Stork Spotlight – Geothermal Steam Turbines & LP Blades

Stork is the global market leader for large LP Steam Turbine blades. With decades of experience with material requirements, engineering and design, and manufacturing of large steam turbine blades destined for geothermal sites worldwide, that is not at all surprising.

Steam Turbine Experience

Stork has supplied blades all over the world in different configurations for HP, IP & LP rotors. This spotlight concerns primarily the largest L-0 Blades as these are the most difficult to manufacture. In most cases they are manufactured from a closed dye envelope forging, but when a customer has an urgent inquiry due to unforeseen circumstances we are also able to manufacture most blades from a forged bar to get the turbine operational again in as little as five weeks. 

Materials Experience

Stork & AES replace craked LP-0 Blades

All Major OEMS

Stork has experience with the following OEM’s:

Steam Turbine Blade Design Studies

If you are experiencing excessive vibration, or other possible design or material related issues with your LP blades, then Stork is the right match to provide a solution. Stork is unique in that it has in-house manufacturing experience, an extensive knowledge base and supply chain for materials, trusted industry wide partnerships and connections, and 55 years of experience in supplying both end users and OEM’s. Stork is able to analyze the operational conditions, check the blade design and improve wherever needed, and manufacture the redesigned blades from European or American Grade ESR Steel quickly, manufactured according to the latest industry standard.

Computational Flow Dynamics Study

LP Blade Redesign Case Study