Maintenance for third party machines
In addition to the maintenance, inspection, repair and support activities that the BRUSH team provide on their own manufactured equipment, the BRUSH Aftermarket team also provides expertise on 3rd party manufactured machines either in the field of operation or in one of their manufacturing facilities.
All types of rotating machinery require regular inspections so to maintain their integrity and availability for your companies needs. The ethos is simple and effective with the use of minor and major inspections categorized into levels representing the life of the product, be it running hours or years of installation. For each level, a defined number of inspection points are determined which can be undertaken within a specified time. The aim is not to lengthen the outages but to provide an effective solution that can be accommodated within planned maintenance periods and provide expert support when returning the equipment back on line
In addition to regular maintenance and inspections the BRUSH Aftermarket can also assist with repairs on 3rd party manufactured machines including...
· Rotor rewinds with existing or new copper
· Rotor re-wedging
· Rotor end cap repair or replacement
· Stator rewinds
· Stator re-wedging
· Exciter or slip ring repair
· Exciter rewinds or replacement
· Slip ring replacement
· Bearing repair or replacement
· Replacement or upgraded cooling systems
· Replacement or upgraded excitation and protection equipment
Reverse engineering
A key strength is the ability to offer various options to the client. In today’s world single sourcing can be crippling to maintenance budgets. BRUSH Aftermarket recognizes that clients need competitive options and as such the engineering team has the capabilities to reverse engineer and offer mechanically and electrically interchangeable solutions. The expertise with all types of rotating equipment with regard to maintenance and repair gives an unparalleled know how within the market. A prime example in recent years has been to successfully supplying mechanically and electrically interchangeable fully wound 2-pole turbo rotors for non BRUSH manufactured generators to a global customer base.
Partners & associates
To deliver unrivalled quality assured results and engineered solutions, BRUSH Aftermarket has strong links to globally recognized laboratories and universities so that we can "if required" add to our own experienced engineering know how, to resolve any original design issues or just to add extra technology to the already certified ISO 9001 and ISO14001 quality of design, manufacture and service systems.
Facilities
BRUSH offer services at its manufacturing bases in Loughborough, England; Ridderkerk, The Netherlands and Plzen, Czech Republic which aid its worldwide activities. These factory-based facilities include:
· Workshops with cleaning facilities and vacuum drying ovens
· Modern machining and fabrication facilities
· Coil manufacturing and VPI facilities
· Assembly work shops including large capacity cranage
· High voltage test facility
· 3-D Measuring facilities
· Decontaminating processes required for handling hazardous materials such as asbestos based insulation found in older products
· High & low speed balancing and over-speed facilities
The BRUSH facilities have also held several licenses in the past to provide stators, rotors and exciters for other OEM machines, combined with in house designs for generators and motors. With this expertise BRUSH Aftermarket are a recognized and respected maintenance partner to clients globally - from traction motors through to large steam turbine tubo-generators and from kW’s to 000s of MW’s