Sulzer

Getting Your Equipment Back in Service:
Manufacturing for In-Kind Replacements or Upgrades

Please join us for this free exclusive webinar
Thursday, December 3, 2020 - 10:00 AM CST

About this event

Reverse Engineering, Redesign, Material Selection and Upgrades, Qualifications, First Article Manufacturing and Manufacturing Techniques.

People tend to be curious by nature, especially engineers. As children, the curiosity was at its peak. Why is the sky blue? How did they make a toaster oven? Can I take apart the computer desktop to inspect it? Am I able to put it back together as designed? As engineers grow older, the questions never stop. For example, how is a compressor wheel made? Why did the designer include specific features such as cooling holes in a gas turbine blade? What is so special about the material used to make a combustion chamber? Are we sure these parts can withstand the operating environment? Do we need added protection such as high-temperature coatings?

The New Parts Development division at Sulzer was created to answer all of those lingering questions and more. Within this group, the engineers put themselves in the seat of the original designers to reverse engineer parts, identity key features, optimize material selection based on the application, recommend the best manufacturing process for these parts, and much more. From there, Sulzer Turbo Services Houston, Inc. has the ability to manufacture these parts in-house or outsource the work as needed.

Please join us as we discuss the roles and responsibilities of members in our New Parts Development group and how parts are made once they have been reverse-engineered.

About the presenters
	Karen Barrios Buechel Karen Barrios Buechel is the AERO Product Line/Sales Manager at Sulzer. She holds a Master’s Degree in Product Development and a Bachelor of Science in Engineer Management. She's worked in a variety of roles at Sulzer during her 5-year tenure including being a Product Development Engineer, a New Parts Design Manager and a Program Manager.
	Jennifer Salas Jennifer started her career at Sulzer in the Fall of 2014 after completed her graduate research work at the Turbomachinery Lab at Texas A&M University. Jennifer was a production engineer for the Gas Turbine rotors division where she assisted with project management, reverse engineering, and design and analysis of shop tooling and new repair methods. After her time in Big Bay, Jennifer transferred to the centralized engineering department to become one of the lead Rotordynamic Engineers.