cycle Inspection and Overhaul

Hermiston Generating Plant For Hermiston Generating Plant in Oregon, Mechanical Dynamics & Analysis (MD&A) completed a complex, multiple-component combined-cycle major inspection and overhaul project that successfully brought both turbines and both generators back to full and reliable operations. The 474 MW combined-cycle plant was depending on the complete and efficient renewal of its Unit 2 […]

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Steam Turbine Major Inspection and Repair in the Philippines

New Stage 7 Bucket Assembly

Mechanical Dynamics & Analysis (MD&A) recently performed a steam turbine major inspection and repair service on a GE® G10 steam turbine in the Philippines. Initial inspection revealed numerous deficiencies that needed to be remedied. Outage consisted of High Pressure/Intermediate Pressure (HP/IP) turbine section major inspection, HP control valves #3 and #4 inspection, and the left-side […]

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Fuel Nozzle End Cover Insert Life Extension

Fuel Nozzle End Cover Insert

MD&A Fuel Nozzle Services Division can extend the service life of a Fuel Nozzle End Cover Insert. The life expectancy of an end cover increases from the OEM claim of 48,000 hrs. to over 125,000 hrs. with a new maximum of 7 insert replacements per cover. A braze-cracking issue can occur with F-Class DLN 2.0 […]

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MD&A A Career with a Powerful Purpose

At MD&A, We truly work together, as one team! We collaborate, we listen, we innovate.  We put energy behind everything we do! Explore A Career with a Powerful Purpose! Apply Here  Safe and reliable electric power doesn’t just happen. It’s created, generated, most often by one of these, joined to one of these. Each […]

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D11 Problems & Repair Solutions

D11 Bowed Rotor | D11 Problems & Repairs Solutions

The common GE® D11 steam turbine, a single-casing HP/IP design used extensively in combined cycle applications, is demanding increased focus during normal outages, and ongoing attention for reliability, efficiency, and plant safety. Fundamental reasons are intensified by market-driven calls for continued cycling and low-load operation. Units modified for higher efficiencies and compatibility with 7FA Gas […]

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D11 Retrofit Solutions in light of Early Life Expectancy 

D11 Retrofit

Relative to historical industry experiences, D11 steam turbines have come of age at an early stage in their lifecycle and are strong candidates for retrofit solutions.   The most common reasons reported to MD&A for prompting retrofit consideration include (1) reliability issues, (2) technology obsolescence, and (3) changes within plant operating missions and steam cycles (e.g. […]

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