Our Comprehensive Hydropower Services Include:
Hydro Turbine Repair and Refurbishment
Our team has decades of experience repairing and refurbishing hydro turbines, including turbine runners, shafts, and brake rings. We offer full in-house capabilities to machine bearing fits, re-cut flange faces, and fabricate new stator cores. Our services ensure your turbines return to OEM specifications or better, providing reliable performance for years to come.
Shaft Manufacturing and Repair
We specialize in manufacturing and repairing hydro turbine shafts with precision tolerances. Our team can modify existing shaft designs to improve performance, extending the life of your equipment. Our capabilities include shafts up to 485” in length, with final dimensional inspections to ensure smooth operation.
Wicket Gate Repair and Runner Refurbishment
Wicket gates and runners are critical to the efficiency of your hydroelectric facility. PDS Balancing provides expert repair and refurbishment services to ensure your wicket gates and runners are functioning properly, helping you maintain optimal power generation. We restore these components to their original specifications, ensuring they deliver long-lasting performance.
Dynamic Balancing
Our dynamic balancing services ensure that your rotating components, such as turbines and shafts, are operating at their optimal efficiency. Using advanced balancing equipment, we correct imbalances to reduce vibration, increase component lifespan, and minimize operational disruptions.
Bearing Repair and Refurbishing
Bearings play a crucial role in the smooth operation of hydropower systems. Our team repairs and refurbishes hydropower bearings to OEM specifications or better, ensuring that they support efficient rotation and reduce wear on your system’s moving parts.
Engineering and Project Management Expertise
Our engineering team is at the heart of every hydropower project we undertake. We provide complete engineering services, including:
New Equipment Design and Fabrication
Our engineers can design new hydro components, including turbine runners, wicket gates, and more, that are optimized for your specific operational needs. We back up every design with detailed CAD blueprints, stress calculations, and vibration analysis to ensure reliability.
Reverse Engineering
If original manufacturing prints are not available, our engineers can reverse-engineer existing components, creating accurate reproductions or upgraded designs to improve performance and extend equipment life.
Project Management
From the initial concept to final installation, we provide turnkey project management services that include removal, repair, installation, and commissioning. Our team handles all aspects of the project, ensuring your equipment is back online as quickly and efficiently as possible.
Fabrication and Welding Repair
Our specialized fabrication and welding services support the manufacturing and repair of critical hydropower components. We produce and restore items such as gate shift rings, Kaplan turbine throat liners, and other large precision components. Our welding repairs meet AWS and ASME standards, ensuring that every repair extends the life and reliability of your hydropower equipment.
Metallizing Services for Hydropower Equipment
Using our twin-wire arc metallizing process, we restore damaged or degraded hydro components such as wicket gates, turbine shafts, and bearing fits. Our stainless steel coatings protect your equipment from further erosion and corrosion, delivering a cost-effective alternative to complete OEM replacements.
Why Choose PDS Balancing for Hydropower Services?
Engineering-Focused Solutions:
Every project is supported by our in-house engineering team, ensuring precision, reliability, and long-term performance.
24/7 Rapid Response:
We know that minimizing downtime is critical to your operations. That’s why we offer 24/7 emergency response services to address your urgent needs.
Comprehensive Capabilities:
From machining and welding to dynamic balancing and metallizing, we handle all aspects of your hydropower equipment’s needs in-house, ensuring consistent quality and faster turnaround times.
Proven Results:
Our history of success with large-scale hydropower projects across the Pacific Northwest speaks to our ability to deliver reliable, high-quality service with a focus on extending the life of your equipment.
