Metallurgy, chemistry, electromagnetics, thermodynamics - applied as a forensic toolkit. Not just what failed, but why.
Request a Technical Briefing →DCS historical trends. Operator logs, alarm histories, maintenance records. Physical samples of contamination. Visual inspection, documented photographically.
Contamination samples analyzed chemically. Specific signatures reveal specific mechanisms-silicates point to mica abrasion, iron oxide to a loose stator core, lead carbonate to a hydrogen cooler leak. Established, documented, reproducible.
Every candidate explanation tested against the evidence. Explanations that cannot survive the evidence are discarded. What remains is the cause.
Written report. Evidence chain, analysis, conclusion, corrective action. Built to hold up under regulatory, insurance, or internal engineering review.
Across 286 generating units on five continents, essentially every category of generator failure has come through Generex's case file. The advantage of pattern recognition built over thirty years is that the next failure rarely looks like a first encounter — it looks like one of a known set of mechanisms with known signatures.
Rotor thermal sensitivity. Shorted rotor turns. Mechanical imbalance. Loose stator core and belly band resonance. Winding insulation degradation. Mica insulation abrasion. Hydrogen cooler leaks. Collector ring contamination. Diode wheel failures. Field ground events. Excitation control failures.
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Silicates indicate abraded mica insulation. Iron oxide flags loose stator core. Lead carbonate indicates hydrogen cooler leaks. Greasing on stator components signals loose blocking and tie failures. Each signature corresponds to a specific, well-understood mechanism.
A short briefing is usually enough to scope the work — whether you need a focused desk review, full on-site evidence collection, or a formal report for external review. If a formal engagement is warranted, scoping follows immediately.