Excellent service for industrial gas turbinesGE LM2500™, LM5000™ and LM6000™

MTU Maintenance Berlin-BrandenburgAn MTU Aero Engines Company

MTU looks back on more than 30 years of experiencewith LM2500™ marine engines.

The center of excellence for industrial gas turbines

Always a reliable partnerIn its role as a reliable partner, the companyoffers its international clientele a unique com-bination of technical expertise, outstandingquality standards and an unusually highlyqualified, service-oriented workforce. The MTUspecialists can draw from the entire spectrumof highly advanced repair techniques. In theprocess, it achieves globally unique levels ofrestoration that help extend the life of gas turbines.

For each customer, the company separatelydevelops customized service packages fromits comprehensive services portfolio for newdimensions in the support of gas turbines inthe shop and on-site.

MTU Maintenance Berlin-Brandenburg, anaffiliate of MTU Aero Engines, ranks amongthe globally leading companies engaged in themaintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) of air-craft engines and industrial gas turbines (IGTs).At the Ludwigsfelde location to the south ofBerlin, gas turbines have been repaired andoverhauled for over 30 years. Today, MTUMaintenance Berlin-Brandenburg is MTU’s cen-ter of excellence for the repair of industrialgas turbines.

Global service networkThe company is an authorized service providerfor all types of General Electric LM2500™,LM5000™ and LM6000™ gas turbines. Itscustomers hail from power generation, marinepropulsion and compressor station applica-tions, on- and off-shore.

A unit of the MTU group, MTU MaintenanceBerlin-Brandenburg benefits from a globalrepair and service network and moreover froma broad knowledge base in the development,manufacturing and repair areas. It closelycooperates with the shops at MTU’s Hannover,Munich and Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) locations.

MTU Maintenance Berlin-Brandenburg is headquarteredin Ludwigsfelde to the southwest of Berlin.

Major oil and gas companies rely on MTU MaintenanceBerlin-Brandenburg.

Power stations around the globe are among MTU’s customers.

Compelling capabilities ExperienceMTU Maintenance Berlin-Brandenburg providesMRO services for all versions of the followinggas turbines:• LM2500™ (incl. DLE)• LM2500+™ (incl. DLE)• LM5000™• LM6000™ (incl. DLE)

To date, MTU has handled almost 900 gas turbine shop visits. More than 120 enginesare being maintained under long-term serviceagreements.

RepairAbout 80 percent of the component repairwork is carried out within MTU Maintenance,which results in lower costs and shorter turn-around times.

TestingAt MTU’s test cell center, LM2500™ andLM6000™ gas turbines are tested under realload conditions without any restrictions interms of synchronization to the grid or avail-ability of test slots.

Call upon us for assistanceThe dedicated professionals at MTU Mainte-nance Berlin-Brandenburg will be glad to tailormaintenance and repair schedules to suit yourvery needs.

Be it in the company’s Ludwigsfelde shop or on site at the customer’s: MTU’s experts work with clockwork precision.

Excellence in on-site servicesThe Ludwigsfelde specialists are on call aroundthe clock 365 days a year to serve their cus-tomers. If things get ugly, a hotline servicetakes calls 24 hours a day all year round toorganize the action on-site. The company haslong-term agreements with some customersand if so requested handles the entire main-tenance management for them. Its servicesrange from removal and recommissioning, on-site repair, periodic inspection, remote moni-toring and vibration analyses all the way toengineering consulting and customer training.MTU Maintenance makes sure customers areoptimally supplied with all MTU services, spareparts and leased gas turbines. Thanks to MTU’sregional presence in the Americas and Asia thetechnicians of its mobile, flexible field servicewill reach any location outside Europe within24 hours.

Capabilities:• Periodic inspections, Level 1 and 2 on-site

maintenance• Individually scheduled preventive mainte-

nance • MTU uses the Alert™ system by Cogsys

Limited• Rotable units, tooling management, spare

parts supply/management• Remote monitoring and trend analysis• Vibration surveys, trim balancing, laser

alignment, DLE mapping• Engine control services• Training

Capable shop servicesFor over two decades, MTU Maintenance hasleveraged its aircraft engine experience alsofor the maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO)of industrial gas turbines. This benefits cus-tomers most of all. For the gas turbine MROactivities borrow heavily from the quality levelassociated with the maintenance of aircraftengines, a level that necessarily satisfies themost stringent of requirements. The companyhas turned its shop into a highly advancedmaintenance line along which gas turbines aretorn down, inspected, repaired, and built up.In all of this, the team of repair specialistshave their sights set on the one goal of smartlymoving the turbines through the shop so theiroperators can cycle them back into revenueservice with a minimum of delay.

Capabilities:• Dedicated module shops• Electronic piece parts tracking system

(on-log/off-log system)• MTU proprietary stringent rotor stacking

procedure• Latest balancing technology• Hot section replacement• Engineering support for every gas turbine

type• Quality system based on FAA-approved

flight engine system–minimal tolerancesand highest quality standards

World-class customer service

Quality, a prime priorityMTU safeguards its high quality standardthrough an integrated management systemthat monitors its environmental protectioneffort as well as the quality of its productsand services and the effectiveness of itsoccupational health and safety effort. Theprocesses and systems involved are regularlyaudited and certified by internal and externalauditors.

Approvals:• GE-authorized shop• FAA-approved repair station• EASA-/LBA-approved maintenance and

production organization• DIN ISO 9000 and 9001:2000 quality

management certification• DIN ISO 14001 environmental management

certification• Registered supplier in Achilles and First

Point Assessment Ltd. (FPAL) databases• SCC-approved field service staff

World-class testingMTU Maintenance Berlin-Brandenburg sportsone of the world’s largest and most advancedIGT test cells. It is one of the only two test cellsavailable anywhere that are able to accommo-date LM2500™ and LM6000™ gas turbines intrue service environments. LM5000™ turbinetest runs are conducted on an aero enginetest bed. That indeed permits thorough testingto be conducted on often highly-stressed com-ponents and ensures that maintenance qualityis an optimum.

Capabilities:• Natural gas supply• Emission measuring capabilities for testing

of DLE gas turbines• Extensive combustor mapping capabilities• Slave power turbine for LM2500™ gas

generator only testing available• LPC booster trim balancing capabilities• Spectrum analysis capabilities for measuring

vibrations• Digital data recording of all relevant gas

turbine parameters

Repair beats replacementThe facility near Berlin uses innovative high-tech repair techniques that help its customerssave money without sacrificing quality. TheMTU experts are performing 80 percent of allcomponent repairs in-house, true to theirmotto “repair beats replacement”. For custom-ers, repair costs less than a new part. Thequality and reliability of a repaired part match-es that of a virgin part. Extensive exchange ofexperience and know-how among the MTUshops helps continuously develop and improverepair techniques to optimize the availabilityand reliability of the gas turbines.

MTU in-house repairs:• Trirex™ state-of-the-art grinding machine:

grinding of entire HPC/HPT stator modulesfor minimal tip clearances

• High-speed grinding machine for HPT rotormachining

• Various thermal barrier coatings (TBC) available

• Customized repair development

Highly qualified employees ensure professional supportof the heavy-weights.

Center of Excellence: IGT assembly and teardown line atMTU Maintenance Berlin-Brandenburg in Ludwigsfelde.

IGT test facility.

An MTU Aero Engines Company

MTU Maintenance Berlin-Brandenburg GmbHDr.-Ernst-Zimmermann-Straße 214974 Ludwigsfelde • GermanyTel. +49 3378 824-313Fax +49 3378 824-389ludwigsfelde@mtu.dewww.mtu-berlin.com G

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