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MHPS Successfully Completes Testing of World’s Longest Class Blades for Nuclear Steam Turbines
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems has successfully performed rotational vibration testing of a 74 inch (1,880 mm) last stage rotating blade (74IN LSB), bringing the blade’s development process to completion. It is the world’s longest class blades for nuclear steam turbines. MHPS began development of the 74IN LSB blade type ahead of other manufacturers, and has…
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MHI begins Verification Testing of World’s First Digital Hydraulic Drive Train for Offshore Wind Turbines in UK
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries have begun onshore verification testing of a large-scale (MWT167H/7.0) digital hydraulically driven offshore wind turbine at the Hunterston Test Centre in the United Kingdom. The wind turbine operation at the Hunterston site is a world’s first for a large-scale wind turbine with a hydraulic drive train controlled by Digital Displacement. The wind…
