The largest medium voltage variable frequency drive ever manufactured by WEG is on its way to the US. The equipment, 8000HP rated power, went through tests without similar in Brazil and will be installed at one of the laboratories at Weir Pumps
For the first time a Brazilian company supplies power transformers to Itaipu Binacional Hidrelétrica.These were the first machines in the world to undergo real VFT - Very Fast Transient applications in the final tests. TR 256 MVA/550kV 60 Hz and TR 275 MVA/550kV 50 Hz: the largest elevating transformers ever made by WEG.
From the Rollercoaster to water pumps, motors, inverters and soft starters WEG is present in nearly all the equipment of the Beto Carrero World. Flexibility and safety mark years of partnership.
The Fortescue Metals Group’s Cloudbreak mine site and Herb Elliot Port in Port Hedland, Western Australia is almost completed. 24 WEG motors are installed at the mine and the port facilities.
Country invests in desalination plants to reverse deficit in hydric sector and WEG is one of the suppliers of the Spanish consortium responsible for the construction.