Steam Turbines : ShockLog ® Satellite Industry: Power Generation Application: Steam Turbine Rail Car Transport Challenge: There’s nothing easy about shipping large power generation equipment. The journey manufacturing plant to installation site can often transcend different terrains and cover thousands of miles. An average natural gas turbine can weigh anywhere from 80 to 100 thousand lbs. and a steam turbine can weigh upwards of a quarter of one billion lbs. To ship these massive metal machines, power generation equipment manufacturers use a special type of rail car called a Schnabel car, which sits only a few feet off the ground and is fitted with over a dozen axels to support the weight of a turbine. Unsurprisingly, the cost to produce a turbine is anywhere from two to

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