Generating Insights: Environmental Impact
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…
Generating Insights: Insulation Classes and Life Expectancy
This article explains the meaning of thermal classes and temperature rises and provides an overview of the half-life expectancy of an insulation system. Thermal/Insulation Classes The definition of thermal classes as specified by the IEC 60085-2008…
Generating Insights: Principles of Shaft Alternators in Marine Applications
Application overview In marine applications, Shaft Electrical Machines (SEM’s) are connected to the vessels propulsion engine and are often required to operate in a multi-function role. They operate as an alternator providing the vessels primary…
Generating Insights: Bar-wound Versus Wire-wound Generators
While it is dangerous to make general characterizations about anything as complex as generator design, we describe the difference in design between bar-wound (also called form-wound) and wire-wound (also called random-wound) generators, and provide…
STAMFORD® alternators provide critical power for a Northern European based Data Centre
A Northern European based Data Centre collaborated with Visa S.p.A, Italy with a requirement for reliable gensets to support critical functions in total safety, preventing any loss of data and/or functionality of the databases, and ensuring the…
STAMFORD® provides emergency power for private medical facility in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
ELCOS has been operating in domestic and international markets for over forty-five years. Based in the province of Cremona, Northern Italy, it is an independent group that designs and produces power generation systems (emergency and self-production…
STAMFORD® alternators powering slopes of Alpine World Ski Championships 2021
72 VISA generator sets power the 2021 Alpine World Ski Championships with STAMFORD® alternators Visa 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…