A turbomachine airfoil element includes an airfoil that has pressure and suction sides spaced apart from one another in a thickness direction and joined to one another at leading and trailing edges. The airfoil extends in a radial direction a span that is in a range of 3.46-3.76 inch (87.8-95.5 mm). A chord length extends in a chordwise direction from the leading edge to the trailing edge at 50% span and is in a range of 1.98-2.28 inch (50.2-57.8 mm). The airfoil element includes at least one of a first mode with a frequency of 1056 ± 10% Hz and a second mode with a frequency of 1582 ± 10% Hz.

A pressure tool for rotor blade repair including a mobile support system including a support surface, a first bladder support assembly including a first inflatable bladder fixedly mounted to the support surface, a second bladder support assembly including a second inflatable bladder pivotally mounted relative to the support surface, and an activation mechanism operatively coupled to the second bladder support assembly. The activation mechanism is operable to selectively shift the second bladder support assembly relative to the first bladder support assembly. A fluid delivery system is operable to direct a fluid into each of the first inflatable bladder and the second inflatable bladder.

The invention relates to a method for pickling a turbomachine component (1), comprising the following steps: positioning the component in a closed chamber (2), injecting a gas mixture (3) into the chamber (2), the gas mixture (3) comprising a halogenated gas, heating the chamber (2), the method being characterised in that: the gas mixture further comprises dihydrogen, the heating step is carried out at a temperature higher than 1000° C. and the step of injecting the gas mixture (3) is carried out by circulating through the chamber (2) a flow of gas mixture (3) having a flow rate between 6 and 15 times the volume of the chamber (2) per hour.

A method for installing a compressor and a gas turbine of a first type at a position of an existing power plant where previously a compressor and a gas turbine of a second type were installed on a foundation specially designed for the second type. The two types differ from each other at least with respect to the position and/or the number of anchoring points at which the compressor and the gas turbine are connected to the foundation via support structures. The installation of the new compressor and the new gas turbine is carried out using an adapter structure on the existing foundation. A corresponding adapter structure is provided.

A rotor loading system for an aircraft turbine engine has a first tool having first proximal and first distal ends. The first proximal end defines a traction interface about a first axis and a first surface radially outward of the traction interface. The first distal end defines first projections spaced circumferentially and extending to outward of the first surface. The system has a second tool with second proximal and second distal ends. The second proximal end defines a torque interface about a second axis and a second surface radially outward of the torque interface. The second distal end defines second projections spaced circumferentially and extending to outward of the second surface. One of the first and the second tool is received by the other one of the tools such that: the first and the second axis are colinear and each of the first projections is received between two second projections.

A method for additively printing extension segments on workpieces using an additive manufacturing machine includes controlling, with a computing system, an operation of a print head of the machine such that a region of interest of a build plate of the machine is scanned with an electromagnetic radiation beam. Additionally, the method includes receiving, with the computing system, data associated with reflections of the beam off of the build plate as the region interest is scanned. Furthermore, the method includes receiving, with the computing system, data associated with a location of the beam relative to the build plate. Moreover, the method includes determining, with the computing system, a location of a workpiece interface based on the received data. In addition, the method includes controlling, with the computing system, the operation of the print head such that an extension segment is additively printed on the determined workpiece interface.

A damage evaluation device evaluates damage of equipment, including an operation data obtaining unit which detects a state of the equipment to obtain the state as operation data; an operating state quantity evaluation unit which calculates an operating state quantity including at least one of temperature and generated stress at a predetermined evaluation-target site of the equipment, based on the operation data; a material deterioration evaluation unit which evaluates a material deterioration quantity of a material forming the equipment, based on the operating state quantity; a risk evaluation unit which evaluates at least one of a cumulative damage quantity of the material forming the equipment and failure risk, based on the operating state quantity and the material deterioration quantity; and a recommended maintenance time presentation unit which presents a recommended maintenance time of the equipment based on a result of the evaluation of the risk evaluation unit.

A method for repairing an at least externally coated hollow component. The direct mechanical machining of a coated component after use removes the need for a coating-removal and selective hollowing step and a selective repair of cracks, since a design adaptation leads to a component being engineered or used such that it can be used again as a result of external dimensional stipulations.

An exhaust chamber of a steam turbine according to an embodiment includes an outer casing which includes an end wall part in an axial direction and an extension part extending upward in the axial direction from the end wall part, a first flow guide formed into an annular shape, the first flow guide forming an upstream region of a diffuser surface in a hub-side flow guide and being fixed to an upstream end portion of the extension part on a radially inner side of the diffuser surface, and a second flow guide formed into an annular shape, the second flow guide forming a downstream region of the diffuser surface at a position downstream of the first flow guide and on a radially outer side of the extension part, and being fixed to the extension part.

A sealing fin fixing apparatus can fix a sealing fin to a rotor in a shortened period of time to minimize variations of the pullout strength of the sealing fin. In the sealing fin fixing apparatus that fixes the sealing fin in a sealing groove defined in the outer circumference of the rotor of a rotary machine and includes a headstock for setting a rotor thereon, a Z-stage movable along a Z-axis, an X-stage movable along an X-axis, a tool rest supported on the X-stage, and a caulking tool mounted on the tool rest and including a shank and a pressing roller, while the pressing roller is being held against a caulking wire inserted, together with the sealing fin, in the sealing groove in the rotor that is set on the headstock, the headstock is actuated to rotate the rotor, thereby caulking the caulking wire to fix the sealing fin to the rotor.