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rojects are undertaken over a large geographical area and we are equipped to execute projects in remote areas. The following table gives an overview of typical projects recently undertaken by Wright Dixon engineering.

Diesel Generator  Steam turbine Field Service

Diesel generator set installation   Return to Top

Ispat Alloys - Balasore, India 2 x MAN 5,000kW HFO Diesel alternators Sale, removal/packing, shipping, overhauling, supervising, rebuilding and commissioning.  From Windhoek Namibia to Balasore Bengal, India.
 

Randgold - Mali, English Electric 12SV 800kW LFO Sale, overhaul, mounting on flat deck complete power plant, including radiator, switch gear, control panel, protection, etc. Load tested at our works, packed and shipped to Mali, commissioned at Morila Gold Mine in Mali.
 

Dimon Tobacco - Morrogoro, Tanzania 4 x Wartsilla 4R22 HF 500kW Provided expertise and Service Engineer to sort out installation running problems.

Orapa Diamond Mines diesel power station- Botswana Provided general maintenance assistance and overhauled the following engines: 2x Mirrlees KVSS16 - 3,000kW - 2x Ruston ATC9 - 1,800kw - 1 x Ruston ATC6 - 1,200kW - 1x MAN Sulzer - 2,9kW (Wright Dixon has since bought this power station and some of these engines are still available for resale.
 

Tanzania Tobacco Producers Ltd (TTPL) - Morrogoro 2x Mirrlees Blackstone KVSS16 diesel generator sets, were installed in a new 6 MW power station. The project scope of work included; purchase, removal, shipping, overhauling, rebuilding, converting to run on HFO and commissioning. From Oranjemund Mine, Namibia to Morrogoro, Tanzania.
 

Hellenic Copper Mines - Cyprus Mirrlees Blackstone KV12 Majors, output 4,000 kW Removed from UK packed and shipped to the mine in Cyprus, located close to Nicosia. Overhauling, installation and commissioning to factory test sheets.
 

National Power Authority - Freetown Sierra Leone 1x Mirrlees Blackstone KV16 Major, output 6,9 MW Project scope allowed for purchase, removal from Europe, shipped to Freetown, installation and commissioning in existing power station.

Steam turbines and Compressors   Return to Top

Mhlume Royal Sugar Co. - Swaziland
WH Allen 7,500kW Turbione T/A set
from British Sugar, Spalding UK to Swaziland Sale, overhaul and installation
Relocation of power station remove two steam tubine T/A sets and two diesel generator sets from an old powerstation and re-install in a new station at the mill.
Siemens 8,000kW Steam Turbine T/A set - From Turenki, Finland to Mhlume, Swaziland. Sale, removal, packing, shipping, installation and commissioning,
 

Techserve cc, Durban, RSA - Sugar Mill Engineers - 4,000kW AEI T/A set from Brigg - UK to Malawi Sale, removal, shipping, overhauling, installation.
 

Kilombero Sugar Mill, Tanzania - WH Allen 2,500kW T/A set. Removed from Glendale Sugar Co., RSA. Overhauled at our works, installed/commissioned - ongoing services for Illovo Sugar Co., RSA
 

Field Service   Return to Top

Mangaung (Bloemfontein) Municipality, South Africa Overhaul and repairs were made to 1x Stal Laval 20MW steam turbine alternator set and 1x Oerlikon 10MW turbine alternator set.

J I C Mining - Compressor maintenance Annually reviewed contract to provide maintenance/spares/service for all compressors at all the mining shafts under their control