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Weir Power & Industrial will be exhibiting at Powergen International 2009, Las Vegas between 8th - 10th December 2009. You will find them at Booth C1-123. We look forward to seeing you there.
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Weir Specialty Pumps was recently approached by a customer to investigate clogging on a typical non-clog pump installed on a main influent pump station.
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Weir Specialty Pumps has had exceptional success with its self-primer product line since its launch in 2005 and recent additions have now given Weir a complete product range in the self-primer market. As well as the WEMCO Self-Primer line, Weir has added the WEMCO Classic Self-Primer and WEMCO High Head Self-Primer models.
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With the nuclear market booming, Weir Power and Industrial is in a strong position to deliver valves to the nuclear power industry. One such success story for Weir is the US facility in Ipswich, Massachusetts, which manufactures the Tricentric triple offset butterfly valve. The facility now possesses an ASME III N stamp, enabling them to produce nuclear grade products. Thanks to this certification and the hard work of the nuclear sales team, a significant nuclear valve order from Westinghouse was secured earlier this year. This order gives Weir Power and Industrial the responsibility for the installation of “N” stamped valves in the new units at Sanmen and Haiyang sites in China.
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Weir Power & Industrial’s South Africa team has had an excellent first half with order input increasing by more than 35% and sales output performance up 15%.
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It is commonly accepted that English is the world’s ‘business language’ and that there is a growing interest in the English language across China. In recognition of this the Weir Power & Industrial Emerging Markets Chinese operation has set up The English Club.
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The Weir Power & Industrial team has further strengthened its position in the Chinese market by recently securing a number of new contracts from customers across the territory.
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Weir Power and Industrial Suzhou redefine the possibility of improvement on On Time Delivery. To focus on improvements in customer service Weir Power & Industrial Suzhou has made great improvements in on time delivery performance.
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The Weir Power & Industrial Emerging Markets operation in India has seen sales output grow by over 100% in the last twelve months. The success is due to a number of factors, including the drive and focus the team has placed on the pump upgrade and overhaul business, as well as the introduction of valve sales into the operation.
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Weir Power & Industrial France has been awarded a contract to supply Sarasin–RSBD safety valves for general service applications to the industrial company Maersk Oil.
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As part of a consolidation of marketing activities, Weir Power and Industrial has been showcasing its product and service capabilities at key industry exhibitions across Europe, North Africa and China.
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Over 100 staff from the Power & Industrial and Oil & Gas divisions in Scotland moved to a new custom built facility in the fourth quarter of 2008.
The former Services Division teams, who had been based at the now leased Cathcart site, have re-located to Pegasus House on the Scottish Enterprise Technology Park in East Kilbride.
The new offices were officially opened by Group CEO Mark Selway in October and showcased to staff and customers during a day of celebration.
Personnel include the technical engineering team, tendering engineers and various support functions with responsibilities covering regional activities for UK, Europe and the Middle East. The site is also home to the Power & Industrial divisional team headed by divisional managing director Phil Clifton.
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Weir Power & Industrial have secured several aftermarket orders for services, spare parts and replacement valves through its facilities in South Africa and the Middle East.
The service orders are for plant outage work at Kriel and Hendrina power stations in South Africa and Dugas in the Middle East. The significant installed base of Weir products in the emerging regions and increasing demand for power plant extensions and upgrades has driven the requirement for increased customer service support and spare parts. This has increased requirements for replacement valve products including repeat business for Maersk in conjunction with Prometal.
The Middle East operation recently secured spares contracts for the refurbishment of the Kindasa Water Services plant in Saudi Arabia. Andrew Will, Power & Industrial Emerging Markets, sales & marketing director, said “The availability of local aftermarket support for product overhauls, spares and replacement valves gives Weir Power & Industrial a real advantage in this active key region and is aligned with Weir Group being a truly global supplier.”
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Weir Valves & Controls UK Ltd has won a repeat order for Batley Butterfly Valves (BV) 22000 series from British Energy. This follows the successful development and delivery of a solution specifically developed for British Energy.
The valves will be used at Heysham 2 Nuclear Power Station which is capable of supplying over 1.5 million homes with electricity. Polyethylene pipe work has been installed within the Reactor Sea Water System to reduce the effects of corrosion and support more durable operation.
The valves were manufactured using Super Duplex stainless steel providing improved strength and corrosion resistance, particularly in ambient sea water applications. Mike Craddock, system health engineer for Steam & Rotating Plant at Heysham 2 Power Station said, “We are extremely pleased with the performance of the BV 22000 valves and also with Weir Valves & Controls UK’s ability to develop, manufacture and deliver the valves in a short time frame, which was a key requirement.”
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Weir Power & Industrial Services at Alloa continued their success in the hydro power rehabilitation market with the award of a major project for ScottishPower. The contract, granted in December 2008, is scheduled to complete in October 2009.
The project is for ScottishPower’s Cruachan pumped storage hydro electric station located on the north shore of Loch Awe, on the west coast of Scotland. The plant was built and commissioned in 1965 and the station has four 100MW vertical axis Francis turbine/ pump units; two Boving machines and two English Electric machines which combined generate a total of 440 MW.
Weir’s contract is to complete refurbishment of the turbine and generator comprising, site dismantling, condition assessment in the Alloa workshop, rotor pole renovation and stator cleaning, refurbishment of specified turbine components, site reassembly and commissioning.
Project manager Stuart Wilkins commented, “We are delighted to receive this prestigious contract which reflects on the groups track record of delivering projects in a safe, environmentally responsible manner, on time and within the budget and performance expectations of the customer.”
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Weir Specialty Pumps has been awarded a large order from a major national oil producer in Indonesia for high pressure, pitot tube style Roto-Jet pumps. The pumps will be used for raw and purified propylene service and depropaniser service.
Weir Specialty Pumps received the order due to the strength of the Weir brand in the international markets, its customer focus and the overall advantages of the Roto-Jet pump for this particular service. The simple design of the Roto-Jet was a key component in the selection over competitive multi-stage designs.
Director of international sales for Weir Specialty Pumps, Tamer Qandil, commented, “We are delighted to receive this order as it demonstrates the advantages the Roto-Jet pump in comparison with other high pressure pumps in the sector.”
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Weir Power and Industrial’s business in China and the UK have together secured multi-million dollar orders for Blakeborough and Hopkinsons valves from Sulzer Dalian the Hong Yan He and Ningde projects. The orders were specifically for pump leak off and leak off isolation valves for feedwater pump packages.
The Chinese sales operation has also been successful in supporting Sarasin and SEBIM to secure additional orders. The Beijing based team has worked on securing multi-million euro contract wins for projects across China. These include Hong Yan He, Ningde nuclear power plant, Yang Jiang, Fang Jia Shan and Fuqing NPP. All the solutions are for both China Nuclear Power Engineering Company and the China National Petroleum Corporation who are Nuclear Power Plant general contractors in China. The Chinese government is supporting significant investment in new nuclear and conventional power plants. Andrew Will, sales & marketing director of the Emerging Markets team said, “Having operations globally and in the region capable of providing complete ‘end-to-end’ solutions incorporating sales, manufacturing and after sales market support, is providing customers with the added value they seek.”
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A major power order has been won by Weir Valves & Controls USA, part of the Power & Industrial Division, for air and manually operated TRICENTRICâ Class 150 metal seated butterfly valves, to be used as service water cross-connect and header isolations at Millstone Unit 2 station, Connecticut.
The order has been part of a multi-year design and implementation project to replace soft-seated butterfly valves with a history of seat leakage and corrosion problems. The TRICENTRICâ triple offset valves exhibits corrosion and erosion resistance and the combination of advanced material with rugged Tricentricâ Valve design provides the customer with a virtually maintenance free, leaktight valve for aggressive service water and circulating water applications. The TRICENTRICâ valve design has had great success at many nuclear facilities in the United States and Asia.
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Petron Corporation is the largest oil refining and marketing company in the Philippines, supplying nearly 40% of the country’s oil requirements. Following catastrophic failure at a site in the Philippines, Petron requested Weir Power and Industrial’s Turbomachinery Service Centre to replicate a new compressor bundle using severely damaged parts as patterns. Weir offered an impressive delivery time to manufacture the new components and rebuild the compressor.
The compressor bundle and barrel, along with a spare rotor, were air-freighted from the Philippines to the Turbomachinery Service Centre in Barton-on-Humber in the UK. The old parts were scanned using a 3-D coordinate mapping machine and the contours of the parts were digitally adjusted to compensate for the distortion caused as a result of the explosion. New parts were then produced and the compressor was rebuilt in the UK before being returned to the Philippines.
Improvements were made to the original 1971 design, including the superior surface finish of the diaphragms. The work carried out on the Petron compressor displays the benefit of skilful engineering and the commercial impact of reduced delivery times.
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Weir Power & Industrial company, Allen Steam Turbines, have secured an order from Illovo Sugar in South Africa for the engineering, manufacture, supply and installation of a new steam turbine for their Big Bend facility. The turbine will be utilised as a mill drive on a new cane shredder and is one of a series of Weir Allen machines purchased by the customer.
Weir were selected as the preferred supplier as a result of the exemplary level of technical and service support provided over the last 20 years. The machine is due to be delivered to the site in Swaziland by the end of November 2009 and will be operational early in 2010.
Weir Allen Steam Turbines have also secured a significant spares order from Shell UK Oil Products Limited for their Stanlow Refinery for a turbine overhaul scheduled later in 2009.
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Weir Valves & Controls UK Ltd has recently completed the design and manufacture of main steam isolation valves for the phase two extension of the Qinshan Nuclear Power Station in China.
With a diameter of 750mm and weighing 13.75 tonnes, the isolation valves stand five metres tall and are the largest ever designed and built by Weir Valves and Controls UK Ltd at its West Yorkshire manufacturing facility in Elland.
Having recently completed factory acceptance testing, the valves are scheduled for installation at Qinshan in May this year, with commissioning planned for May 2010.
The valves, which are the parallel slide gate design, isolate saturated steam with the sole purpose of protecting the steam generators in the unlikely event of a pipe break down stream of the valve. The Hopkinsons valve closes within five seconds should a pipe break be detected, protecting the steam generator and preventing any major safety issues.
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China Nuclear Power Engineering Company (CNPEC) has announced that it has awarded contracts to Weir Power & Industrial France to supply safety valves to four new nuclear power plants in China, two of which are in Fuqing, located in the Fujian Province, and two in Fangjiashan, located in the Zhejiang Province.
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Weir Power and Industrial's Alloa Service Centre has recently been awarded a contract from Babcock Marine Limited for the upgrade and refurbishment of some of Scotland’s largest pumps.
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