Engineering & Component Technology Facilities

Turbine component & repair facilities

The EC&T Division has areas devoted to the following activities:

Component Refurbishment:

Manufacturing & Customer Support:


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Component Repair

The Rolls Wood Group Component Repair Division was established in November 1992 to provide a dedicated component repair service for the Rolls Wood Group engine Projects. The facility provides an in-house capability for over 90% of the repair processes required for the Rolls-Royce RB211, Avon, Olympus and 501 gas generators.

Before & after HP NGV's

The Component Repair Division operates from 2 site locations in Aberdeen, Scotland (Wellheads and Kirkhill) and is designed around a 'cellular production' concept, with 3 distinct production zones established to enhance the quality and turn-times of the components being processed.

The Wellheads site incorporates approximately 22,000 sq feet of floor space and the Kirkhill site covers a space of 14,000 sq feet.

The Repair Division Capabilities are as follows:

  • Thermal Spray Systems:
    HVOF Sulzer Metco DJ 2600/2700
    Plasma - F4 and F4 90 Deg
    Flame - 6P11 Abradables.
  • Hot End Coatings:
    Sermaloy J
  • Machining:
    Vertical Boring, Turning, Surface Grinding, Milling, Drilling, Creep Feed Grinding and Salvage Fitting.
  • Protective (Paint) Coatings:
    SermeTel W, Teflon, Polymide, Epoxy Resin, LHRSE, HHRSE & Dense Pack.
  • Inspection:
    Fluorescent Dye Penetrant, Dimensional, Visual and Ultrasonic turbine blade wall thickness inspections.
  • Calibration Department
  • Welding and Brazing:
    TIG Welding, Arc Welding, Acetylene Gas Welding, Torch Brazing, Resistance Welding Spot, Seam & Circumferential & Dot riveting.
  • The Laboratory supplies a comprehensive quality control service for all production activities.
  • Metal Forming:
    Polishing, Hand Grinding and Fettling, Hydraulic Presses and Shears, Belt Sanding & Superpolishing.
  • Chemical Treatment:
    Chromate Conversion Coatings. Ferric Chloride etch, Nitric Acid Stripping of Braze & Abradables, Stripping of Platinum Aluminising and Sermaloy J, HVOF, Plasma & flame spray coating.
  • Heat Treatment:
    Degussa, Vacuum and Carbolite Furnaces perform Solution, Brazing,  Ageing and Diffusion Heat Treatments and the Curing of Protective Coatings.
  • Plating:
    Selective Plating Process - Silver, Copper 7 Nickel Cobalt.