{"id":38528,"date":"2025-05-09T10:40:47","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T09:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/?post_type=news&#038;p=38528"},"modified":"2025-05-09T10:42:37","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T09:42:37","slug":"ben-adams-presents-to-stug","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/news\/ben-adams-presents-to-stug\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Adams Presents to STUG"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"38528\" class=\"elementor elementor-38528\" data-elementor-post-type=\"news\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7f3286f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"57344\" data-id=\"7f3286f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9fd9bd5\" data-eae-slider=\"24896\" data-id=\"9fd9bd5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-027bdac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"027bdac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Brushgear is the system of carbon brushes and their associated components that transfer electrical currents between stationary and rotating parts in electrical machines, particularly in motors and generators. It is often a single point of failure for a power station and can be a topic that is little understood until something goes wrong. Additionally, brushgear usually constitutes the majority of maintenance required on most generators, with maintenance often carrying some of the highest personal risks in a power station.<\/p><p>At the Steam Turbine and Generator User Group 2025, Electrical Engineer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/experts\/ben-adams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ben Adams<\/a>, delivered a joint presentation with Steve Mitchell, Head of Generators Centre of Competence at RWE. In the presentation, Ben covered the basics of brushgear including why it is used, how it works, and what its limitations are. Following a review of case studies, Ben also discussed the maintenance requirements, the risks involved and how they can be mitigated.<\/p><p>Ben specialises in consultancy and failure analysis on turbogenerators and other large electrical equipment. He has investigated major and complex losses in over 40 countries since joining Hawkins and acted as an expert witness in international arbitration. If you would like Ben to present, or investigate the root cause of a turbine failure, please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/contact\/free-consultation\/\">get in touch<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben covered the basics of brushgear including why it is used, how it works, and what its limitations are. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":38532,"parent":0,"template":"","news_category":[17,18],"experties":[65,101],"class_list":["post-38528","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news_category-hawkins-office-news","news_category-civil-engineering","experties-engineering","experties-power-energy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ben Adams Presents to STUG - Hawkins Forensic Investigation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ben covered the basics of brushgear including why it is used, how it works, and what its limitations are.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/news\/ben-adams-presents-to-stug\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ben Adams Presents to STUG - 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