API Rotor Repair Course
Based on API 687

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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-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 the extensive Sulzer Hickham repair facility. Class size is limited to the first 30 people registered.

Attendees of the API Rotor Repair Course are being offered a special discount on the purchase of API Std. 687. To receive the discount,you must use the order form sent to you upon registering for the course.

Who Should Attend:

IIndividuals 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.

Registration Information

To Register
Please use the links below to register for the API Rotor Repair Course

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Table of Contents & Schedule
Publication Order Form - Std. 687

To order other API publications, please visit the Publications section of the API website.

Dates and Locations

Please visit our Calendar of Events for all upcoming courses.

Attendees of the API Rotor Repair Course are being offered a special discount on the purchase of API Std. 687. To take advantage of this special offer, you must register for the course. A special order form will be sent to you with your confirmation.

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Hotels Near Sulzer Hickham

Best Western
705 Hwy. 146
La Porte, TX 77571
Phone: (281) 471-4040

Comfort Suites
902 South 8th Street
La Porte, TX 77571
Phone: (281) 867-1578

La Quinta Inn
1105 Hwy. 146 South
La Porte, TX 77571-6119
Phone: (281) 470-0760

For more information

Registration: Please contact Susan Sherwood at 202-682-8187 or email sherwoods@api.org.

Technical Program Information: Please contact Cliff Cook at 281-469-8090 or emai: ccook1@houston.rr.com

About the Instructor

Clifford Cook is the president and joint owner of CVC Engineering, located in Houston, Texas where he provides turbo machinery consulting services to the process industries in which he has 37 years experience.

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.