Terms of use

Terms of Use

Effective 5 November 2026 · Turbomachinery Professional by Lightbulb Waves LLC

1. Agreement

   These terms of use form an agreement between you and Lightbulb Waves LLC, 5900 Balcones Dr Ste 100, Austin, Texas 78731, USA (“we”, “us”), the operator of Turbomachinery Professional. By registering, pre-registering or using the website, you accept these terms, the member guidelines and our privacy notice. If you do not accept them, please do not use the website.

2. Who can join

   Membership is free and open to individuals aged 18 or over who work with turbomachinery. You must register in your own name, give true information and keep it up to date. Each person may hold one member account.

   Every profile is reviewed before it is approved. We may decline or withdraw a registration at our discretion, for example where information cannot be verified.

3. Your account

   You are responsible for keeping your password confidential and for everything done with your account. Please tell us straight away at hello@turbomachinery.pro if you believe someone else has used it.

4. Your content

   You keep the ownership of the topics, replies, ratings and other content you post. You give us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to host, display, moderate and make that content available on Turbomachinery Professional for as long as it remains on the website.

   You confirm that you have the right to share what you post and that it does not contain confidential or proprietary information, material that is subject to export control or the personal data of other people.

   We may review, hide or remove any content, and suspend or close any account, that does not follow these terms or the member guidelines.

5. Acceptable use

   You agree not to misuse the website, including by attempting to access accounts or data that are not yours, interfering with its security or operation, collecting member information by automated means, or using it to send advertising or unsolicited messages.

6. Technical information

   Content in the forums is shared by members for professional discussion only. We do not check every post for technical accuracy and we do not endorse member content. It does not replace the instructions of the equipment manufacturer, the site procedures or the judgement of a qualified engineer responsible for the work. You remain responsible for any decision you make on the basis of it.

7. Recruiters and advertisers

   Recruiter and advertising services are paid services offered to businesses under separate terms that are provided on approval of an application.

8. Our rights

   The Turbomachinery Professional name, website design and software belong to Lightbulb Waves LLC. You may not copy or reuse them without our written permission.

9. Copyright complaints

   We respect intellectual property rights and respond to notices of claimed copyright infringement in line with the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Please send notices to our designated agent: Copyright Agent, Lightbulb Waves LLC, 5900 Balcones Dr Ste 100, Austin, Texas 78731, USA, email copyright@lightbulbwaves.com.

   Your notice should include: your physical or electronic signature; a description of the copyrighted work; a description of the material you believe is infringing and where it is on the website; your name, address, telephone number and email address; a statement that you believe in good faith that the use is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent or the law; and a statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorised to act on the owner’s behalf.

   If your content was removed and you believe this was a mistake, you may send a counter-notice to the same address. We remove content that is the subject of a valid notice, and we close the accounts of members who repeatedly infringe the rights of others.

10. Liability

    The website is provided “as is” and “as available”. To the extent permitted by law, we do not give any warranty that it will be uninterrupted, error-free or suitable for a particular purpose, and we are not liable for any indirect or consequential loss, or for loss arising from the use of content posted by members.

    Nothing in these terms limits liability that cannot be limited by law, or any mandatory rights you have under the laws of the country where you live.

11. Ending your membership

    You can close your account at any time by writing to hello@turbomachinery.pro. We may suspend or close an account as described in the member guidelines.

12. Governing law

    These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Texas, USA, and disputes will be heard by the courts of Travis County, Texas, unless the mandatory laws of the country where you live give you the right to bring proceedings there.

13. Changes to these terms

    We may update these terms from time to time. The effective date at the top of this page shows the latest version. If we make significant changes, we will let members know before they take effect.

14. Contact

    For any question about these terms, please write to hello@turbomachinery.pro.