Turbines

It's been almost two months since I started my new job with Alstom Power Turbomachines Group. I am enjoying it very much. The HR Director (my boss) is a great manager and he has put together a great team. We're super busy and working well together. I can't yet explain to you what this is a picture of but someday I expect I will. Right now, my best guess is this is the interior part of a turbine in the process of being built.

Part of our responsibility is to learn what our company, and specifically, our division actually does. We'll take info from wherever we can get it. One of those sources is from the National Geographic channel. Since it's available online I thought some of you might like to see a glimpse (along with me) my world at work (sort of). This episode of the "World's Toughest Fixes" (in the link below) highlights the replacement of a turbine in a nuclear facility. The new turbine they put in is one kind of turbine that we'll be making.

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/worlds-toughest-fixes/3342/Overview#tab-Videos/05748_00

I don't expect everyone to watch this... only those really interested. Here's a cut-away of a turbine. The photo below gives it perspective.