Design & Manufacturing
The source of GPEA's
first class performance is the high professional
standard and worldwide experience of our personnel. Our engineers are
known as respected members of professional associations, authors of
standards, papers, patents, and other professional publications. Our
extensive knowledge of OEM design practices and standards is acrued
through the numerous hydro generator studies performed on machines
produced by OEMs such as General Electric and Westinghouse providing
valuable insight into hydro generator troubleshooting and design
optimization.GPEA's in-house engineering is backed by a group of cooperating professionals providing expert support in a wide range of fields including generator design, manufacturing, and quality control.
Fadal
VMC 6030 Machining
Center
With
our in-house CNC machining capabilities, no manufacturing task is too
large or too small. Our goal is to provide you with high quality,
custom manufactured components that minimize generator downtime and
costs to you. GPEA has
the experience and know-how to design and manufacture a wide range of
hydro generator and stator components including:
Generator Components:
- Field Poles and related components
- Foundations
- Laminated Rotor Rims
- Rotor Spiders
- Solid construction Rotor Rims
- Stator Cores/Frames
Auxiliaries:
- Collector Rings and Brushes
- Shorting Bars
- Oil to Water & Air to Water Heat Exchangers
- Oil Vapor Containment Systems
- Thrust Bearing Systems
- Thrust Block Heating Systems