Maintenance and Reliability TIGRON ACTUATORS ROBUST SAFE CERTIFIED FIG. 2. Parts geometrics were one of the critical design requirements. AUMA automates valves FIG. 3. Vibration readings are stable after the installation of new blades using reverse engineering. AUMA World: Discover your valve automation solution onsite and successfully tested with normal and stable vibration readings, as shown in FIG. 3. The fabrication of the first steam turbine blades in Saudi Arabia and GCC was successfully completed with a total repair cost of only 15% of the new equipment that was offered. www.auma.com 22 APRIL 2022 | HydrocarbonProcessing.com anzeige_drittel_seite_hydrocarbon_processing_neu.indd 1 07.03.2022 15:26:06 Takeaway. Abqaiq Plants is expanding reverse engineering options as an effective solution to overcome the challenge of legacy equipment breakdowns, along with the upgrades and replacements program based on Abqaiq Plants' road map. Those new repair capabilities will also be expanded across Saudi Aramco on similar equipment, improving uptime and efficient business sustainability. Utilizing reverse engineering presents a new opportunity for old and obsolete steam turbine repairs. Aging facilities can utilize and create less expensive and more efficient spare parts of obsolete equipment with higher quality and durability. ABDULAZIZ ALZAHRANI is a Mechanical Engineer with 5 yr of field experience in rotating equipment for the oil and gas and HPI industries. He began his career in 2017 at the Saudi Aramco Jubail refinery (SASREF) as a Rotating Equipment Engineer. In 2018, he joined Saudi Aramco as a Reliability Engineer at Abqaiq Plants. His area of expertise is focused on centrifugal pumps, equipment upgrades and replacement, unreliability events investigations, and implementation of the latest maintenance technologies and best practices. Mr. Abdulaziz is a Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional by SMRP as well as a Certified Machinery Lubrication Analyst Level I (MLA I) by ICML. He has acquired an Associate Engineer degree from the Saudi Council of Engineers (SCE). The author can be reached at abdulaziz.alzahrani.31@aramco.com.http://www.auma.com http://www.HydrocarbonProcessing.com