03 March 2010
Sheffield Forgemasters International Ltd (SFIL) will supply major parts to the Sayano-Shushenskaya station and dam, wrecked by an explosion which killed 75 workers and injured many more. The plant, Russia's biggest hydro-electric power station, in south-central Siberia, provided enough output to power a city of 3.8 million but has not operated since an oil-filled transformer exploded last August. Six of the ten huge turbine units were damaged beyond repair and SFIL will be supplying hydro shafts for three of the replacement units as reconstruction work gets under way. The shafts, which weigh more than 100tns each, connect the turbine runner to the generator. The GBP 1.6 million order has to be completed by late summer and work has already started on the shafts, using the biggest forging ingot the company has available.
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