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r/engineering • u/KnownSoldier04 Glorified steel salesman • 21d ago
Customer hired us to do some testing to see if they can revive this old 70s GE turbine generator. Nozzle ring is made of haynes556 but it’s cracked in a bunch of places.
These little comp. blades are made of an unidentified alloy, 50%Fe, 40%Ni, 10% Cr. If anyone recognizes the alloy, I’d like to know a bit.
At some point, someone put the wrong bolt in the right spot and damaged the whole stage… they want to cut, weld and grind new blades in place… worrying tbh.
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Got it, it’s a General Electric MS-5000
Damaged compressor stage was the 5th from the last.
43 u/albatroopa 20d ago There's a non-zero chance I made those parts. 15 u/KnownSoldier04 Glorified steel salesman 20d ago Awesome! Any specific insights? 39 u/albatroopa 20d ago I was but a button pusher with a gleam in my eye back then. 5 u/Zesty-Lem0n 19d ago Has the industry stolen the sparkle from your eyes yet lol 6 u/albatroopa 19d ago It has not. I love my job. 1 u/aristotleschild 18d ago And what are you now? 3 u/albatroopa 18d ago Apps eng for a cnc manufacturer 1 u/aristotleschild 18d ago Cool!
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There's a non-zero chance I made those parts.
15 u/KnownSoldier04 Glorified steel salesman 20d ago Awesome! Any specific insights? 39 u/albatroopa 20d ago I was but a button pusher with a gleam in my eye back then. 5 u/Zesty-Lem0n 19d ago Has the industry stolen the sparkle from your eyes yet lol 6 u/albatroopa 19d ago It has not. I love my job. 1 u/aristotleschild 18d ago And what are you now? 3 u/albatroopa 18d ago Apps eng for a cnc manufacturer 1 u/aristotleschild 18d ago Cool!
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Awesome!
Any specific insights?
39 u/albatroopa 20d ago I was but a button pusher with a gleam in my eye back then. 5 u/Zesty-Lem0n 19d ago Has the industry stolen the sparkle from your eyes yet lol 6 u/albatroopa 19d ago It has not. I love my job. 1 u/aristotleschild 18d ago And what are you now? 3 u/albatroopa 18d ago Apps eng for a cnc manufacturer 1 u/aristotleschild 18d ago Cool!
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I was but a button pusher with a gleam in my eye back then.
5 u/Zesty-Lem0n 19d ago Has the industry stolen the sparkle from your eyes yet lol 6 u/albatroopa 19d ago It has not. I love my job. 1 u/aristotleschild 18d ago And what are you now? 3 u/albatroopa 18d ago Apps eng for a cnc manufacturer 1 u/aristotleschild 18d ago Cool!
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Has the industry stolen the sparkle from your eyes yet lol
6 u/albatroopa 19d ago It has not. I love my job.
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It has not. I love my job.
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And what are you now?
3 u/albatroopa 18d ago Apps eng for a cnc manufacturer 1 u/aristotleschild 18d ago Cool!
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Apps eng for a cnc manufacturer
1 u/aristotleschild 18d ago Cool!
Cool!
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u/KnownSoldier04 Glorified steel salesman 20d ago
Got it, it’s a General Electric MS-5000
Damaged compressor stage was the 5th from the last.