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Shorted Turn Detection For Generator and Motor Rotors

The document discusses Generatortech Inc., a company that specializes in detecting shorted turns in generator and motor rotors using air-gap flux probes. The probes can help identify the cause of abnormal vibration, assist with maintenance decisions, and verify the quality of rewound rotors. Generatortech offers permanent and temporary flux probe installations, testing services, and analysis to help customers monitor rotor winding conditions and make informed decisions about maintenance.

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Shorted Turn Detection For Generator and Motor Rotors

The document discusses Generatortech Inc., a company that specializes in detecting shorted turns in generator and motor rotors using air-gap flux probes. The probes can help identify the cause of abnormal vibration, assist with maintenance decisions, and verify the quality of rewound rotors. Generatortech offers permanent and temporary flux probe installations, testing services, and analysis to help customers monitor rotor winding conditions and make informed decisions about maintenance.

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Shorted Turn Detection for Generator and Motor Rotors

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See our article in Power Engineering Magazine Flux Probes Provide On-Line Detection of Generator Shorted Turns "The use of air-gap magnetic flux probes has proven effective in the detection of generator rotor winding shorted turns and has helped to improve the quality of predictive maintenance decisions concerning when or if to perform rotor rework..." Power Engineering September 1999, Volume 103, Issue 9, p. 28-32

Generatortech, Inc. specializes in the detection of rotor winding shorted-turns in synchronous generators and motors. This information can help your plant operators and engineers pinpoint the cause of abnormal vibration, assist in major maintenance decisions and verify the quality of rewound rotors. These pages provide information on the theory behind the field winding shorted-turn detection system for round rotor generators. We utilize a similar technique to detect shorted-turns in synchronous salient pole motors and generators. Generatortech, Inc., as the industry leader in shorted-turn detection and analysis services, offers:

permanent and temporary air-gap flux probes designed for your machines installations of permanent and temporary flux probes testing services o tests and report provided by our staff

testing conducted by your own staff using rented Generatortech equipment, but data analyzed and report provided by Generatortech experts. Rotor Winding Shorted-Turn Analysis Package. Will allow your staff to test and analyze your machines.

Data collected on a 2-pole, 7-coil/pole generator with 1 out of 9 turns shorted in Pole A - Coil # 3.

Overlay of Pole A and Pole B's coil #3 lead slot peaks from data above showing the decrease in slot leakage flux due to shorted turn in Pole A - Coil # 3.

Valuable Predictive Maintenance Tool


Shorted turns are the result of failed insulation between individual windings in generator rotors and can cause:

Load sensitive vibration Undetected local winding hot spots Excessive excitation currents Possible forced outages

In today's highly competitive electrical power market, predictive maintenance is an effective method of minimizing maintenance costs and downtime. Monitoring the condition of your rotor windings using the Generatortech, Inc. flux probe and analysis products will help you make informed decisions on "when" and "if" to bring a machine down for a major overhaul and rotor rewinds.

Versatility and Quality


Generatortech, Inc. can install probes in all major power generation equipment, including Gas, Steam, Hydro, Fossil and Nuclear. Quality design, construction and installation are top priorities at Generatortech. Generatortech. Inc.'s computer analysis program records and analyzes flux probe data, yielding a highly accurate "snapshot" of the rotor winding insulation condition. Our system not only tells you if you have shorted turns in the rotor winding, but it pinpoints which coils are affected and provides an accurate estimate of the number of turn shorts in each coil. We currently have about 400 of our air-gap flux probes in generators worldwide. With this many probes in place, we have been able to confirm the accuracy of our analysis system many times. When rotors with shorted turn indications have been inspected during rotor rewinds or retaining ring replacements, we have found excellent agreement with our on-line shorted turn indications. Generatortech, Inc. performs full service installation, testing and analysis with reporting and trend analysis. Although moderately complex, Generatortech, Inc. can train power plant personnel to perform installations, testing and analysis on their own. Some plant operators choose to take their own test data and have the analysis performed by Generatortech, Inc. Generatortech, Inc. recommends baseline testing of new or rewound rotors and a continuing program of periodic testing for predictive maintenance evaluations.

Air-Gap Flux Probe Technology for Detecting Rotor Winding Shorted Turns

Generatortech specializes in detecting rotor winding shorted turns in round rotor and salient pole generators and motors while your generator is online and at speed and temperature. We have over 20 years of dedicated experience in the science of rotor winding shorted turn detection, and a worldwide customer list including most major OEMs, generator service companies and power utilities. Generatortech is the world leader in shorted turn detection product design and analysis. Knowledge of the shorted turn conditions of your field windings will help your plant operators and engineers pinpoint the cause of abnormal vibrations, assist in major maintenance decisions, and verify the quality of rewound rotors.

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