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News Release from: Winters Instruments | Subject: Steam turbine pressure switches
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 13 February 2008
Steam turbine pressure switches in China
Xinlong Electrochemical, one of China's biggest suppliers of magnesium oxide, has fitted its steam turbines with Winters pressure switches to monitor vacuum points and trigger emergency stops
These pressure switches trigger emergency stops when appropriate signals are detected - critical requirements when safeguarding giant steam turbines that spin at a few thousand RPM Xinlong recently completed its 3rd phase power plant expansion, almost doubling its capacity to 50,000 kilowatts
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 15 Apr 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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A single false trigger in the steam turbines can cost the plant approximately USD41k, excluding lost magnesium oxide production.
Such high reparation costs mandate the use of high-performing, stable instruments from Winters.
Winters pressure switches are known for their combination of advanced lever-operated mechanism, frictionless transmission design and high quality in-house springs.
Other features include 0.5% accuracy and high repeatability (less than 1% set point drifts after 100,000 operational cycles).
Since penetrating the Chinese market in 2002, Winters pressure switches have been used in a variety of industries, including chemical and petrochemical.
Supplying to Xinlong marks the Winters introduction to the Chinese power industry.
Xinlong Electrochemical is one of the top magnesium oxide suppliers in the country and had co-drafted the national standards for the magnesium oxide industry.
The company will enter a 4th plant expansion phase in the later half of this year, to be completed in about two years.
Winters Asia is eagerly looking forward to being there to service Xinlong on a broader instrumentation range in the future.
Winters Instruments is a manufacturer of pressure and temperature instrumentation, with global distribution in over 80 countries.
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