Day 8 was very productive....we finally got the unit on its halfshell with the turbine and compressor section fully exposed. We started removing the upper half blades near the horizontal joints for shim and blade pinning. Mechanics started removing the nozzles and shrouds in order to facilitate removal of the buckets. Second stage nozzles were a pain in the A$$. We fought the second segment for about 6 hours...it finally came out.
See photos of the three rotating section aka. "buckets". The inner barrel was sent to the shops for machining along with the stator blades removed for pinning.
We finally pumped corning into the generator end shields and will set up the 24 hour air test. I hope it passes!
The unit is completly on its half shell..almost ready for cleaning and inspections!
As of now we are right on schedule....without any delays for the additional vendor work.
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