INSTALLATION REPORT SO No.
550969
By Sébastien RIONDEL Date: 04/08/11 to 17/08/11
Direct customer: GE AERO
User: BURGO PAPER MILL SORA
Kind of plant: LM2500-NFVQ2019D-GENERATOR BRUSH
People met: Mr Paul Walker and Mr Ruben Chica (GE AERO)
Purpose of visit: Replacement gearset option B
SUMMARY OF SERVICE VISIT
1. EQUIPMENT IDENTIFICATION
Equipment type Original order no. Serial no. No. hours Observations
NFVQ2019D 203768 119654 13440 Option A last January
2. EQUIPMENT LOCATION
Fig.1: Lufkin gearbox NFVQ2019D condition on site
The reason of my visit in BURGO paper mill in Sora was the replacement of the gearset option B
after 3580 hrs running since last replacement of last January (option A). On my arrival on the site, I met
Mr Ruben Chica (GE Spain) and Mr Paul Walker (Field service representative in England. We noted no
damage on the teeth when I opened the inspection plate and disassembly. We did not check the
alignment before disassembly.
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3. INSPECTION / CHECKS :
3.1. Bearing condition:
Fig.2: LS DE bearing
Fig.3: LS NDE bearing
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Fig.4: HS DE bearing
Fig.5 HS NDE bearing
Fig.6: Condition of old gear set option A
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4. FINDINGS DURING REASSEMBLY :
4.1. Record of clearances, backlashes, and tooth contact patterns:
Internal Dimensions of the HS bearings (This Diagram is for Illustration Purposes Only)
HS NDE HS DE
11,751 ’’ 11,750”
Internal Dimensions of the LS bearings (This Diagram is for Illustration Purposes Only)
LS NDE LS DE
12,251 ’’ 12,250”
Outside Dimension of the Bearing Journals of the High Speed Pinion (This Diagram is for
Illustration Purposes Only):
11,733’’ 11,732’’
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Outside Dimension of the Bearing Journals of the Low Speed Gear (This Diagram is for Illustration
Purposes Only):
12,235’’ 12,235’’
Calculated Bearing Clearance New gear set:
Bearing Location Designed Clearance Actual Clearance
High Speed DE .016”- .0195” 0,018"
High Speed NDE .016”- .0195” 0,018”
Low Speed DE .014”- .0175” 0,015”
Low Speed NDE .014”- .0175” 0,016”
We removed the River Hawk coupling and reinstalled on new gear with 0,395” set in place on
shaft. We checked the run out 0,02mm on coupling and 0,05mm on LS flange with new bushing plate
installed. We had reset the pressure in the coupling with the pins in good place.
We put back reassembly of the unit; we had 0,041’’ backlash and 0,096’’end play HS pinion. The
soft blue contact was correct and we had not clearance between the bearings and casing.
Fig.7: New bushing plate installed on LS shaft
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4.2. Blue contact bearings casing bores:
LS bores
HS bores
Fig.8: Blue contact bearings with the bores casing
4.3. Blue contact journal bearings:
LS bearings
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HS bearings
Fig.9: Blue contact journal bearings with the shafts
4.4. Levelling gearbox casing checking:
I checked the level of the gearbox and found 1 graduation difference between a
both sides 0,02 mm.
Fig.10: Checking of levelling gearbox
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4.5. Soft blue contact checking:
Fig.11: Soft blue contact after reassembly
The tape of the tooth contact show 90% contact on left helix and 40% on right helix GT side on
LS gear. After reassembly I made the new RTD connections in the terminal heads and in the junction
box.
4.6. Alignment between the generator and the gearbox :
RIM FACE
0.00 6,25mm
- 0.002’’ -0,008’’ 6,31mm 6,34mm
-0.009’’ 6,37mm
Fig.12: Alignment after reassembly generator side
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4.7. Alignment between the turbine and the gearbox
VERTICAL HORIZONTAL
GAP OFFSET GAP OFFSET
-0,24 mm -5,09mm 0,17mm 0,55mm
Fig.13: Alignment after reassembly turbine side
TARGET VALUES (Specifications GE)
VERTICAL HORIZONTAL
GAP OFFSET GAP OFFSET
-0,33 mm -4.90mm 0,00mm 0,00mm
We centred the rotating elements in the housing unit for GE check the Pre stretch and also
checked the distance of the LS flange end 1216mm +/- 1,5mm. We had 7,43 mm of pre-stretch on
Ameridrice coupling LS shaft after realignment in the tolerance required from GE.
5. REPLACED PARTS:
PARTS TRACEABILITY NO. ORDER NO. ITEM NO.
LS Gear 336955-01 328581 21953400
HS Pinion 336853-02 328581 21953500
4 RTD probes E7086922 GE provision
6. TESTS :
We started up the unit at 10.12 o’clock on 16th Tuesday. First starting we checked the hard blue
contact with 20% load during 2 hours (6,5Mw). We synchronised 1 Mw at 10.30. Everything was
correct, the temperatures of the bearings were stabilized and the vibrations were acceptable.
Ge decided no install the complete set vibrations probes on the gearbox, only 2 accelerometers
on top casing.
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Overall view
90% 55%- 60%
Fig.14: Hard blue contact with 20% in load on active flank LS gear
The contact with 20% in load shows 90% on Active helix gene side and 55%-60% on
active helix GT side. The hard blue contact was correct in the specification of Lufkin Ind.
After hard blue contact in 20% in load, we restarted the units for the full test in 28 Mw (we
limited the load because the climatic conditions is very hot). After 2 hours in full power, we stopped
the units to check the hard blue contact in 100% in load. We had 100% of contact on both active
helices appear to confirm the design. The condition of the gears was perfect, no abnormal marks and
wear, no vibrations and noise.
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Overall view
100% 100%
Fig.15: Hard blue contact with 100% in load on active flank LS gear
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Fig.16: Hard blue contact with 100% in load on no active flank LS gear
Fig.17: Temperature and vibrations stabilized with 27,2 MW.
See attached in appendix the report of vibrations for the full test.
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Fig18: Trend plot acceleration – Gearbox
7. CONCLUSIONS
The service job which consisted has to replace the gears option A installed last January by option
B was passed very well. The full tests were conclusive and show that the gearbox can be running in
good condition.
Mr Paul Walker released me on August 17, 2011 and the end customer had the units for running
in normal condition.
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