Turbine Overhauls
Unico Mechanical brings unmatched technical expertise gained from more than 40 years of providing comprehensive overhauls and rehabilitation services for the nation’s leading OEMs and Hydropower Stations. We utilize the most advanced repair and manufacturing practices on-site or at one of our five facilities that span the Pacific Coast.
We’re known for the quality of our work and technical knowledge to turn even the largest turbine overhaul projects around cost-effectively and efficiently to minimize customer downtime. We typically handle associated components during turbine overhauls as well for hydroelectric and other power generation providers, oil and gas, water treatment and various other applications.
Unico has experience overhauling the following components:
- Turbine runners
- Turbine head covers
- Servo motor repair
- Turbine blade repair or blade fabrication and replacement
- Turbine bucket repairs and replacement
- Turbine airfoil repairs and replacement
- Turbine diaphragm repair
- Turbine governor valve repair
- Turbine nozzle machining, erosion repairs, shell machining,
- and more
Our knowledge base includes:
- Hydraulic and electrical control systems
- In-house functional testing
- Verification of standards and specification compliance
- High solids – high build epoxy coating
- Hydro and leak testing just like when they left the factory
Typical overhaul including but not limited to:
- Cavitation repair
- Resurfacing of worn faces
- Journal reconditioning
- Dimensional restoration
- Crack repair