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ERECTION SEQUENCE BAR CHART OF 500 MW TG WITHSPRING LOADED FOUNDATION

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Cleaning and checking of Turbine and Generator foundations as per the

transverse and longitudinal axis including their elevation.

Prepare and install LP base plates, HP front pedestal, HP rear pedestal, LP

front pedestal, LP rear pedestal along with their anchor bolts and anchor
plates.

Provisionally align and level all the pedestal and LP base plates as per the
transverse and longitudinal axis including their elevation.

Matching of anchor plates of pedestal and LP base plates to ensure their

perfect seating.

Finally align and level HP front, HP rear, LP front and LP rear pedestals along
with LP base plates as per the transverse and longitudinal axis including
their elevation and catenary as per the design.

Prepare and install steel bars for LP casing centralising keys in foundation
slab as per the required center line .

Weld locating ring of LP front pedestal and steel bars of LP front and LP rear
centralising keys.

Prepare shuttering and grouting of the pedestals and LP base plates including
anchor plates of HP rear pedestal.

Prepare, install, align/ level both the LP girder along with their carrier plates.

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10 Prepare , install and assemble LP front and rear end walls with the LP girders.
11 Level / align LP outer casing lower half as per the transverse and

longitudinal axis of the machine.

12 Install permanent packers of LP outer casing including their radial and axial

keys.
13 Prepare and install LP inner outer casing along with gusset plates in position
14 Align LP inner outer casing lower half and level it. Install LP casing parting

plane plateform .
15 Prepare and install LP front and LP rear lower half shaft seals housing and

align it provisionally.
16 Prepare and install LP rotor along with their bellows in position.

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17 Align LP rotor radially and axially in position and record free run out of rotor.
18 Record/ Ensure radial and axial clearances of the LP casing including rotor

float including fitting of final axial keys of the LP inner casing .

19 Box up LP inner inner casing and heat tighten the parting plane bolts.
20 Box up LP inner outer casing .
21 Prepare and place HP module in position on temporary packers.
22 Transfer the load of HP rotor on bearings from the transport device and align

it radially and axially.

23 Check free run out of HP rotor on journal and coupling face including its float.
24 Prepare and place IP module in position on temporary packers.
25 Loading of IP rear end of the shaft on bearing and removal of tranport device.
26 Provisionally align HP , IP and LP rotor .
27 Couple HP / IP rotor on temporary Bolts and align rotor / casing radially and

axially.
28 Record/ Ensure IP rotor float by shifting HP casing axially.
29 Conduct Horn drop test of HP casing without any radial and axial keys and

pipe lines.
30 Conduct Horn drop test of IP casing without IP inlet upper half pipe lines.
31 Assembly of breach nut of Main Steam Stop & Control Valve
32 Erection of Reheat Stop & Contro valve assembly.
33 Weld IP inlet upper half pipe and record Horn drop values without radial.axial

keys.
34 Alignment of HP/IP/LP rotors and their coupling on temporary bolts including

its couple runout.

35 Swing check of HP rotor on its front end with temporary alternate bolt

tightened on HP / IP coupling .
36 MOP alignment and its dowelling.

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37 Reaming/honing of HP/IP and LP/IP coupling including fitting of final coupling

bolts.
38 Fixing of axial position of shaft and assembly of thrust bearing including its

colour matching.
39 Roll check of HP/IP casing and fixing of radial and axial keys of the casing

(Casing final packers need not to be put at this stage).

40 Assembly of bearings and checking of all clearances including fittings of side

pads of bearing, yoke keys etc.

41 Turbovisory works in all the pedestal i.e. assembly and calibration of thrust

bearing axial shift,LP rotor expansions pick up, Hall generator and
thermocouples of bearing .
42 Preparations of the bearing for oil flushing.
43 Oil flushing of the machine and normalizing the bearing after oil flushing.
44 Preparation and floating of TG deck as per the laid down procedure .
45 Decoupling of HP / IP, LP/IP, LP/Gen., Gen./Exciter coupling and rechecking

of alignment/catenary after floating of TG deck spring.

46 Final tightening of HP/IP, IP/LP , LP/Generator and Generator / Exciter

coupling after correcting the alignment including their couple run out and
swing check of rotor on HP Front and exciter rotor.
47 Checking /Correction of LP shaft seal clearance after floating of TG deck with

CW pump in operation and water in the hot well of condenser upto operating
level.
48 Roll check of HP, IP casing in up and down direction only with TG deck in

floating condition and CW pump in operation including water in hot well upto
normal level.
49 Assembly of final packers of the HP, IP casing after completing the roll check

in up and down direction.

50 Recording of final Horn drop of HP and IP casing after completing the

welding of HP inlet,HP exhaust , IP inlet and Cross around piping.

51 Prepration and boxing up of LP casing after competing the Roll check of LP

casing and fitting of final casing packers and radial keys.

52 Barring gear.

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