Typical gas turbine components operate to the OEM recommended useful life. Sometimes upgrades are performed in the gas turbines components and the old components become obsolete. Many times, we find ...

Industrial gas turbine (IGT) manufacturers and maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) personnel are continually seeking new ways to improve the performance and longevity of critical components.

Gas turbine engine components are prone to high- and low-cycle fatigue (HCF and LCF), cracking in critical areas of high stress. Cracks often initiate from local stress concentrations created by ...

EthosEnergy has supplied gas turbine components and casings for two unnamed power plants in Virginia. The Wood Group and Siemens (NYSE: SI) joint venture supplied one Frame 7EA and one GT11N gas ...

Siemens reports its gas turbines business has opened the first workshop for metal 3D printing in Sweden, an $23.8-million (SEK 200 million) investment. The operation at Finspång, where Siemens ...

3D printing has opened up a completely new range of possibilities. One example is the production of novel turbine buckets. However, the 3D printing process often induces internal stress in the ...

The new installation at Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery in Finspång employs 20 engineers and operators, producing burner tips and other parts for industrial gas turbines. Siemens reports its gas ...