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Technical News
Sulzer Elbar # 1 in Customer Satisfaction
(12/10/2004 , Technical News )
In a recent market survey by Frost & Sullivan (London) on European power plant maintenance repair and overhaul strategies, Sulzer Elbar, a subsidiary of Sulzer Turbomachinery Services, achieved the highest rating in the category customer satisfaction. Sulzer Elbar thereby ranked above both third party and OEM service providers. This ranking indicates appreciation of quality of work, technical know-how, and price level. As a re...
Diesel-Hydraulic-Driven Firewater Pumping Unit for Petrobras
(27/09/2004 , Technical News )
 Schematic diagram of the firewater pumping unit. Sulzer Pumps Brasil will supply three diesel-hydraulic- driven firewater pumping units to the Jurong shipyard for installation on the Petrobras P-50 FPSO production vessel. Each unit consists of a booster pump ZE8 400-500/67 driven by a 1566 kW Caterpillar diesel engine and a hydraulic-driven submerged lift pump BKn 450-450-1s/030. This arrangement avoids the complication of long pump drive shafts or submerged electric motors ...
Sulzer Metco Opens New Location in Germany
(25/10/2004 , Technical News )
 The new location in Niederwürschnitz provides plasma heat treatment to protect automotive components against wear and corrosion. Metaplas Ionon, a company of the Sulzer Metco division, with headquarters in Bergisch Gladbach recently opened an additional surface treatment plant in Niederwürschnitz near Chemnitz (DE). The location will be expanded; the prerequisite conditions for plants are already in place. Components are treated here using the IONIT® process for protection against wear and/or using the IONIT OX® process for protection against corrosion....
Cooperation between Sulzer Hexis and Gaz de France
(08/11/2004 , Technical News )
Sulzer Hexis Ltd and Gaz de France SA, one of the leading European natural gas groups, have achieved the goal of their one-year cooperation: The results show that the architecture and performance of Sulzer Hexis’s fuel cell system are already close to the requirements of the French market. In view of the promising results, the two companies are considering a further cooperation, also with regard to the market launch of the nex...
Sulzer Pumps Successfully String-Tests the Worlds Largest Centrifugal Injection Pump
(22/11/2004 , Technical News )
 The world’s largest centrifugal injection pump set up for full-load test. Sulzer Pumps has successfully built and tested the first of the world’s largest seawater injection pumps at its facility in Leeds (UK). Each of the four 27 MW (36,000 HP) HPcp 350-425 eight-stage pumps delivers 1,650 m3/h to a head of 4,664 m and is direct- driven by a Rolls Royce RB211 driver at 4,800 rpm. Each is mounted on a three-point-mounted frame complete with the gas turbine driver, seal and oil systems, instrumentatio...
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