Dane Balle

Kiwi Entrepreneur. Building a next-generation turbine services company, driven by engineering, ownership, and real-world execution

[Dane Balle @BalleDane]

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[Dane Balle @BalleDane]

Our 13 Tonne gantry crane arrived this week. The new zealand workshops bay 1 is coming together over the last few weeks thanks to the efforts of our team. We have been investing heavily into capability to meet the growing demand for gas turbines that support AI infrastructure.

[Dane Balle @BalleDane]

Yesterday's LM2500 rotor tip grind video showed one half of the equation. At the same time, the Stage 2 nozzle turbine shrouds were being ground to achieve final clearances. We planned to use our new VTC, but commissioning wasn't finished in time. #LM2500 #gasturbines #MRO

[Dane Balle @BalleDane]

Every thousandth of an inch matters. LM2500 HPT rotor blade tip grinding underway, matching blade tips to Stage 2 turbine shrouds to achieve the desired clearance. Precision work that directly impacts performance, efficiency and reliability.
#LM2500 #MRO #gasturbines

[Dane Balle @BalleDane]

#LM2500 Gas Turbine HPT rotor being ground to match the turbine shrouds with desire blade clearance. New manufacture blades were allocated to this HPT rotor for the engine overhaul. #gasturbine #AI

[Dane Balle @BalleDane]

F1 pit stop, gas turbine style.
After operating in a harsh environment, a customer's LM2500 needed urgent repairs. In ~30 days we completed field support, key bearing replacements, repairs, testing and dispatch. Proud of the entire team that made it happen.
#LM2500 #GasTurbines

[Dane Balle @BalleDane]

Vertical turning center installed with 1.8 meter Z axis for #LM2500 stator case grinding. Siemens sinumerik Retrofit also completed on the old girl. VTC up and running in 6 months instead of waiting 2 years for a new one to be manufactured.

[Dane Balle @BalleDane]

#LM2500 stage 2 nozzle on grind after overhaul.

[Dane Balle @BalleDane]

@elonmusk eager to discuss your gas turbine supply chain theory. Im friends with one of your former tesla engineers that helped speed up factory production in 2020. https://t.co/n9BjaTm8CY or https://t.co/AdEjbLsQSD

[Dane Balle @BalleDane]

@elonmusk from my experience as a gas turbine overhaul entrepreneur we can get blades and vanes reliably in 4 months from PMA suppliers. items with no PMA supply such as turbine shrouds and shroud supports, or disks & shaft are the real challenge….

https://t.co/FwJYR1uCfu

[Dane Balle @BalleDane]

@MarkJCarney Will it be invested toward weapons and equipment Made in USA? Go shopping at Boeing, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, RTX Corporation all the major mfrs. could this be one of Trumps tariff levers? USA redact tariffs if Canada buys USA millitary equipment?

[Dane Balle @BalleDane]

@GrantCardone Also USA is the leader of capitalism. If im a local supplier and my competition just got a 25% disadvantage, i now have a lever where I can increase my prices to slightly below what my competition now charge and make more profit.

[Dane Balle @BalleDane]

@GrantCardone That is true. Penalising global competition means local companies have advantage.
However as it costs locals more to deliver the same product to compete (they needed the tariff equaliser to help compete). The consumer will have to pay the higher price from both local & import.

[Dane Balle @BalleDane]

@moraltreason @elonmusk In 2023 the USA had 63 billion trade surplus when energy is excluded.
Canada 40mil population, USA 340mil population. This means 40 million Canadians purchase 63billion more from USA than 340 mil Americans purchased from Canada.

USA were already winning by 63 billion.

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🚨🚨MAJOR BREAKING

PREMIER OF ONTARIO TO SHUTOFF POWER TO 1.5 MILLION CUSTOMERS IN NEW YORK, MICHIGAN AND MINNESTOA

"If he wants to destroy our families, im going after absolutely everything"

[Dane Balle @BalleDane]

@elonmusk @elonmusk where do NIH get the their 60% data? Harvard’s 2024 financial reports are showing only 27% for indirect costs from federal endowment?

[Dane Balle @BalleDane]

@elonmusk The university are taking excessive.
Overall though there is alot of high performing research facilities in usa to keep avg indirect costs to 26%. When most private co. Spend 15-30% on indirect costs on average.

[Dane Balle @BalleDane]

@NIH Pretty easy to manipulate the accounting. If i was organisation accountant. Yesterday i had 5% included in my indirect costs as depreciation. Tomorrow i charge 5% as equipment rental for project. I will spend every dollar the government allocates to me. Just change my reporting.

[Dane Balle @BalleDane]

@NIH Universitys using 60% of funding for indirect costs is a joke.
However $9B is 26% of $35B.
A private company avg. Gross Profit Margin is 30%-35%, EBITDA 5-15%. Private co. will spend 15%-30% on indirect costs on avg, without depreciation.Asset depreciation is also indirect cost.

[Dane Balle @BalleDane]

@krazyalexx Go Liam Lawson! 🇳🇿 Its great to see a person from my hometown make it this far in this sport!