hcms SERVICES

SERVICES

CONSULTING - Turbine, generator and due diligence studies to provide recommendations for upgrades and repairs, special testing, assist in writing specifications, evaluation of bids, system audits, and establishing preventative maintenance programs.

FIELD ADVISORS - Technical direction for your Maintenance Team or other Contractors in performing inspections, overhauls, routine maintenance, disassembly, rehabilitation/repair, reassembly, alignment, balancing, testing, start-up and commissioning.

SITE PROJECT MANAGEMENT - Manage all aspects of your project, from outage planning to vendor surveillance in the Shop to start-up & commissioning. You can count on us for project scheduling, site coordination, monitoring and reporting.

SITE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT - We can plan and execute the entire Project for you to include Construction Management, Supervision and Labor (mechanical or electrical) for the disassembly, site rehabilitation/repair work, reassembly, start-up and commissioning of the turbine, generator, and balance of plant equipment.  

FIELD MACHINING - Machine tooling and Machinist labor for wicket gate line boring, stay ring/discharge ring machining and any other machining required in the field.

CRAFT LABOR - Specializing in the installation and repair of hydro equipment.

GENERATORS - Repair, upgrade recommendations, testing and inspection services.

TESTING AND INSPECTIONS - NDE and Independent Inspection Services for any hydro component, at the factory or on-site.

ENGINEERING - Upgrade and rehabilitation engineering and design for hydro turbines, generators and their components.

If our customer is not happy when we finish our job - OUR JOB IS NOT FINISHED!

Q & A TESTING

Quality Support for the Power Generation Industry
We specialize in the power generation industry.

• Hydro-generators - (installation supervision, outage support, generator inspections source & surveillance inspection of auxiliary equipment, installation support)

Quality Programs
We can provide QA/QC programs, write and revise manuals, develop inspection plans and procedures. Additionally, we can support the implementation of these programs.

Welding Engineering Inspection
We can provide AWS QC-1 Certified Weld Inspection (CWI) and other welding support services including:
Weld Test Proctoring •  Procedure Writing • Welder/Procedure Qualification •  Personnel Training

Consulting Services/Technology Transfer
We provide consulting services on a variety of power generation procedures including:
Large and small motor and generator manufacturing, assembly, and installation.
Welding (all processes), Torch brazing: Induction brazing and Induction heating.
Design Review of Quality issues including support of procedures and methods for ISO certification

Nondestructive Examination Services
We provide personnel and equipment for nondestructive testing including:
Radiographic Review and Interpretation • UT, PT, MT Level II • NDE Training • Level III Services •  Macro Etch / Photo-macrographs (5X to 60X)

Technical Writing
We will review or write technical documents including:
Project Proposals • Contract Specifications • Process Specifications
Installation and assembly methods and procedures

 

Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow!

MACHINING & WELDING

FIELD MACHINING & CAVITATION REPAIR

We provide turn key solution for on-site field machining and welding with state of the art equipment and processes.
 
This includes machining draft tube liners, bottom rings, discharge rings,  and upper and lower stay rings. Our field machining capabilities range from as small as 6 feet to over 30 feet in diameter.

• Line Boring head-cover to bottom-ring gate stem bores
  
• Line Bore of coupling bolt holes
  
• Cavitation repair of runners and discharge rings
  
• Specialty welding

 

 

Excellence is the result of caring more than others think is wise;
risking more than others think is safe;
dreaming more than others think is practical and expecting more than others think is possible.

GENERATOR

• Disassembly & Reassembly
  
• Inspections
  
• Testing & Trouble Shooting Problems
  
• Recommendations for Repairs
  
• Upgrade Studies and Recommendations
  
• Rotor Pole Testing
  
• Shop Inspections
  
• Removal of Rotor Poles
  
• Startup, Testing & Commissioning
  
• Technical Supervision
  
• Disassembly & Reassembly
  
• Re-wedging
  
• Rewinding Stator
  
• Re-stack Stator Core
  
• Evaluate Generator Problems
  
• Spec Writing & Upgrade Studies

 

Some people dream of success...While others wake up and work hard at it!

SMALL HYDRO DIVISION

Even though we have grown substantially over the past 5 years we will never get too big to help the companies that only have "small hydro" plants. If all of your plants are 1 MW or less you will be serviced by our "Small Hydro Division". Which means you won't have to "wait in line" behind the big boys because to our Small Hydro Division you are our main customer.

We have a dedicated tool trailer along with attractive rates and an experienced staff. We promise prompt response, we will have you a quote within 3 days and we will mobilize within a few weeks or less if it's an emergency.

TO HCMS' SMALL HYDRO DIVISION, YOU ARE BIG BUSINESS!