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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.

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.
  

• Dec/07 - PetroChina Pipeline Company visits Rolls Wood Group
• Nov/21 - Rolls Wood Group shortlisted for Vision in Business for the Environment of Scotland