TERMS OF USE & LIABILITY
Professional-use technical information
Purchase and use of a procedure package is subject to the applicable license and commercial terms.
The procedures are technical reference materials for use by qualified industrial gas-turbine repair professionals. The purchaser and repair organization remain responsible for engineering judgment, process qualification, workmanship, quality control, safety, regulatory compliance, and determining whether a procedure is appropriate for a particular component and service condition.
Provided “As Is”
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, procedures and related materials are provided “as is” and “as available,” without express or implied warranties, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, completeness, usefulness, or suitability for a particular user's circumstances.
User Assumes Responsibility
The purchaser and user are responsible for selecting, interpreting, validating, qualifying, and applying any procedure, method, parameter, process, or recommendation, and for the results of repairs performed using the materials.
Repair-Shop Responsibility
The organization performing inspection, welding, brazing, heat treatment, coating, machining, blending, or other repair work is responsible for its own workmanship, personnel qualifications, equipment, process controls, inspections, quality assurance, and execution.
Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the seller and its contributors will not be liable for direct and indirect, incidental, special, exemplary, punitive, or consequential damages, including loss of profits, business interruption, loss of use, or equipment damage arising from selection or use of the materials.
Important: These Website Service Terms apply to eligible purchases. Some jurisdictions limit the enforceability of warranty disclaimers and liability limitations, so the final language should match the seller's entity, governing law, customers, and sales process. Read full terms.
Website Service Terms
WEBSITE SERVICE TERMS
License, Disclaimer of Warranties & Limitation of Liability
1. Professional Use
Materials are intended solely for qualified professional organizations engaged in industrial gas-turbine inspection, maintenance, engineering, or repair. They are technical references and do not replace the user's engineering judgment, process qualification, applicable OEM requirements, regulatory obligations, plant procedures, insurance requirements, or safety programs.
2. No Warranty
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, all materials are provided “as is” and “as available.” The seller disclaims all express and implied warranties, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, accuracy, completeness, usefulness, results, and suitability for any particular user's circumstances.
3. Assumption of Responsibility
The purchaser and user assume responsibility for determining applicability and for independently reviewing, validating, qualifying, and safely implementing any method, dimension, acceptance criterion, repair process, heat treatment, coating, inspection technique, or other information contained in a procedure.
4. Workmanship and Compliance
The repair organization is solely responsible for its personnel, workmanship, equipment, process controls, quality assurance, inspections, testing, documentation, and compliance with applicable laws, regulations, codes, customer requirements, plant requirements, and contractual obligations.
5. Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the seller, authors, contributors, and licensors will not be liable for direct and indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, or punitive damages, including lost profits, loss of production, business interruption, loss of use, or damage to turbines, components, facilities, or other property, arising out of or relating to purchase, selection, interpretation, or use of the materials, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.
6. No OEM Affiliation
Manufacturer and model names are used only to identify technical applicability. No affiliation with, sponsorship by, approval from, or authorization by an original equipment manufacturer is represented unless expressly stated in writing.
7. Single-Facility, Non-Transferable License
Upon successful payment and subject to the applicable order, the purchaser receives a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the purchased documentation only for the internal operations of the single named repair facility of the purchasing legal entity. Authorized employees working for that facility may access the materials as permitted by the applicable order. Use at additional facilities requires a separate license or express written authorization. No ownership of copyrights, trade secrets, or other intellectual property is transferred.
8. No Resale, Redistribution, or Sublicensing
The purchaser shall not resell, redistribute, sublicense, publish, disclose, transfer, or make the materials available to third parties, including affiliates, other plants, outside contractors, or customers, without prior written authorization. The purchaser shall not remove, conceal, or alter watermarks or license identifiers. Unauthorized disclosure or distribution may result in suspension or termination of access and pursuit of remedies available under applicable law.
9. Controlled Delivery and Traceability
Purchased copies may contain identifying watermarks, including the purchasing company, licensed facility, license number, and order identifier. The seller may maintain purchase, license-acceptance, and access records as described in its privacy policy. Watermarks and access controls are deterrents and traceability measures, not guarantees against copying.
10. Acceptance
Access to purchased materials may be conditioned on business verification and affirmative acceptance of the applicable license and legal terms. The production checkout should retain the accepted terms version, purchaser identity, order number, date, and time.
11. New York Governing Law and Dispute Resolution
To the extent the Parties may lawfully choose applicable law, these Terms and disputes arising from purchases or use of the Materials shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. The Parties propose exclusive venue in the state or federal courts serving [NEW YORK COUNTY AND COURT TO BE CONFIRMED BY COUNSEL], subject to mandatory jurisdictional rules, applicable consumer protections, and other nonwaivable legal rights.
The seller is Turbine Coatings Inc. Any mandatory legal rights remain unaffected.
12. Fair Dealing, Privacy Disclosures and Tracking Controls
The Company will not knowingly make materially false or misleading representations about its products, customer eligibility, prices, purchasing terms, privacy practices, tracking technologies, or available privacy controls. Any published privacy choices, opt-outs, cookie preferences, and account settings must accurately describe and correspond to controls that actually function.
Customer registration, order processing, billing, fraud prevention, verification, and download-access records may require the processing of personal information. The Company will disclose its actual data collection, uses, service providers, retention practices, and applicable choices in a separate Privacy Notice before collecting real customer information. This provision does not promise particular privacy settings or opt-outs until those controls are implemented and verified.
Privacy inquiries may be sent to [PRIVACY CONTACT ADDRESS TO BE CONFIRMED]. The Company will comply with applicable New York laws concerning deceptive or unfair business practices and any other applicable privacy requirements.
13. Intellectual Property, Copyright Notices and DMCA
Except for materials expressly identified as belonging to others, the website’s original text, design elements, brand assets, proprietary repair documents, technical data, and other protected content are owned by Turbine Coatings Inc. or used with authorization. The purchase of Materials conveys only the limited license described in these Terms and the separately accepted Intellectual Property Declaration; it does not convey ownership or a right to redistribute or resell the Materials.
Users must not remove or obscure copyright notices, trademarks, watermarks, or license identifiers. Unauthorized reproduction, distribution, sublicensing, or resale may result in account restrictions and remedies permitted by law.
Copyright owners who believe content on the website infringes their rights may submit a notice identifying the work, allegedly infringing material, contact information, a good-faith statement, an accuracy statement under penalty of perjury, and a physical or electronic signature to [COPYRIGHT CONTACT / DMCA DESIGNATED AGENT TO BE ESTABLISHED]. If the Company seeks DMCA safe-harbor protections for user-posted materials, it will separately designate and register an agent and publish the legally required notice-and-counter-notice procedure before representing that it has done so.
14. Acceptable Use, Account Security and Termination
Users must provide accurate account and company information and must not impersonate others, misrepresent authorization, gain access to another customer’s orders, attempt to bypass payment or download permissions, introduce malicious code, interfere with the website or its infrastructure, collect other users’ data without authorization, or engage in unlawful activity.
The Company may suspend or terminate access for material violations, security threats, suspected fraud, nonpayment, or unlawful redistribution, subject to applicable law and any mandatory notice or cure requirements. Termination does not extinguish accrued payment obligations or intellectual-property restrictions.
15. Professional Audience and Age-Restricted Platform Features
The website is intended for business customers and qualified professional users, not for children. Account registration and purchasing are intended for individuals at least 18 years old and authorized to act on behalf of their organizations.
The website is not intended to operate an addictive social-media feed. If the Company later adds qualifying user-generated-content feeds, algorithmically personalized addictive feeds, or related nighttime notifications, it will evaluate and implement applicable New York SAFE for Kids Act age-assurance, parental-consent, notification, and data-minimization requirements before enabling those features. This clause does not replace any compliance steps required if the statute becomes applicable.
16. Government Purchasers and Public Records
Turbine Coatings Inc. is a private company, and its private website submissions are not automatically public government records merely because New York Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) exists.
If a government agency purchases, receives, or retains Materials or related communications, documents in that agency’s possession may be subject to applicable public-records laws, including exemptions and other legal protections. The Company cannot guarantee that an agency will treat information as confidential. Government customers should consult their own disclosure, procurement, and recordkeeping requirements.
17. Mandatory Legal Rights; Consistency of Terms
The warranty disclaimers, exclusions of direct and indirect damages, license restrictions, termination rights, and other limitations in these Terms apply only to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law. Nothing in these Terms waives rights or remedies that applicable law prohibits the parties from waiving, or limits liability that cannot lawfully be excluded.
If a provision conflicts with a mandatory legal requirement, the requirement controls to that extent and the remaining provisions continue where legally effective. The Website Service Terms, the Intellectual Property Declaration, the Privacy Notice, and checkout disclosures must be reviewed together for consistency before the website begins accepting real orders.
18. Historical Technical Documents; Fixed-PDF Sales and No Continuing Services
The technical documents offered through Hot-Section Repair Know-How were developed at the former TCI Gas Turbine Technologies production facility in Shanghai, China. That facility ceased operations in 2020.
The products offered through the website consist of existing, static PDF files containing previously developed technical procedures and related technical information. These are fixed-version documents, not interactive software, continuing database subscriptions, or individually prepared professional consulting deliverables.
Customers purchase or license specific PDF documents or identified complete document collections in a one-time transaction, subject to the applicable purchase and intellectual property license terms.
Unless expressly agreed in a separate written contract, a purchase does not include future updates, revisions, subscriptions, ongoing technical-information services, engineering consultation, technical support, or other continuing services.
The Company may retain documentation describing the product format and scope of each transaction for accounting, tax, audit, and compliance purposes. The tax treatment of a sale is determined under applicable law; this description does not by itself establish a sales-tax exemption.
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