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Based on API 687
Presented by Cliff Cook
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The API Rotor Repair Course, based on API standard
687, covers the minimum requirements for the inspection and repair
of rotating equipment rotors, bearings, and couplings used in the
petroleum, chemical and gas industry services.
The four and a half-day program will cover such topics as:
- Inspection, repair and manufacturing of used and new rotors
for centrifugal, axial and screw type compressors, steam turbines,
gearing, and hot gas expanders used in FCCU and nitric acid processes;
- Inspection, repair and manufacturing of used of new fluid film
bearings, and couplings;
- Inspection, repair and manufacturing of used and new special
purpose gearing;
- Pre-shutdown planning;
- Section of a repair shop;
- Nondestructive inspection techniques;
- Guidelines for acceptance of various inspections;
- Straightening shafts;
- Material designations and specification, their meanings and
affects of alloying elements;
- Methods to document and reduce electrical runout;
- Mandrel and low speed balancing and stacking of rotating elements
for centrifugal and axial compressors, gearing, hot gas expanders
and steam turbines;
- When to high speed balance and acceptance criteria;
- Techniques used to document coupling shaft fit;
- Steam turbine, hot gas expander and axial compressor blading
inspections, manufacturing steps and inspection requirements of
new and repaired blading, and assembly on the rotor;
- Procedures for shaft repairs such as welding, undercutting,
HVOF and HVLF coating;
- Limits of various coating thicknesses to re-establish shaft
integrity and dimensions;
- Coatings to reduce erosion and corrosion;
- Shipping containers and various preservation methods;
- Extensive photographic examples of bearing damage, with potential
cause and remedies.
Lectures will be reinforced by tours of actual facilities. Class
size is limited to the first 30 people registered.
Please visit our Calendar
of Events for all upcoming courses.
Directions
to Sulzer Turbo Services, LaPorte, TX
11518 Old La Porte Rd.
La Porte, TX 77571 USA
713-567-2700
www.sulzerts.com
Lufkin Industries Canada
1107 - 8A Street
Nisku, Ab
T9E 7R3
Phone (780) 919-3446
www.lufkin.com
Information and Directions
to RMS
2760 Baglyos Circle
Bethlehem, PA 18020
484-821-0702
www.rotatingmachinery.com
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hotel and facility information for each course.
Register on-line
or print/Fax a registration
form.
To order API publications, please visit the
Publications section of
the API website.
Who Should Attend
Individuals involved with the maintenance, inspection,
repair and purchasing of rotating equipment for refineries, chemical
and air separation plants and upstream producing facilities. Although
the standard specifically addresses repair of equipment, many of
the topics are applicable to the manufacturing of new equipment.
Mr. Cook is one of sixteen ChevronTexaco Fellows,
holds a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering and Third Assistant
Engineers Coast Guard license from the United States Merchant Marine
Academy, a MS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Lehigh University
and is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Texas.
Mr. Cook is the Chairmen Emeritus and past Vice
Chairmen of the American Petroleum Institute (API) Subcommittee
on Mechanical Equipment (SOME) and a member of its Steering Committee.
This Subcommittee is responsible for all 27 mechanical equipment
specifications, and recommended practices for mechanical rotating
equipment published by API. He is the chairman of the API 687 Task
Force on Repair of Special Purpose Equipment Rotors, Chairmen of
the API SOME Standard Paragraphs, and past Chairmen of API 613 and
677 Special Purpose Gears and General Purpose Gears respectively.
He is an active member of API 617 Centrifugal Compressor, 616 Gas
Turbine, and 614 Lubricating Shaft Sealing and Control Oil Systems
task forces. He is a past member of API 610 Pumps, 684 Tutorial
covering rotor dynamics, and 618 Reciprocating Compressors. He also
serves on the ANSI Technical Advisory Group to ISO Technical Committee
67 Subcommittee 6.
Mr. Cook is a member of the Texas A&M Turbo
machinery Symposium advisory board since 1994 and Chairmen of it
Short Course and Tutorial Task force.
Prior to joining Texaco in 1972 he worked
7 years for Ingersoll Rand Compressor Division as a test and design
engineer on centrifugal, axial, and positive displacement screw
compressors, hot gas expanders, steam turbines, gas turbine packages,
large utility boiler feed pumps and lube oil systems.
Technical Program Information: Please contact Cliff Cook at 281-469-8090
or email: cpcook1@comcast.net.
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