Case Studies
Onsite Technical Services
Brings Plant Back Online in 10 Days
A gas-fired power plant in the Northeast Region of the United States had an unexpected problem. The accessory drive on one of its GE Frame 7 gas turbines had developed an oil leak. However, because of the turbulence in the compartment while the turbine was running, it was impossible to determine the location of the leak with any certainty.
- Philadelphia Gear Defies Gravity, Water and Time
- Emergency Rebuild
for the Power Generation Industry
- Creative Engineering Helps Restore Service to Power Plant
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Custom Engineering Produces Cost-Effective Solution
for Coal-Fired Power Plant
- On Land Fix for Offshore Problem Gets Platform Back in Production in Record Time
- Quick Turnaround Time
Helps Plant Save Thousands in Energy Costs
- Reverse Engineering of Mission Critical Gearbox Restores
Production
- Onsite Technical Services
Brings Plant Back Online in 10 Days
- Philadelphia Gear Saves Major Chemical Company Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars with Creative Gearbox Solution
- Complete Drivetrain Repair For a Major North American Steel Mill
- Pump Powertrain Project For a Wastewater Treatment Plant
- The End-to-End Service Provider Powering Hydro
- Philadelphia Gear and Standard Machine Work Together to Help Limestone Plant Extend Critical Kiln Life
- Upgraded Lube System for Gearbox at a Critical Pump Station
- Protecting Friends and Neighbors From Flooding
- Wastewater Treatment - Purifying and Protecting
- Gearbox Upgrades Dramatically Increase Equipment Efficiency in Phosphate Processing Facility
- Coal-fired Power Plant Saves Over $3 Million with Philadelphia Gear Repair Solution

Enter Philadelphia Gear’s OTS team. During a scheduled 14-day outage on the turbine, the team was charged with identifying the leak, correcting it, changing out all existing bearings and seals, disassembling and reassembling the entire unit as well as auxilliary equipment mounted to it, metalizing and machining scored shafts to OEM spec, and checking the housing bores for concentricity and parallelism. All of this was to be accomplished in the field in time for the unit’s restart.
Just 10 days later and four days ahead of schedule, the OTS team finished its scope of work, documented “as found” and “as left” conditions and brought the unit back online. With the turbine running at full speed, the compartment remained safe and dry, and the gearbox ran as smoothly as when it was first installed more than a decade earlier.
