SERVICE & REPAIR

Power plant receives Babbitt repair, Arizona

MAKING SERVICE AN ACTION ITEM

Power plants require precise, continual operation 24 hours a day, seven days a week. So when a crucial device or component requires repair or replacement, speed, quality and time are of the utmost importance.

Quadna, a DXP Company, has proven its excellent track record in the field of Babbitt bearing repair having served such notable energy companies as SRP Coronado, Tri State Generation, Basin Electric, Pacificorp Wyodak, Intermountain Power and Arizona Electric Power Company, among others. Recently, Tri State Generation, which has a power plant in Craig, Colo., made an emergency call to Quadna for a Babbitt bearing repair. According to Jim Jenkins, area manager for Quadna’s Salt Lake City Babbitt bearing repair center, and Rob Giese, branch manager for the company’s Grand Junction, Colo., operation, the power giant called for help on a Sunday evening saying it needed five turbine bearings repaired and overhauled in under 10 days. The team secured the bearings and return repaired the bearings in mint condition in less than one week.

Shortly after the rush repair, Quadna was contacted by another major power distribution, SRP Navajo, which is located in Page, Ariz. The power plant had been conducting general maintenance when a critical bearing became ruined. Jenkins happened to be traveling near the plant that afternoon and stopped in to assess the rush situation. He decided to spend the night so the bearing could cool down, then loaded it for a trip to the Salt Lake City, Utah repair facility the following day. The repaired bearing was delivered two days later.

“One of the keys to Quadna’s success in working with its power plant clientele is that we understand and respond to rush turnaround requirements,” says Jenkins. “Proving a quality product is understood. However, we take pride in, and excel at, saving our customers time, transportation needs and we get the job done faster because of our expertise and commitment to meeting their unique needs.”

Quadna’s Babbitt bearing repair center works with customers throughout the western and Southwestern United States and up to Montana. 

School District Receives New Fire Pump System, Arizona

The Mayer School District in Mayer, Ariz., which is located approximately one hour north of Phoenix, was in need of quick, efficient help. Because vandals had stolen the engine to the high school's fire pump system, the district had to purchase a new unit, install and test it prior to the opening of school. Mayer School District turned to Quest Civil Constructors, which in turn, contacted Quadna for help. A service and repair team headed to Mayer to install a new engine and perform a flow test for the system to ensure it was up to code, compliant and operating correctly before the school year began.

 

 

 

Pump Inspection & Repair, Quadna Service & Repair Centers

Quadna’s qualified technical staff dismantles and inspects pumps when they arrive for repair.  Service & repair personnel run clearances, ensure bearing fits, and recommends any upgrades in material or components that the evidence suggests will improve pump performance.  Once these steps have been taken, the pump is quality inspected within the framework of Quadna’s Quality Assurance program and air pressure tested if applicable.  Pump repairs from Quadna’s qualified repair facilities can help to ensure your equipment runs optimally.

Vibration Analysis, Quadna Service & Repair Centers

Predictive Maintenance is an efficient and cost effective method of maintaining your rotating equipment and should be done on a quarterly basis.  The best and often only method of determining equipment health is through vibration analysis.  Quadna’s vibration analysis units display the full vibration spectrum of three axes simultaneously to provide a snapshot of what is going on inside the equipment.

 

Power plant boiler pump repair and replacement, Arizona

Quadna crews removed four KSB, HGC boiler feed pumps that were employed at Mesquite Power’s electric power plant in Arlington, Ariz., just west of metropolitan Phoenix. 

The units, which were segmental ring-type boiler feed pumps, were approximately eight feet long, about 30 inches in diameter and weighed 4500 pounds. the units then were dissembled, their condition reviewed, the bearings, gaskets and O-rings changed out, the impellers serviced, new cover wear rings installed and the mechanical seals overhauled prior to hydrotesting.