RMS Technical Publications Database
Welcome to the RMS Technical Publications Database
We’ve gathered decades of experience supporting rotating machinery in one location to share our expertise and expand the overall knowledge of the rotating machinery industry.
These technical publications were originally released through RMS newsletters, as product bulletins, or published in leading technical conferences as written by members of RMS’s experienced staff who would be happy to answer any questions or provide additional information. As RMS continues to support our customers and encounter unique rotating machinery engineering problems, we will expand this database to share our engineered solutions. If you have a questions about a specific piece of rotating machinery or a persistent issue we can support gives us a call, we’d be happy to help – 484-821-0702
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Centrifugal Compressors
- AC Compressor Trapped Bushing Seals
- Solving a Design flaw Through Innovative Engineering on-a NASH HP 9 Compressor
- An Introduction To Compressor Oil Seals – Face Contact Type
- Centrifugal Compressor Impeller Re-Engineered
- Centrifugal Compressor Rerate
- Centrifugal Compressors-Surge in Compressors
- Compressor Rotor Overhauls
- Computational Fluid Dynamics Centrifugal Compressors
- Cooper RF2B Bearing Upgrade
- Cooper RFB-24 Refurbished and Seals Upgrade
- Impeller Fits to Shafts Explained
- Impeller Performance Considerations When Specifying Welding Tolerance
- Locating Excitations on the Interference Diagram
- Nitric Acid Compressor Rerate & Overhaul
- Pipeline Compressor Journal Bearing Failure
- RMS Re-Engineers Cooper Compressor RC20-17 Rotor
- Scroll Matching For Centrifugal Compressors
- Shaft Seal Study I-R CDP24 Single Stage Pipeline Compressor
- Spreader Tool for Assembly Disassembly of a Centrifugal Compressor
- Centrifugal Compressors Rerate PDF
Axial Compressors
FCC Expanders
- Emergency Repair of a DR E-138 FCC Expander
- EX38 FCC Expander Spare RBSA Utilizing a Surplus Pedestal
- FCC Expander Flow Path Erosion – Expander Erosion
- FCC Expander Flow Path Erosion -Particle Separator Performance
- FCC Expander Flow Path Erosion
- Inspection and Overhaul of a CONMEC FEX-97HT FCC Expander
- Low-Erosion Rerate and Redesign of FCCU Expander
- Rebuilt Expander Rotor-Support-Exhaust Assembly
- Resolution of Speed Sensor Anomaly
- RMS “The Solution” – Expander Emergency Turnaround
Nitric Acid Expanders
Oil Free Screw Compressors
Power Turbines
- Dresser-RAND GT61 PowerTurbine Component Restoration
- Overhaul of RT48 Power Turbine Rotor
- Overhauling Some Heavy Iron!
- Power Turbine Cracking at the Annulus Mounting Flange
- RMS Ships Large Super Alloy Turbine Disks
- RMS Total Team Effort Saves DR61 Power Turbine User Months of Down Time
- Superalloy Disks…When Needed
Steam Turbines
- Condenser Load on Steam Turbines
- Air Effects on Condenser Performance
- Exhaust Hood Losses In Steam Turbines
- Dry Gas Seal Retrofit to an Ammonia & Water Vapor Turbine
- Ingersoll Rand 1100 Frame Steam Turbine Repair
- RMS Supports New York City Chiller Market
- Performance Effects of Incidence
- Steam Turbine Control Valve Setting
- Steam Turbine Engineered Repairs
- Turbine Steam Purity
- Steam Turbine Efficiency Losses
- Hydrostatic Testing of Steam Turbine Casing
- Steam Turbine Water Droplet Erosion
- Steam Turbine Rotor Overspeed Trip
- Steam Turbine Trip & Throttle Valve
- Controlled and Uncontrolled Extraction
- Steam Turbine Over Speed Trip
- Steam Turbine Deposits
- Steam Turbine Uprates, Performance Issues
- Steam Turbines – How Many Stages
- The Cost of Vacuum Loss for a Condensing Steam Turbine
- Rules of Thumb – Steam Turbine Generator Package
- Steam Turbine Seals Explained
- Steam Turbines – Curtis or Velocity Compounded Stage
- Mode Shapes of Packeted Blades
- Steam Turbine Built Up or Solid
- Major Uprate of a General Electric Steam Turbine
- Steam Turbine Rotation
- Steam Turbine Uprates, Preliminary Checks 2
- Steam Turbine Uprates, Preliminary Checks
- Steam Turbine Uprates, Steam Issues
Pumps and Other Equipment
Miscellaneous
- “Sullivan” Stator Count Diagram
- Considering an at Speed Balance
- Coupling Buckling Failure Analysis
- Coupling Guard Upgrade
- Custom Tailored Coupling Guards
- Differential Expansion Explained
- Digital Data Acquisition For Rotating Machinery
- Harmonic Response Stress Analysis of Blades in Resonance
- Identifying Interferences on the Interference Diagram
- Interference Diagram Refresher
- Modal Impact Testing Techniques & Uses
- Modal Impact Testing Uses for Turbomachinery Rotor Blades
- Mode Shapes of Packeted Blades
- Nitrogen Preservation Systems for Rotor Canisters
- Nodal Diameters and the Interference Diagram
- Partial Arc Shock Response
- Remaining Life Analysis
- Remaining Life Assessment Explained
- Remaining Life Assessment
- Rule of Thumb – Turbomachinery
- Rules of Thumb – Bearings Temperature
- Rules of Thumb – Bearings
- Rules of Thumb – FCC Expander – Startup Procedure
- Rules of Thumb – Labyrinth Seals
- Rules of Thumb – Lube Console Testing
- Rules of Thumb – Materials Turbomachinery
- The Axes of the Interference Diagram
- Turbomachinery Rules of Thumb – Labyrinth Seals
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