This comprehensive videotape-based training program consists of 5 modules (12 videotapes) that train students to maintain a variety of special equipment, including boilers, turbines, and diesel engines.

Boilers and Boiler Equipment (2 tape set)


Auxiliary Steam Turbines (3 tape set)


Coal and Ash Handling Equipment (2 tape set)


Diesel Engines (3 tape set)


Hydraulic Equipment (2 tape set)

• Identifying Boiler Tube Damage
• Repairing a Waterwall Tube by Pad Welding
• Removing a Section of Boiler Tube
• Preparing to Install a New Section of Tube
• Cutting Windows in the New Tube
• Installing a Replacement Tube

• Gauge Glass Operation and Disassembly
• Cover Disassembly and Reassembly
• Gauge Glass Assembly Completion
• Soot Blower Disassembly
• Final Soot Blower Disassembly
• Poppet Valve Disassembly, Cleaning, and Inspection
• Thrust Bearing Inspection

• Turbine Operation
• Removing the Casing
• Measuring Thrust
• Measuring the Rotor-to-Nozzle Clearance
• Removing and Measuring Carbon Rings
• Checking Shaft and Wheel Runout and Backlash
• Removing the Rotor and Checking Bearing Clearance

• Cleaning Turbine Parts
• Inspecting Turbine Parts
• Adjusting Nozzle Clearance
• Theoretical Clearance Measurements
• Actual Clearance Measurements
• Installing the Packing and Wheel Cover
• Turbine Overhaul Guidelines

• Mechanical & Hydraulic Governors
• Maintaining Hydraulic Governors
• Mechanical-Hydraulic Governors
• Overspeed Trip Mechanisms
• Overspeed Sensor Maintenance

• Preparing a Conveyor Belt for Maintenance
• Cutting a Conveyor Belt
• Punching Holes in the Belt for a Bolted Fastener
• Assembling and Installing Metal Fasteners
• Completing the Bolted Metal Splice
• Preparing a Belt for Splicing with Riveted Solid Metal Fasteners
• Completing the Riveted Solid Metal Splice
• Installing a Riveted Hinged
• Splice and Aligning the Belt

• Re-Blading and Balancing a Pulverizer Exhauster
• Disassembling a Control Valve
• Removing the Seat and Disc
• Reassembling the Control Valve
• Disassembling and Inspecting an Air Piston Operator
• Reassembling an Air Piston Operator
• Water Jet Exhauster Operation and Inspection
• Assembling a Water Jet Exhauster

• Engine Operation
• Two-Stroke and Four-Stroke Engine Cycles
• The Air Intake System
• The Fuel System
• The Exhaust System
• The Lubricating Oil System
• The Cooling System

• Checking the Oil Level
• Changing a Cartridge Type Oil Filter
• Changing the Oil
• Maintaining an Oil Filter Housing
• Replacing an Oil Filter and Adding Oil
• Replacing a Dry Element Air Cleaner
• Maintaining an Oil Bath Air Cleaner

• Draining a Fuel Tank
• Removing a Fuel Filter
• Reinstalling a Fuel Filter
• Checking the Coolant
• Locating a Leak in the Cooling System
• Engine Timing
• Checking Exhaust Valve Timing
• Checking Injector Timing

• Basic Hydraulic Systems
• Hydraulic Cylinder Disassembly
• Shaft Runout
• Cylinder Reassembly
• Control Valve Disassembly
• Control Valve Inspection and Reassembly

• Gear Pump Disassembly
• Parts Inspection
• Gear Pump Reassembly
• Vane Pump Disassembly
• Inspection
• Vane Pump Reassembly