Machinery

Machinery

The SwRI Machinery Department is internationally known for its expertise in gas turbine technology, rotordynamics, and design audits.

We have helped develop and operate reliable, safe turbo and reciprocating machinery for more than 50 years. The Machinery Department solves fluid and structural dynamics problems, provides root cause failure analysis expertise, designs and tests machines, offers rapid response world-wide field services, and provides design review and auditing services for manufacturers and users of rotating machinery. SwRI combines custom consultations and extensive field experience with world leading analytical, computational, and test capabilities. SwRI has completed contract work for major oil and gas, power generation, and manufacturing companies.

To contract with SwRI, please contact the Machinery Services Hotline at +1 210 522 3000.

For more information, contact Tim Allison or call +1 210 522 3561.

Decades of experience helping clients in the aerospace and energy sectors

Advancing gas turbine technology and turbomachinery with computational fluid dynamics and thermal analyses

Providing in-field technical support, troubleshooting, and testing for gas turbines, compressors, and turbomachinery

Using pipeline simulations as an optimization tool in many liquid and gas processes

Helping clients improve accuracy in embedded equations of state (EOS) with proven engineering analysis tools

Offering performance modeling and diagnosis as well as remaining life analysis and failure analysis

Supporting the oil and gas, wind energy, and power generation industries among other areas 

Offering world-class research and testing facilities to support machinery clients in the energy and aerospace industries

Providing comprehensive services, from acoustic analysis to safety valve analysis and thermal stress analysis

Developing solutions to challenging problems in design and testing of propulsion systems.

Identifying compressor pulsations or vibrations that can lead to structural damage

Providing world-class design and testing of reciprocating compressor and pump systems

Diagnosing fatigue and other issues related to rotating blades in turbomachinery

Provide comprehensive services to help you design and evaluate pipeline systems and compressor and pump stations

Analyzing turbomachinery and turbine technology, from design to condition assessments and life analyses

Providing learning opportunities to industry staff and leaders

Combining multiple disciplines from aerospace engineering, materials science, and mechanical engineering to help you

Performing essential analyses to study the effects of vibration on turbo machinery and turbines