H3-FH-9-D flender Helical gear boxes H3

Flender/Flender Gear Units/Helical gear boxes H3

er temporary fix, Good Utility Practice requires replacement of the misaligned gear set as soon as possible. This is only possible with the participation of personnel from Siemens and Fl ender , respectively the turbine and gear set manufacturer . On June 2, 2, after consulting with Siemens and Flender, Bicent scheduled the Fall 2 Outage for November 1 -8, to accommodate the STG gear set repair. Capacity Tests are typically perfor med following scheduled outage, when the Facility is already offline and the equipment is cool. Accordingly, Bicent proposed to schedule the 2 Capacity Test for November 1, 2, so that it would follow the Fall outage. The City agreed to both of these proposals and acknowledged the importance of repairing the turbine. It also acknowledged that scheduling modifications might be required based on changes in Siemenss availability . In an August 3, 2 ePrice to Bicent, city representative stated : Of course we request any unforeseen updates which [] pertain to Siemens parts/staffing issues and subsequent possible scheduling modification as soon as you have that knowledge available and we will work with you together to effect successful outage , repair of the STG [steam turbine generator] and subsequent 2 outages (emphasis added ). On October 1, 2, Siemens notified Bicent that it was not available to repair the gear set during the scheduled November 1 -8 outage. In compliance with its obligations under PPTA 1.1, Bicent immediately notified the City that the maintenance and thus the Fall Outage would have to be postponed. Bicent proposed to conduct the Capacity Test, which had been scheduled for November 1, at the conclusion of the rescheduled outage, and worked with Siemens and Flender to determine the earliest possible date for the outage. The City responded, also on October 1, 2 that it needs to know the exact period of the outage in order to communica te the schedule change to CAISO and m