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On-board Inspection of a bow thruster of a tanker vesselA global leader in high quality shipmanagement invited Stork Gears & Services Asia Pte Ltd to carry out an inspection of a bow thruster on board their Singaporean tanker vessel. The bow thruster was already dismounted from its tunnel because of oil leakage noticed by the crew. During dry docking in Dominican Republic Stork Gears & Services visited the tanker vessel for an inspection....  Read
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On-board gearbox inspection on container vessel sailing from Taiwan to Hong KongOur customer invited Stork Optimization Services to carry out a visual inspection of two Renk-Tacke PTG 16 epicyclic gearboxes. The gearboxes are part of the power supply installation on a container vessel and are driven by tow gas turbines.The crew discovered excessive clearance at the low-speed shaft of the gearboxes. In order to determine the condition of the gearboxes, we performed a visual inspection of the gearboxes, including flanks and bearings. ... Read
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Preventive maintenance of deep suction dredger's gearbox reveals bearing damageOur client – a dredging company – wishes to have a preventive inspection of its equipment carried out, including vibration measurements to minimise equipment standstill. The client has commissioned Stork Optimization Services to carry out vibration measurements of the sand pump’s gearbox with a view to determining its condition... Read more |
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| South African power plant chooses Stork for the manufacturing of five
gearboxes South Africa's national state power supplier contacted Stork Gears & Services with an urgent time request for the supply of five modified gearboxes, type Rademakers Rastar 250/275l. Because of our extensive Rademakers gearbox knowhow and hands-on experience we were able to complete the project in record time... Read more |
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| Advanced wind turbine gearbox upgrade
Stork Gears & Services was approached by one of the world’s largest wind turbine manufacturers to help them resolve a reoccurring gearbox problem. The company had a large series of Metso gearboxes which were heavily leaking oil after only a few years of operation...... Read more |
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| Onboard inspection and gearbox repair of a Hangzhou propulsion gearbox A German shipping company invited Stork Gears & Services to visit one of their merchant vessels in Turkey because of problems with the Hangzhou propulsion gearbox. Several gearbox components needed a fast replacement in order to set sail in time... Read more |
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| Gearbox repair - Vibration Analysis Measurements on parallel shaft gearbox Stork Optimization Services was invited by Vermilion Oil & Gas Netherlands B.V. to diagnose the root cause of increasing vibration levels on a parallel shaft gearbox. Undesirable vibration alarms requested a thorough analysis... Read more |
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| Reverse engineering of gear shaft for gasturbine (30.000 rpm) Our customer - an energy company with its headquarter in Ireland - contacted Stork Gears & Services with an urgent budget and time request for the repair of a Flender Graffenstaden gearbox located at Aghada power station. The gearbox application is part of an open cycle gas turbine, with a capacity of approximately 90 MW... Read more |
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| Modification of propulsion gearboxes for RoRo Vessel Recently Stork Gears & Services was asked to investigate the possibilities for modifying the propulsion gearboxes of a RoRo vessel. Our engineers arrived on scene within a day for an inspection and advise. We offered complete services, from engineering and test run to renewal of e.g. bearings, gearwheel, pinion shaft, oil pump and friction clutch parts... Read more |
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| Speed gearbox internals for Italian gas market (37,5000 rpm) Our customer is a world leader in gases for industry, health and the environment. Stork Gears & Services made record speed gearbox (BHS) internals for the Italian Gas market. The gearbox - used for the compressor - achieves speeds of up to 37,500 rpm. We manufactured the planet carrier, the planet gears and sun gear of the gearbox. Read more |
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| Fast gearbox repair at Geothermal power plant, Italy Italy is where geothermal energy was used for the first time for industrial purposes, and the country remains one of the leading producers of geothermal electricity. Stork Gears & Services was invited by Italy’s largest power company to investigate a MAAG gearbox after a sudden increase of vibration levels. The gearbox is part of a dry steam power installation. A fast and reliable response was required. Read more |
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| Repair of Pivoting gearbox of Angolan cutter suction dredger Stork Gears & Services was invited by an Angolan dredger to resolve the root cause of an abnormal sound of the pivoting gearbox, observed by the technical engineers onboard. The whole project was completed within a fixed time line of 24 days, including gearbox repair, alignment and advanced torque measurements. Read more |
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| Emergency gearbox repair at African gold mine Stork Gears & Services was invited by a gold mining producing company, located in Mali in order to determine the root cause failure of the damage and discuss repair possibilities. The failure in the gearbox occurred in the intermediate pinion gear. Emergency repair was important in order to continue ore development as soon as possible... Read more |
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| Gearbox inspection at offshore windfarm Onsite windturbine inspections and repair of gearbox components are part of our daily operation. Stork Optimization Services was invited by E.On UK renewables Ltd. to inspect the gearboxes of two Vestas V66 offshore wind turbines, each of 2 MW capacity. The inspections were carried out to assess the condition of the gearboxes. Read more |
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| New jetpump and dredgepump gearbox for Dredger Stork Gears & Services was hired for the development of the jetpump- and dredgepump gearbox for a trailing suction hopper dredger in Dubai. A big challenge of this project was how to built up the new gearboxes upon the existing baseplate. Working in continuous shifts we managed to succeed the project within the fixed timeline of six weeks, during dry-dock. Read more |
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| Fast white metal bearings repair at Zinc plant Stork Optimization Services was invited by one of Europe’s leading producers of titanium zinc for a gearbox inspection. This project was executed within a very tight time schedule and in close cooperation with the customer. Together we managed to succeed the project within 15 days. Read more |
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| From diagnostics to new pinion shaft in 6 weeks! Our customer is a leading international energy company involved in all aspects of power generation and supply. A representative of Stork Gears & Services was invited to inspect the Renk gearbox in order to detect and analyze the root cause of increasing noise levels. Read more |
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| New pinion shaft for Renk Tacke gearbox Stork Gears & Services carried out an inspection of a reduction gearbox of a steam turbine driven generator set, located at a Waste-To-Energy plant. High vibration levels of the gearbox switched off the application. The inspection revealed a broken input pinion tooth... Read more |
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| Gearbox inspection and test run for Kuwaiti oil company Stork Optimization Services was invited by a Kuwaiti oil company for the complete inspection of a damaged vertical offset speed-increasing gearbox, type Rademakers. The aluminium gearbox frame had one bearing pocket that was badly worn out. The worst damage was caused by the output shaft coupling end bearing failure, which was completely destroyed. Read more |
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| From gearbox inspection to sea-trails in Shanghai Container vessel "MV Sinotrans Tokyo" was anchored at the port of Shanghai. It suffered from a major failure of the propulsion gearbox. InterOrient invited Stork Gears & Services to carry out visual inspections on board of the vessel. Inspections revealed that two teeth of the pinion had been broken out and the active flanks showed a repeated damage pattern. Read more |
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| Gearbox refurbishment for sunken "Mighty Servant 3" A tug was contracted to tow the sunken "Mighty Servant 3" from Cape Town to the Bahamas for repairs. Grand Bahama Shipyard Ltd. contracted Stork Gears & Services for refurbishment of the propulsion gearboxes, which were heavily damaged and rusted. Read more |
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| Emergency repair of container vessel propulsion gearbox Container vessel "Ara Felixstowe" was anchored in the port of Napels with severe gearbox damage, type RENK. Fast gearbox repair was extremely important in order to set sail in time with the fully loaded containers. Read more |
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| Fast repair of propulsion gearbox after major breakdown Our customer suffered from a major breakdown on the port gearbox. The casing had cracked and the internals were damaged. We could offer quick repair of the gearbox under DNV classification. This was both cheaper and faster than replacement of the gearbox. Read more |
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| The fastest turbine inspection for FPSO converter During conversion of a tanker vessel to an FPSO, our customer asked Stork Gears & Services to perform an inspection on the cargo pump turbines. Inspection resulted in repair of the three turbines under DNV classification in the shortest possible timeframe, followed by on-site commissioning enabling the customer to stay on schedule. Read more |
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| Emergency gearbox repair at tugboat in Brazil Stork Gears & Services was invited for an emergency repair of a propulsion gearbox in Brazil. The tugboat suffered from excessive vibrations that caused unforeseen machine failure. The main concern of our customer was how to fix the defects as soon as possible. Read more |
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| Inspection project at coal-fired power plant in Malaysia Stork Gears & Services was invited for the inspection of ten coal mill gearboxes at a power plant in Malaysia. This plant is a large coal fired power station with generating capacity of 2400 MW. The project involved the complete inspection of ten gearboxes in order to determine their condition. Read more |
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| Complete inspection of a 55 MW load gearbox Our Optimization department was hired for the complete inspection of a gas turbine driven generator set, including the gas turbine, the Graffenstaden load gearbox and generator. With our multi-task services and power market specific expertise we were able to carry out the project within two weeks. Read more & view photogallery |
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Overhaul of Husky tugboatThe DCV Balder is a Deepwater Construction Vessel operated by Heerema for deepwater field development up to 3,000 m waterdepth. Heerema Shipping contacted Stork Gears & Services for preventive maintenance of the Balders' tugbouat, called "Husky MV". The Balder had to set sail for Africa for a one year project, fast overhaul was necessary in order to set sail in time. Read more & view photogallery |
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Shaft modification and bearing design for gasturbine »The project involved the modification of the shafts and manufacturing of new bearings for a Westinghouse gasturbine with black start capability. Low oil pressure switched off the gasturbine of the power plant. Stork Gears & Services developed a new bearings concept, in a way that it is better suited to accommodate the stresses resulting from the application.Read more |
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Custom built gearboxes for FiFi 1 tugboats »Damen Ship Repair modified two tugboats for Fire Fight class 1. Stork Gears & Services was hired for the development of the gearboxes between the engine and the FiFi-pump. The engineering and fabrication is performed within 8 weeks. Read more |
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Vibration measurements for gas turbines at K6P platform »Stork Gears & Services was hired to record multi-channel vibration data at Total's K6P North Sea offshore platform. The project challenge was to determine why one of the critical gas turbines experienced starting problems..Read more |
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