Big shelters means big savings for Power Plants Power plants, whether gas or coal, both rely on a turbine to generate their power. We work our turbines hard in Australia, Generating 84.5% of Australia’s total power output, through the burning of coal and gas. Every 6 or so years these turbines need to undergo rigorous maintenance in an operation consisting of hundreds of personal and weeks of down time. During this time, turbines are completely disassembled, cleaned, tested and reassembled. One of the most time consuming parts of this maintenance is the cleaning of the turbine, which is done via a process called soda blasting.  Soda blasting  uses tiny particles that are blasted at high pressure against a part to clean it. Soda blasting creates a lot of mess as soda particles are projected at a part. In an effort to contain the blasting material, the process is completed in an enclosed space. Traditionally scaffolding would be erected and wrapped to create an e...