11 CASE STUDY 08 Value Engineering of Damaged Blade Profiles INTRODUCTION The customer is a large player in the steel and process PCG space in India. They imported an old plant manufactured in the year 1940 from Germany and wanted to put back the same in operating condition. CHALLENGE The challenge was to recreate the blade profiles and the blade packets. 10 blades made one packet and every 3rd blade had a profile angle change which had to be incorporated. Further, the original packet was brazed with gold and silver which was an expensive option to recreate. SOLUTION Triveni Turbines took up the challenge and created a new methodology to weld the blade packets together and all necessary tests and validations were done to rule out the future possibilities of problems during operations t

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