Gas Turbine Accident

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  • Опубликовано: 30 янв 2009
  • 6.5 million dollars blown in a few seconds
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  • @kimmer6
    @kimmer6 10 лет назад +35

    As a General Electric Company Field Engineer, I installed many turbine rotors like this one. Usually I put them in a little slower.... I'm certainly glad these guys emptied their pockets before getting near the open casing.

    • @ronalddavis
      @ronalddavis 7 лет назад +2

      You wouldn't happen to know the old guy who worked on the sl-7 ships awhile back? I worked with him on a couple of ships back in the early 2000's,he must have been in his early 70's back then...Nothing he didn't know about steam ships. Could be an ornery old bastard though.lol.didnt much care for black folks. cant remember his name only that he was a GE rep.

  • @plavins1
    @plavins1 8 лет назад +48

    People in charge '' Oh, look at the time, Im off to Mexico!''

    • @TheeOC
      @TheeOC 3 года назад +1

      This aged well lol

  • @MegaJohnhammond
    @MegaJohnhammond 10 лет назад +118

    at least they dropped it I the right spot

    • @jakelencher817
      @jakelencher817 3 года назад +2

      yeah.. ye know the bends and stuff thats fine itll work.

    • @Leo.Wirabuana
      @Leo.Wirabuana 3 года назад +1

      02:33 thank you sir.

    • @penelope-oe2vr
      @penelope-oe2vr 2 года назад

      Close enough! Lol

    • @manga12
      @manga12 2 года назад +2

      @@jakelencher817 only wobbles a little looks legit as they say and give a thumbs up

    • @Peter.Lecomte
      @Peter.Lecomte Год назад

      😂 fucking nailed it. Hate to see something like this, but the signal guy was on point.

  • @FireMouseHQ
    @FireMouseHQ 8 лет назад +116

    !!! at 2:25 . Never never never walk under a load !

    • @dj6769
      @dj6769 6 лет назад +8

      Some put way too much trust in machinery, if it's made by a man it will wear out tear up fail break, size means nothing

    • @jakelencher817
      @jakelencher817 3 года назад +4

      yeah he was kinda scaring me there

    • @jakelencher817
      @jakelencher817 3 года назад +5

      if he decided to do that a couple seconds later then he would be dead

    • @tinyjudoka6024
      @tinyjudoka6024 3 года назад +3

      I know, I cringed sooo hard when I saw him do that. Imagine getting impaled by houndreds of compressorblades and then crushed by the whole shaft assembly.

    • @tbeck
      @tbeck 3 года назад

      @@tinyjudoka6024 you mean turbine blades, correct?

  • @MickyMoz
    @MickyMoz 11 лет назад +41

    I have worked around cranes for 36 years. Driven them about 12.I have never seen one fail that way.Generally people working beneath cranes seem to think they have nine lives.

    • @jackthecat6225
      @jackthecat6225 Год назад +1

      Why would it fail if it was rated to carry that load? would it be a maintenance issue? or was it most likely exceeding it's load limit?

    • @andrewyork3869
      @andrewyork3869 7 месяцев назад

      ​@jackthecat6225 in this video or in general?

    • @chandlerh2408
      @chandlerh2408 4 месяца назад

      ​@@jackthecat6225It wasn't, I read the crane was rated for 60 tons and the turbine was 75 or so

  • @zestydude87
    @zestydude87 8 лет назад +47

    "Like a glove!"

  • @Jangle2007
    @Jangle2007 9 лет назад +48

    Utterly painful to watch.

    • @SKYLANDBAK
      @SKYLANDBAK 9 лет назад +4

      I find mans folly quite amusing.Should have been a fail safe crane system.Oh well,live & learn.Atleast there was no loss of life..

  • @drosera88
    @drosera88 10 лет назад +59

    "Psh... why order a fancy lift system for tens of thousands of dollars when I can get what's basically the exact same thing for only $599.99 at 'Harbor Freight.' I mean come on, no one will know the difference anyways!"

    • @ejnaygfantzcg
      @ejnaygfantzcg 3 года назад +5

      Especially when it's carrying stuff 100 times its own value :D

    • @mitchellspanheimer1803
      @mitchellspanheimer1803 10 месяцев назад

      @@ejnaygfantzcg That's over 10,000 times its value if you could get such a lift at Harbor freight for $600

  • @AirCargoHeavy
    @AirCargoHeavy 14 лет назад +27

    I just started working in this business and man, this drives home one very important lesson: stay out from under the load!

  • @AgentJayZ
    @AgentJayZ 14 лет назад +30

    Yikes!
    The blade damage is dramatic, but really, the whole thing is junk now: all blades, disks, the shaft, the stators, the bearings.
    They're now back way farther than when they first started the overhaul.
    At colossal expense, for sure.

    • @kornysinclair9145
      @kornysinclair9145 2 года назад +2

      Non replaceable ..Scrapped

    • @willrall869
      @willrall869 2 года назад +1

      A turban has no stators or bearings

    • @willrall869
      @willrall869 2 года назад

      It can be repaired and my plant the same thing happened a 50 megawatt was dropped a strap broke 1 year later GE delivered it and installed it.

    • @willrall869
      @willrall869 2 года назад

      You have no knowledge of turbins,thete ate no stators or bearing on a turbin.

    • @pierrekinbrand
      @pierrekinbrand 2 года назад +1

      Lol Will, the stator is the name of the part that goes in between the turbine blade sections in order to prevent the gas from rotating as it flows through the turbine, and the bearings are clearly visible in this video…

  • @henrikgormsen1020
    @henrikgormsen1020 8 лет назад +31

    Thats the most expensive bang i ever heard....

  • @EvanLuft
    @EvanLuft 7 лет назад +28

    QUICK FIX: manually bend each blade back and just eyeball it.... before the boss finds out. :p

    • @prestonburton8504
      @prestonburton8504 Год назад +5

      wouldn't want to be around it during startup though!

    • @AB-80X
      @AB-80X Год назад +3

      @@prestonburton8504 Balance-smalance... Onwards and upwards.

    • @andreweppink4498
      @andreweppink4498 Год назад

      Nope!

  • @GeekBoyMN
    @GeekBoyMN 11 лет назад +22

    Out of all the crane accidents I've seen in videos or read about, this is the first where a winch failed. It's usually a cable or some part of the actual rigging that fails. Either way somebody is out a chunk of money even if nobody gets hurt. Glad nobody was hurt in this one.

  • @joeyjamison5772
    @joeyjamison5772 3 года назад +7

    "At Farmer's Insurance, we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing of two!""

  • @jkw427
    @jkw427 10 лет назад +36

    That guy at 2:25 should thank his lucky stars he wasn't a gooey puddle under that. A few seconds later he would have been.

    • @progoskar
      @progoskar 10 лет назад +1

      That guy sure had a guarding angle that day.

    • @gavenbrantley3294
      @gavenbrantley3294 10 лет назад +21

      Oskar Enback Junkka was it an obtuse or acute angle?

    • @msotil
      @msotil 10 лет назад +4

      ***** Obviously, obtuse.

    • @progoskar
      @progoskar 10 лет назад +4

      ***** msotil
      I would guess on an (a)Cute Angel ;)

    • @imrankhandsce1
      @imrankhandsce1 10 лет назад +2

      no body will go under load in any way...that guy was also doing the same to check installation...safety guys never allow to stand under even when one blade is being installed that was a whole set of Compressor and turbine with rotor...

  • @ROBwithaB
    @ROBwithaB 9 лет назад +24

    Ooops.
    P.S Skip to the 3 minute mark to save yourself the *agonising suspense* of waiting for the inevitable.

  • @eldorado96
    @eldorado96 14 лет назад +16

    Yup - love to know more about this one. So sad, seeing finely constructed hardware destroyed by cheap shit castings in the crane. I'm guessing that was some sort of transmission shaft with busted off engagement dogs. It explains that mechanical scream just before it came ALL the way loose. No excuse for not using forged components in that drive train.

  • @demondik
    @demondik 11 лет назад +7

    "Uh, yeah... I just pissed myself... Over." "That's a big 10-4. So did I. Over."
    Christ those two guys down in the area close to where that turbine is mounted were very luck to have been able to clock themselves out that day!

  • @CHITORRES2333
    @CHITORRES2333 11 лет назад +2

    I used to work for GE as a project specialist, One of the engineers gave me a copy of this 3 years ago.... This was in a plant in Germany... I remember this. thanks for posting it...

  • @corpsie666
    @corpsie666 9 лет назад +6

    Ohhhh, that grain and the clean snap of cast metal failure.

  • @s0nnyburnett
    @s0nnyburnett 9 лет назад +109

    Harbor freight crane.

    • @phuturephunk
      @phuturephunk 9 лет назад +16

      I spit my drink out over that. Oh my God, so true.
      Still, I can't stop buying certain crap from them.

    • @s0nnyburnett
      @s0nnyburnett 9 лет назад +8

      phuturephunk
      Neither can I. They sell some oddly specific things at rock bottom prices.

    • @closed9035
      @closed9035 9 лет назад +4

      LMAO

    • @Fc3s1988
      @Fc3s1988 9 лет назад +2

      Lol at harbor freight has a decent warranty plan

    • @computerboy9766
      @computerboy9766 9 лет назад +4

      phuturephunk It's still funny though.

  • @cook4ian
    @cook4ian 10 лет назад +17

    About that couplea million dollar turbin' we just bought.... yea... it was nice an all but we kinda need another one, hope it's no big deal.

  • @GeneralWagner
    @GeneralWagner 8 лет назад +5

    almost dropped a tear here, what a beautiful turbine, and is gone in seconds, because a fucking crane.
    loss like this can bring down a company

    • @bonjourmssr
      @bonjourmssr 8 лет назад

      +GeneralWagner Is the turbine even salvageable? As in re-machine and balance, or just build a new one??

    • @furnacify
      @furnacify 8 лет назад +1

      +bonjourmssr Yes its salvageable but very expensive, and it will cost 1-2 years. The rotor is too damaged. 180 degree on the underside, and in the upper center from the traverse impact. Even the underside of the housing, wont look well.
      Mostly there will be replacement from another powerplant, which has gone offline. If there are more turbines of the same type in one plant, there is often a replacement rotor in stock.

  • @jackfrost2146
    @jackfrost2146 9 лет назад +37

    The guy should have reached out and grabbed it to stop it from falling.

    • @reefy5316
      @reefy5316 3 года назад

      Jack Frost is this a joke?

    • @jackfrost2146
      @jackfrost2146 3 года назад +1

      @@reefy5316 The big question is--were you joking when asking me if I was joking?

    • @reefy5316
      @reefy5316 3 года назад

      Jack Frost no actually theres no way he couldve grabbed such a thing despite the manliest man he can emit

    • @jackfrost2146
      @jackfrost2146 3 года назад +1

      @@reefy5316 Do you think that the 33 "thumbs up" that my comment got were agreeing with me, or that they were laughing at my joke?

    • @reefy5316
      @reefy5316 3 года назад

      Jack Frost ?????

  • @Holiday48000
    @Holiday48000 8 лет назад +24

    This poor Crain Operator most likely received a lot of "Atta-Boy's" & pats on his back for the many good lifts in the past. But it only takes one "O-Shit" to wipe all them Atta-Boy's all out and lose your job.

    • @politicallyinaccuratetoast4757
      @politicallyinaccuratetoast4757 4 года назад +1

      Actually it's the entire factory's fault
      The turbine weighed 75 tons
      The crane was rated for 60 tons

  • @TheCalgarycanuck
    @TheCalgarycanuck 8 лет назад +13

    Worked on many a steam and gas turbine rotor swap as a millwright with no problems, that rotor would weigh less than the cover which was removed first, the crane would be rated to handle the cover weight, it appears the hoist coupling failed.

    • @TheCalgarycanuck
      @TheCalgarycanuck 8 лет назад +7

      That sling held, crane didn't.

    • @ronalddavis
      @ronalddavis 7 лет назад

      Yeah looked like they had it rigged right. Spreader beam and plenty big enough straps. I have been involved in many rigging evolutions and you can get complacent sometimes.i worked in the shipyard and sometimes because of space constraints you HAD to get under the load in order to land it. or refuse and lose your job.

    • @vincentrusso4332
      @vincentrusso4332 2 года назад

      Load brake not adjusted properly was another issue a former crane operator brought up.

  • @carlnapp8673
    @carlnapp8673 8 лет назад +8

    I hope the one who did the maintenance has got some friends in South America to hide

  • @blthetube1
    @blthetube1 9 лет назад +18

    I swear to God.......That's how we got it!!

    • @DavidVonR
      @DavidVonR 9 лет назад +1

      Lol

    • @TheOriginalEviltech
      @TheOriginalEviltech 9 лет назад

      ***** Oh, ok. Here is another one. It's invisible and no one can touch it.

  • @sciencoking
    @sciencoking 8 лет назад +43

    Gonna need a _lot_ of duck tape for this one

  • @robertcloud8928
    @robertcloud8928 10 лет назад +7

    As the saying goes, never be underneath a hanging load.

    • @Mr69renegade
      @Mr69renegade 10 лет назад +1

      especially sharp, pointy ones :P

  • @kpdvw
    @kpdvw 8 лет назад +8

    That is one huge aw-shit!
    "Dropped Object!"

  • @kennyfreeman9278
    @kennyfreeman9278 2 года назад +5

    I’ve done every part of this procedure many times, mostly as the crane operator, the notorious weak link of those crane’s were the load brake being not adjusted right, that one was having trouble holding the load, you can hear the motor over rev, this can cause multiple things to fail, usually the gearbox or coupling. They dropped the stator at my plant after I retired and killed a boy on the turbin deck.

    • @vincentrusso4332
      @vincentrusso4332 2 года назад +3

      Wow, thanks for the inside info with the load brake. I'm gonna say that you are spot on with your diagnosis. I'm assuming this isn't stateside so no OSHA report to read. Again, thanks. - Surry Virginia

  • @K4Fusion
    @K4Fusion 12 лет назад +3

    Also, it's almost hard to believe that all that instant destruction came from the failing of a relatively inexpensive "LoveJoy" coupling.

  • @BudionoSukses
    @BudionoSukses 8 лет назад +10

    insurance will cover it?

  • @Darthbelal
    @Darthbelal 9 лет назад +37

    Plop the turbine assembly down in front of a modern "art" museum and it'll look a hell of a lot better than the usual crap they got..........

    • @fededevi1985
      @fededevi1985 9 лет назад +11

      Darth Belal To quote artists: "They would not understand". Engineering = useful art.

    • @1Cobranut
      @1Cobranut 6 лет назад

      Kousheng nuclear power plant in Taiwan has an old turbine rotor on display at their entrance, sitting out in the rain, of all places.
      I wonder just how long it took to decon that thing to free release it, considering it's a BWR plant, and the turbines run on primary steam. :-o

  • @AndrejPodzimek
    @AndrejPodzimek 13 лет назад +2

    Luckily, it seems that no people were injured in this accident. That's a very positive piece of information. Yes, the turbine is completely destroyed (since it cannot be balanced properly again, no matter how carefully it is repaired), but it's just a block of metal. A value of $6.5 million can be produced pretty quickly by a small team of people, but there is no monetary value that could compensate for human health or life.

  • @Xingmey
    @Xingmey 9 лет назад +16

    lol this is so painful to watch. the whole ingeneering masterpiece just a pile of junk in mere miliseconds

  • @carmelpule6954
    @carmelpule6954 9 лет назад +32

    I do not like the nature and the size of that grain in the metal at 3.49.

    • @AfrewSpines
      @AfrewSpines 8 лет назад +5

      +Carmel Pule' I was thinking the same thing. I don't even know anything about metal, but it just doesn't look right to me.

    • @chadsteimel9066
      @chadsteimel9066 8 лет назад +3

      +AfrewSpines It's Okay.... Neither does Carmel Pule apparently.

    • @semmtexx
      @semmtexx 8 лет назад +1

      Looks like a cast coupling? I've seen this type of metal used on couplings for 7.5 hp pumps and they take a crap in basically the same way.

    • @rearspeaker6364
      @rearspeaker6364 8 лет назад +2

      +semmtexx thats a "fenner"coupling- used in the EU -fenner taperlocks adapt the coupling to the shaft--seen these in screening plants--when one looked like this on a plant, someone took a maul to it,because they forgot to loosen the 2 allen head screws around the taperlock to close the gap between the coupling halves.

    • @SquillyMon
      @SquillyMon 8 лет назад

      +Carmel Pule' I thought the same exact thing....and then I thought....wtf is that metal doing there in a high load situation.

  • @penelope-oe2vr
    @penelope-oe2vr 2 года назад

    Hear those pops right before? Those mean RUN. I worked on these for a living. Welder, welding inspector, rigger, crane operator. Retired now

  • @sarethums
    @sarethums 7 лет назад +2

    "Gas Turbine Accident" that sounds like something id enjoy

  • @d.e.b.b5788
    @d.e.b.b5788 9 лет назад +8

    Just sell it to Malaysian Airlines with the next batch for 10% off. They'll buy anything.

    • @d.e.b.b5788
      @d.e.b.b5788 8 лет назад +2

      ***** It was an attempt at sarcasm. sorry you didn't get it.

  • @drichard12
    @drichard12 9 лет назад +6

    They had it lined up good because it fell right into place.

  • @sqbjvd5
    @sqbjvd5 13 лет назад

    @donnactrc
    where exactly from? the compressor end or the turbine end?

  • @DGFishRfine1
    @DGFishRfine1 3 года назад +1

    The crane operator must've been so relieved when it became clear that the failure occurred because of the actual crane breaking, rather than his negligence

    • @DrLeroyGreen
      @DrLeroyGreen 3 года назад

      They still drug tested him afterwards.

    • @DGFishRfine1
      @DGFishRfine1 3 года назад

      @@DrLeroyGreen well, yeah. But presumably he wasn't on drugs.

  • @Omerta1911
    @Omerta1911 9 лет назад +18

    Looks like a GE Frame 9E. Wow that's an expensive failure

    • @prestonburton8504
      @prestonburton8504 Год назад

      i know its been a long time but if you are around- whats the mw rating for this guy?

    • @Omerta1911
      @Omerta1911 Год назад +1

      @@prestonburton8504 140MW ish

    • @prestonburton8504
      @prestonburton8504 Год назад

      @@Omerta1911 wow! thank you!

    • @AB-80X
      @AB-80X Год назад

      @@Omerta1911 I may be mistaken, but I recall reading that this was actually a Siemens turbine.

  • @ChuckHeil
    @ChuckHeil 11 лет назад +2

    I saw a replacement gas turbine on its stands waiting to be put in at a Nuclear Power plant around ten years ago. It didn't look to be real heavy. Not over 50000 lbs. A crane like the one that failed must have gotten their parts cheap or it wouldn't have failed. I'm sure it was rated well over what ever it weighed.
    But then a worker removing the cover of the turbine being replaced was throwing/flipping a wrench in the air while standing on the cover. This was in PA so who knows.

  • @leexr2i
    @leexr2i 11 лет назад

    can you tell me how many compressor bolt hols your "18th stage" has? 15 or 16?

  • @janj0n
    @janj0n 8 лет назад +91

    Harbor Freight lifting equipment?

    • @rearspeaker6364
      @rearspeaker6364 8 лет назад +1

      +janj0n How did you know!!! looks like it to me.

    • @Metalloys
      @Metalloys 8 лет назад +1

      +rear speaker the steel ropes broke - right? or did the whole crane collapse?
      out of curiosity - who did the Management fuck on this one?

    • @rearspeaker6364
      @rearspeaker6364 8 лет назад +3

      +A.H. Shukry IMO, lack of daily inspections especially before heavy lifts like this---looks like the bearings at the input shaft of the gearbox failed, causing the shaft to load sideways under load, when the fenner coupling failed the input shaft broke thru the brake band asmby., causing the gearbox to freewheel, dumping the load, but thats my 25 cent review of this--mgt. saved a dollar, but they f%$#@ed themselves here!!!

    • @MrGGPRI
      @MrGGPRI 8 лет назад +2

      Top comment of the year....

    • @billporter9494
      @billporter9494 7 лет назад +1

      janj0n
      whups!, ya let the bean counters do the talking, save a few bucks!, are you sure that part needs replaced?, this part is the new, and improved version!, it'll work much better.

  • @SuperTechIT
    @SuperTechIT 9 лет назад +3

    Don't worry Jim....the maximum load rating is a guideline...these things can handle twice the recommended max...OH HOLY SHIT!!!! What do we do Jim? Jim??? JIM???? where are you running Jim????

  • @bruce2357
    @bruce2357 8 лет назад +4

    Nothing a truckload of duct tape can't fix.

  • @pistol0grip0pump
    @pistol0grip0pump Год назад

    "Get the grinder!, it'll buff out."

  • @mikeday62
    @mikeday62 9 лет назад +2

    I finally had to leave my job at the turbine factory. Yeah....after I was FIRED, there was a lot of tension in the office.

  • @tlfrantz1
    @tlfrantz1 10 лет назад +7

    That'll buff right out...

  • @basimpsn
    @basimpsn 9 лет назад +12

    @ 2:17 the guy in the yellow helmet very lucky

    • @bbigrocker1
      @bbigrocker1 9 лет назад +22

      NEVER stand under a lifted load, EVER

    • @jefferysmith6658
      @jefferysmith6658 9 лет назад +1

      bbigrocker1 he wasn't under it. that is why he didn't die.

    • @bbigrocker1
      @bbigrocker1 9 лет назад +3

      Jeffery Smith being UNDER is not a requirement for dying when heavy shit is falling

  • @starconqueror
    @starconqueror 7 лет назад

    Jeff Spicolli, "My old man is a television repairman he has this ultimate set of tools, I can fix it, I can fix it."

  • @2112dim
    @2112dim 9 лет назад +2

    "Wait a minute, what do you mean when you say "I am fired?" "

  • @28yogy4todd
    @28yogy4todd 8 лет назад +3

    Stress point- where forged hardened steel should have been used instead of cast on that particular component? I do not know, just saying. Thank you for the excellent video. It is definitely a learning experience for all, and I am glad no one was hurt.

  • @ElementofKindness
    @ElementofKindness 8 лет назад +10

    it'll buff out.

  • @rawtorque
    @rawtorque 13 лет назад +2

    This also gives new meaning to "bearing crush"!

  • @DonaldBBell
    @DonaldBBell 9 лет назад

    The buzzing sound right before the fall makes me think that his was a brake failure on the crane.

  • @chrispeterson5890
    @chrispeterson5890 10 лет назад +5

    Go pee in the cup... Seriously though, it sounds to me like the winch broke. you can hear gears screaming and stripping right before the earth-shattering KABOOM!

  • @barryhughes9764
    @barryhughes9764 7 лет назад +4

    Talk about the sh...hitting the fan.

    • @SpartanElite43
      @SpartanElite43 7 лет назад +2

      Wouldn't that be the fan hitting the Sh..?

  • @beaconofwierd1883
    @beaconofwierd1883 7 лет назад +1

    This is why I never stand under compressors.

  • @sawanyboy
    @sawanyboy 9 лет назад +2

    Now , send the turbine to museum

  • @curtis133
    @curtis133 8 лет назад +8

    Nailed it! good job boys lunch time.

  • @idbosman
    @idbosman 9 лет назад +3

    Looks like an average day at a Eskom power station!!!

  • @workonitm8
    @workonitm8 12 лет назад +1

    Viewed it again and you're correct. I was still thinking about the accident when I typed that. That fellow in the yellow hard hat doesn't know how lucky he is to be alive.
    What failed?

  • @scrapr65
    @scrapr65 12 лет назад

    i work on gas and steam turbines for a living and this is a gasser. you could say this is the quick way of setting the rotor.the rotor itself is around 15mil let alone the other damage to the turbine itself.

  • @ponkkaa
    @ponkkaa 10 лет назад +5

    This is obviously a case of Framistan modulator overpressurising the Finnigan spleen joint. Or is it spline joint.

    • @MilwaukeeDrinkers
      @MilwaukeeDrinkers 10 лет назад +10

      Actually it was an over-charged flux capacitor bearing.

    • @ponkkaa
      @ponkkaa 10 лет назад +4

      I knew that...really, I did.

  • @mickcarson8504
    @mickcarson8504 10 лет назад +14

    Ah well, you learn from taking shortcuts and buying cheap material. That's China for you.

  • @ingemarmartin246
    @ingemarmartin246 3 года назад

    "Nice job guys. We finished quick today"

  • @leehype
    @leehype 10 лет назад +1

    That is why you never stand under a load.

  • @dead_p1xl964
    @dead_p1xl964 8 лет назад +3

    Eh, it landed mostly in place. A little wax and that will buff right out.

  • @rgorazd
    @rgorazd 9 лет назад +3

    I'd say lack of maintenance of the crane.

    • @ronalddavis
      @ronalddavis 7 лет назад

      I agree with you. But you know sometimes shit just breaks despite your best efforts.

    • @politicallyinaccuratetoast4757
      @politicallyinaccuratetoast4757 3 года назад

      No, the crane had an operating load of 60 tons, that turbine weighed 75

  • @rickyguyer7236
    @rickyguyer7236 10 лет назад +1

    WHAT IN THE HELL WAS THOSE GUYS DOING UNDER A SUSPENDED LOAD LOCKS LIKE CABLE BROKE IN THE LIFTING BLOCK !!

  • @monelfunkawitz
    @monelfunkawitz 10 лет назад +1

    The lovejoy coupling failed, so the gearbox freewheeled the whole way down with nothing to stop it.

  • @the.russianbear
    @the.russianbear 9 лет назад +3

    Just a little duck tape and it will be fine!

  • @phillipjensen4362
    @phillipjensen4362 9 лет назад +3

    that guy in the bottom was lucky he mover 2:24

  • @jochumbakker3036
    @jochumbakker3036 8 лет назад +2

    its a GE Frame 9 machine from General electrics. it happens on a dutch powerplant named harculo near Zwolle.

    • @Danny_Boel
      @Danny_Boel 8 лет назад

      +Jochum Bakker en die hele turbine is flink naar de.. vaantjes haha

    • @budakblue059
      @budakblue059 8 лет назад

      +Jochum Bakker No way, this is not GE machine. It's not a Gas Turbine at all so Frame 9 shouldn't be mentioned in first place, it's a steam turbine and rarely this type of turbine is used in power plant because of its inefficiency.

  • @flybywire5866
    @flybywire5866 4 месяца назад

    That should serve as an explanation why you never ever stand under a suspended load. Like the guy to the left did shortly before it came crashing down. At least it looked like he was under it.

  • @andrewnorgrove6487
    @andrewnorgrove6487 9 лет назад +3

    very nicely bedded ) a job well done.

  • @dave0mary
    @dave0mary 8 лет назад +4

    Lucky for them it fell right into place! :)

  • @davidgrisez
    @davidgrisez 2 года назад +2

    That turbine rotor had to weigh at least 50 tons. When that rotor fell everyone in the power plant must have felt the floor jump under them and heard the sound of the crash.

  • @yeogav
    @yeogav 12 лет назад

    Oh wow looks like the yellow piece snapped off. How long does it make to make a rotor like that?

  • @DrLeroyGreen
    @DrLeroyGreen 9 лет назад +3

    Like a glove!
    ..but why is there an edit @ 2:28 ?

  • @jestnessj3574
    @jestnessj3574 7 лет назад +4

    Looked like the Hillary Clinton campaign. :p

    • @ItsSpeltChayce
      @ItsSpeltChayce 7 лет назад

      jestness j OHHHHHHHHHHHH ALL FEMINISTS ARE TRIGGERD OHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

  • @sendembak
    @sendembak 11 лет назад

    Nomeclature Issue:
    STEAM TURBINE is a device that extracts thermal energy from pressurized steam and uses it to do mechanical work on a rotating output shaft.
    GAS TURBINE, also called a combustion turbine, is a type of internal combustion engine. It has an upstream rotating compressor coupled to a downstream turbine, and a combustion chamber in-between.

  • @marouae
    @marouae 12 лет назад

    Thanks to God no one was hurt, there was one technician very near the incidnet.
    The Turbine rotor is badly damaged. It seems either the safe working load of the overhead crane was close to the turbine rotor weight or the overhead crane was not inspected and certified for such critical heavy lift for long time.

  • @EricJaakkola
    @EricJaakkola 9 лет назад +4

    Fire it up, I'm sure it's fine.

  • @tjsocorrista1
    @tjsocorrista1 10 лет назад +4

    This is the problem when you turn a bunch of drunk union members loose on a project!

  • @kc5hgv
    @kc5hgv 8 лет назад +2

    Who has been doing the Crane inspections? Also when we did a heavy lift at the Power Plant on a Steam Rotor fitting in place and I was the Crane Operator when I worked there during one of our turnarounds. There was eyes on everything and QUIET during the lift. Wow very expensive. Thank god no one was killed.

    • @SquillyMon
      @SquillyMon 8 лет назад

      +kc5hgv I was wondering why there was so much noise and normal day to day sounds going on during that lift. I even said out loud to the screen....Yo shut the fuck up....we are moving something heavy here... Everyone needs their ears on and eyes open at this moment.

    • @LBpDC
      @LBpDC 8 лет назад

      +SquillyMon +SquillyMon Almost seems like they didn't have a foreman there at all. Just a bunch of grunts told to get it done with no former experience doing so.

  • @AB-80X
    @AB-80X Год назад

    "Just drop it here they said. It will be fine they said..."

  • @_gungrave_6802
    @_gungrave_6802 7 лет назад +4

    skip to 2:24 if you want to see it.

  • @danethunder2328
    @danethunder2328 9 лет назад +2

    Always check your gear kids, and watch your operating evenlope

  • @CafeBikeGirl
    @CafeBikeGirl 9 лет назад +1

    Maybe I shouldn't be watching videos like this while in the middle of implementing my first overhead crane in my test lab.....

    • @rearspeaker6364
      @rearspeaker6364 8 лет назад

      +CafeBikeGirl why.its a good idea.....

    • @ebbelinderoth-olson230
      @ebbelinderoth-olson230 8 лет назад +1

      +CafeBikeGirl Or you should, a good reminder to get your equipment inspected and tested by competent test companys and to never stand under a load. Nothing like a good graphic example to get safety messages across.

  • @dbx1233
    @dbx1233 Год назад

    One of the blades of the turbine was bent in the mishap. A worker was able to take a ballpen hammer and tap out the metal. The turbine was up and running after only a minute and twenty-two seconds after occurrence.

  • @lizardking5237
    @lizardking5237 8 лет назад +1

    Well that's one way to do it. Larry, curly and Moe couldn't have done it better. Another job well done. Give those boys a cigar :)

  • @bob3zaaafs
    @bob3zaaafs 8 лет назад

    Kramer from Seinfeld: INSTALLED!

  • @eipi5173
    @eipi5173 9 лет назад +2

    can never be balanced again
    ...coupler looked like it was made of pot metal

  • @picobyte
    @picobyte 8 лет назад

    Blijft telkens weer waanzinnig als ik dit filmpje terug zie.