Industry

Power Generation & Utilities

Turbine blade cleaning, transformer decontamination, boiler tube surface prep, and cooling tower maintenance. Indian Point decommissioning in NY. Coal-fired plants across PA. Gas turbines throughout the tri-state.

The Challenge

Power generation equipment operates in extreme thermal, chemical, and mechanical environments. Turbine blades accumulate hot corrosion deposits, thermal barrier coating degradation, and foreign object damage. Boiler tubes develop scale and fireside deposits that reduce heat transfer. Transformers accumulate contamination that compromises insulation.

Traditional cleaning requires disassembly and off-site processing. Turbine blades go to a blast shop. Boiler tubes get chemical treatment with extended dwell times. Transformer components require solvent cleaning with VOC concerns. Each method adds weeks of downtime and transport risk to critical path components.

Applications

USE CASE 01

Turbine Blade Cleaning

Remove hot corrosion deposits, thermal barrier coating residue, and oxidation from gas and steam turbine blades. In-place or on-bench cleaning. No dimensional change to airfoil profiles. No media residue in cooling passages.

USE CASE 02

Boiler Tube Preparation

Remove scale, slag, and fireside deposits from waterwall, superheater, and economizer tubes. Prepare for NDE inspection and weld repair. No chemical treatment. No rinse water disposal.
USE CASE 03

Transformer Components

Clean bushings, radiators, conservators, and structural steel. Remove atmospheric contamination, oil residue, and corrosion. No solvents. No VOCs. Compatible with energized adjacent equipment safety zones.
Dimensional change to blades
0
Media in cooling passages
0
Typical project value
$ 0 K+
Response time
0 hr

Frequently Asked Questions

In many configurations, yes. We clean first-stage and second-stage blades in-situ through access ports and inspection openings. For rotor assemblies removed during major outages, we clean on-bench at your facility or ours.
On-site laser cleaning can avoid transport to an off-site blast shop, blast-shop queue time, and spent-media cleanup. Turnaround depends on component quantity, coating, access, inspection requirements, and the plant’s maintenance schedule.

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