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Monday, May 21, 2012: 4:20 PM
Room 336 AB (Hilton Americas Houston )
Alstom as a global supplier and OEM for environmentally friendly turn-key power plants is constantly evaluating the supply chain with regard to cost, quality and location where the service is provided.
Cost reduction without compromising quality is key for future success in the global market place. In the manufacturing chain of noble turbine parts, the coating process for applying oxidation resistance metal coating as well as
ceramic coating as a thermal barrier is one of the most expensive manufacturing steps.
Most effort in the past has been dedicated to developing and establishing a stable coating process. However in serial production, the tooling and fixtures are equally important in determining the final coating cost.
Current tooling (for IGT parts) for the LVPS/VPS process can be described as "single tools/fixtures", meaning that only one part is processed at a time, despite the fact that multiple parts could be in the chamber.
This paper describes the development and successful introduction of multi-tools in the LVPS process. In the LVPS process, it is now possible to process more than one part at a time through the full coating sequence
of heating, transferred arc cleaning and coating.
The sophisticated, but also cost effective design of the re-usable multi-tool makes it possible to coat multiple number of parts without compromising quality or the need for a specification enlargement.
Cost reduction without compromising quality is key for future success in the global market place. In the manufacturing chain of noble turbine parts, the coating process for applying oxidation resistance metal coating as well as
ceramic coating as a thermal barrier is one of the most expensive manufacturing steps.
Most effort in the past has been dedicated to developing and establishing a stable coating process. However in serial production, the tooling and fixtures are equally important in determining the final coating cost.
Current tooling (for IGT parts) for the LVPS/VPS process can be described as "single tools/fixtures", meaning that only one part is processed at a time, despite the fact that multiple parts could be in the chamber.
This paper describes the development and successful introduction of multi-tools in the LVPS process. In the LVPS process, it is now possible to process more than one part at a time through the full coating sequence
of heating, transferred arc cleaning and coating.
The sophisticated, but also cost effective design of the re-usable multi-tool makes it possible to coat multiple number of parts without compromising quality or the need for a specification enlargement.