In December 2009, a team from Zest and WEG successfully commissioned the longest VSD-driven conveyor in Africa for Anglo Thermal’s Zibulo Coal Mine near Witbank in Mpumalanga.
WEG motors equip Flakt Woods Fans for ventilation towers of the longest tunnel in southeast Asia. Open in September, the Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway in Singapore will reduce the northeast journey in up to 25%.
The construction of WEG substations in eight new Group Votorantim factories estimated at $21 million continues a successful partnership that started in 2001.
In addition to supplying generators, pump motors and compression modules - aside from 400 tons of paint for oil platforms P-51, 52, 53 and 54 - WEG equipment will now equip platform P-56.
Three pressurized generators of 37.5MVA – 13.8kV are the most recent WEG supplying additions for the Mexilhão Gas Treatment Unit. This equipment is capable of generating enough energy for a city with a population of 550 thousand people.
WEG supplies water cooled motors to Indústria Carbonífera Rio Deserto. This equipment is the only one of the kind in the country capable of reusing the water released in the mining process.
Energy efficiency losses through oversizing of pump electric motors by engineers are commonplace and, if the motor specification far exceeds the application, it could be costing industry billions of dollars in wasted energy.