2010 EPRI Motor/Generator Rewind Seminar
22 March 2010
This three and one half day seminar is for specialists and non-specialists who specify, contract, and accept motor or generator repairs and rewinds. Included in the program is material on increasing the capacity of power plant motors and information on turbine generator rewinding practices. Industry standards (including IEEE, NEMA, and API), insulation materials, processes, coil design and coil manufacturing, stator cores and core testing, rotors, and bearings are all discussed. There is material on motor testing, VPI resins, and tiered motor maintenance. Information is also presented on purchasing new motors. The seminar is held at the facilities of TECO-Westinghouse Motor Company in Round Rock, TX. A tour of this large motor and generator repair and manufacturing facility is included, and TWMC engineers are available for consultation on specific technical issues during the seminar.
What You Will Learn
Some of the specifics that will be discussed:
- The ins and outs of rewinding medium-voltage electric motors and generators, starting with how they work and design fundamentals
- Develop your own rewind specifications for 480 Volt through 13.2 kV motors and generators using generic specifications
- What insulation system to use for the rewind; insulation system qualification
- Incoming inspection tests, tests during coil manufacture and installation
- Details of coil design and manufacture
- Corona suppression
- How to evaluate the shop’s quality control (QC) program
- The economics of new motor versus rewind
- Epoxy and polyester resins
- How to set up a tiered motor maintenance program
Who Should Attend
Engineers and maintenance personnel from power plants, refineries and industrial users of low voltage and medium-voltage (4 to 13.8 kV) motors and generators, as well motor repair shop personnel, will find this seminar beneficial.
What is Included
In addition to the presentations and shop tour, lunches are included along with a valuable, annually-upgraded four-volume seminar book.
Instructors
Jim Oliver has provided consulting engineering services on generators, motors, and adjustable speed drives to the electric utility, co-generation, petroleum refining, mining, and natural gas pipeline industries. He has spent over 50 years in motor repair, electric utility, and other industries. He is a Fellow of the IEEE.
Jim Michalec has 38 years of experience in the electric utility industry. His primary experience is with electrical rotating machinery, but he also has extensive experience with the design, application, operation, repair, and specification of synchronous generators and induction motors. He is a Fellow of the IEEE.
Elton Floyd has 41 years of experience in the electric utility industry. His primary experience is with electrical rotating machinery particularly with generators and electrical auxiliaries. He has also had responsibility for technical support for other major power plant electrical and electronic equipment. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Texas.
Mike Howell has 15 years of experience working with stator windings for large rotating electrical machines doing machine redesigns, insulation system development, accelerated life testing, manufacturing support, tool and gauge design, failure analysis, quality engineering and diagnostic testing. He is a member of IEEE and is certified by ASQ as a Six Sigma Black Belt and Quality Engineer.
Sponsors
EPRI Nuclear Maintenance Application Center, TECO-Westinghouse Motor Company
About TECO-Westinghouse Motor Company
With over 100 years of experience in motor design and application, TECO-Westinghouse Motor Company is a premier supplier of AC and DC motors and generators. TWMC’s 500,000 sq. ft. facility at Round Rock has both manufacturing and repair operations for large AC Induction and Synchronous motors and DC motors. Ranging from fractional HP ratings to 100,000 HP, these high-quality machines are utilized in petroleum, chemical, mining, marine propulsion, steel, electric utility, and other industries throughout the world. The facility has coil, laminate, frame, rotor, and shaft manufacturing, and a 12-ft. VPI tank. It also has complete test facilities: full voltage, full speed run-up, heat run, locked rotor, sound level, vibration analysis, and insulation testing. TWMC also manufactures and supplies motor controls, engineering services, genuine Westinghouse and TECO-Westinghouse renewal parts, and provides large motor repairs. The TWMC Service Group focuses on after market sales, repair service, product re-design and upgrades, engineering/technical assistance, and problem solving.
Registration
The fee for the Rewind Seminar is $1,375.00. To register, return completed registration form with payment: check (payable to Jarsco Engineering Corp.) or credit card payment to Jim Oliver, 18901 State Street, Corona, CA 92881.
Information
For information on the seminar, contact Jim Oliver: Tel: 951-735-5239, FAX: 951-735-5239, E-mail: joliver003@aol.com.
For information about TWMC, contact Lana Deleon: Tel: 512-218-7409, E-mail: deleonl@tecowestinghouse.com.
Accommodations
There are many hotels in Round Rock, some are listed here. Advise them you are visiting TECO-Westinghouse and ask for a discount.
Courtyard by Marriott
I-35 at FM 3406
West Side of I-35
512-255-5551 |
Springhill Suites by Marriott
I-35 at FM 3406
West Side of I-35
512-733-6700 |
Hilton Garden Inn
I-35 at FM 3406
West Side of I-35
512-341-8200 |
Holiday Inn
I-35 at FM 3406
West Side of I-35
512-733-2630 |
Wingate Inn
I-35 N. of Hwy 79
East Side of I-35
512-341-7000 |
La Quinta
I-35 N. of Hwy 79
West Side of I-35
512-255-6666 |
Travel
Direct automobile travel to Round Rock or air travel to Austin Bergstrom International Airport. Round Rock is approximately 25 miles North of downtown Austin. TWMC is located at 5100 North IH-35, Round Rock, TX 78681. For a map, please click here.
Agenda - For 2010, the seminar will be held on July 20-23
Tuesday - July 20, 2010
- 8:00 - Introduction, Announcements, Class Survey
- 9:15 - Types of motors, induction, synchronous, wound rotor, high speed Induction Motor Design Fundamentals: Rotating Magnetic Field, Torque, Speed, and HP.
- 10:00 - Break
- 10:20 - Establish Cause of Failure— Evaluation of the Problem
- 10:45 - Motor/ Generator Rewind Specifications, 2300 – 4000 volt
- 11:00 - Motor/ Generator Rewind Specifications, 4000 – 13,200 volt
- Noon - Lunch
- 1:00 - Shop Traveler Shop QC Program
- 1:30 - Presentation on TWMC facilities, capabilities, products, personnel
- 2:00 - Plant tour
- 5:00 - End Day 1
Wednesday - July 21, 2010
- 8:15 - Economics of Rewinding
- Insulation Temperature Classes
- Effect of ventilation pattern on temperature
- Rotor temperature rise, calculating acceleration time.
- 9:00 - Stator Winding Insulation Systems;
Stator Coil Components: Wire, Conductor Insulation.
Selection of Turn Insulation, Ground Insulation
- 10:00 - Break
- 10:15 - Available Insulation Systems
Why the concern for voids?
- 10:30 - Resin Properties
Transposition to reduce losses
Coil build-up, redesign example
- 11:00 - Coil Design, Choice of no. of circuits,
Equalizer connections, Unbalanced magnetic pull
- 11:15 - Integral slot windings, lap windings, wave windings
Fractional slot windings
2-speed, 1-winding
- Noon Lunch
- 1:00 - Winding Reactance, Winding Diagrams
Concentric windings, rotor-stator slot combinations
Coil Manufacturing; Winding a motor
- 2:00 - Break
- 2:15 - Coil Connections, End Winding Bracing, and Blocking
Rotor Temperature Rise During Starting
Low Voltage Motor Rewind Specification
- 3:00 - Motor Standards – IEEE-841, NEMA, API-541
- 3:15 - Rewinding turbine generators – stators, rotors
Selecting vendors, end winding stability
High speed balance, acceptance testing
- 5:00 - Adjourn
Thursday - July 22, 2010
- 8:15 - Motor Losses and Efficiency
Insulation temperature qualification, Insulation voltage qualification
- 8:30 - Motor testing: Load testing, Core testing, Winding testing, Shop tests
Five tests for broken rotor bars, Other tests
- Noon - Lunch
- 1:00 - Stator core construction, core steel
Core loss components
- 1:45 - Stator Core and coil failures
- 2:30 - Break
- 2:15 - Stator winding evaluations
- 2:30 - Break
- 2:45 - Rotor Construction – Copper vs. aluminum windings, Rotor failures
- 3:15 - Bearings: guide, thrust, sleeve, anti-friction
Lubrication – oil (additives, viscosity) – grease (types, classifications, compatibility)
- 5:00 - End of day
Friday - July 23, 2010
- 8:00 - Bearing failures – Causes & Cures
- 9:00 - Break
- 9:20 - The motor’s world – contamination, temperature, system, foundation, alignment, grounding
- 10:00 - Motor Operation and Maintenance
- 10:30 - Maintenance Strategy – Corrective, Preventative, Predictive, Tiered, Trending
- 11:00 - On-Line Protection and Monitoring
- 11:30 - Root cause analysis
- 12:00 - Adjourn
About TECO-Westinghouse Motor Company
For information on the seminar, contact Jim Oliver: Tel: 951-735-3917, FAX: 951-735-5239, E-mail: joliver003@aol.com.
For information about TWMC, contact Lana Deleon: Tel: 512-218-7409, E-mail: deleonl@tecowestinghouse.com.
