Blade Frequency Testing from SimuTech Group

Mr. Rolf Orsagh

Manager - Testing Svcs

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Areas of Expertise:

Vibration Testing
Acoustic Testing
Strain Gage & Telemetry
Test Fixture Design
20yrs. Experience

Background:

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from R.I.T.

Published 30 papers - vibration control, condition based maintenance, tribology

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Torsional Dynamics - Coal Conveyor Drive (pdf)

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Blade Frequency Testing

SimuTech provides a frequency testing service for new, refurbished, or reverse engineered turbine blades (buckets) to ensure that their natural frequencies are within specifications. This is especially critical for longer tuned blades that are susceptible to high-cycle fatigue failure due to resonance during operation. SimuTech has extensive experience with vibration test fixture design and quality assurance frequency testing.

Blade Frequency Testing

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Testing Overview

Modal Testing

Vibration Diagnostics

Blade Testing

Strain Gage/Telemetry

Blade Freq. Testing

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