Case Study Copyright © 2014 Power System Services Limited. | www.pss-uk.com. | Telephone: +44(0)1246 268 800. | Fax +44(0)1246 268 811 Urgent Airheater Repairs Longannet Power Station Customer: Scottish Power “Quick to React” We were contacted on Thursday afternoon and were informed that the main support bearing on one of the airheaters at Longannet Power Station in Fife had collapsed and could we get to site and replace it. Within a few hours we had mobilised our experienced site team and by Friday afternoon we had assessed the situation and had formulated a plan. Fortunately Scottish Power had the foresight to have a spare bearing available so Power Systems began the process of lifting the air heater rotor (>600 tonnes) by utilising multiple 150 tonne hyd

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