STAMFORD alternators powering slopes of Alpine World Ski Championships 2021
72 VISA generator sets power the 2021 Alpine World Ski Championships with STAMFORD alternatorsVisa SpA, a leading Italian company, founded in 1960 manufactures high-tech generating sets and power stations ranging from 9 to 3,000 kVA. The…
STAMFORD AVRs protected from counterfeiters
Since 1904 Cummins Generator Technologies has been a world leader in the design and manufacture of the world renowned STAMFORD | AvK brands of alternators. In addition, the company has been at the forefront of the design of AVR control systems used…
From gen set creation in Lincolnshire, UK to mining application in the Caribbean
When Lincolnshire, UK based global genset designer Welland Power needed 4 x Critical Standby alternators for a Mining Contractor in the Caribbean they didn’t have to look too far. Built on a reputation for quality and reliability plus a working…
Alternator counterfeiters defeated
At STAMFORD | AvK, we have been running an anti-counterfeit campaign since 2011 in order to protect our customers from the possibility of financial loss, safety and quality issues which are caused by counterfeit machines and spares. One of the key…
Generating Insights: Genuine Versus Counterfeit Alternators
“The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.” These famous words quoted by Benjamin Franklin all those years ago were, I suspect, aimed at different things, or with different connotations.However, in…
Generator Solutions are introduced as an Authorised Whole Goods Dealer for the UK
Cummins Generator Technologies are pleased to announce the introduction of Generator Solutions Ltd as an Authorised Whole Goods Dealer for the UK Market.Generator Solutions has had a long and successful relationship with Cummins Generator…
STAMFORD S9 alternator powers the Savannah Nickel Sulphide Mine in the western region of Australia
Contract Power has added the recently launched STAMFORD S9 to the fleet of 8 STAMFORD HVSI804R1 units for the 12 MW power plant at the Savannah nickel sulphide mine, located in the East Kimberly Region of Western Australia.    The Savannah…
Celebrating 100 years of AvK
This year we are counting down 100 days to our celebration of 100 years of AvK, which has seen the brand expand from small operations in Frankfurt and Ingolstadt to a global delivery process with businesses around the world. The AvK business began…
Generating Insights: A Guide To Standby Generator Systems
An Introduction To Standby Generators The purpose of standby generators are basically to provide power when the mains utility supply fails. To prevent the two sources of power from being mis-synchronised together, standby generators are typically…
Generating Insights: Understanding the impact of the environment on alternator design
Globalisation and the advancements in transportation and logistics has enabled us to address the growing demand by setting up ad-hoc power plants using reciprocating engine driven gensets; this has also meant that gensets are being used in harsher…